Sanctions, Political Policy and the Law

Steven Kay is Head of 9BR Chambers, of Gray’s Inn, London and is a leading international criminal lawyer with a global reputation who has ben in many of the landmark cases that have established modern international criminal law. Steven’s breadth of practice ranges from cases of war crimes and genocide to international bribery, corruption, fraud and sanctions.

An international lawyer who denounced the corruption of Russian courts in 2005 and was deported from Russia.

Sarah is a member of 9BR Chambers and specialises in international criminal law, public international law and human rights law. She has represented clients in high-profile and complex cases before international and regional courts and tribunals including the ICC, STL, IRMCT and ICTY.  She is currently involved in representing designated individuals and entities which are subject to sanctioning regimes adopted by the UN, EU, US and UK concerning South Sudan and Libya. She most recently secured the dismissal of the Council of the European Union’s appeal against the annulment of Aisha El-Qaddafi’s listing before the European Court of Justice.

Ben Wells is a Solicitor Advocate whose practice is centred on dispute resolution. He regularly represents clients in: (i) arbitral proceedings conducted under the auspices of leading arbitration institutions; and (ii) litigation in the English courts. He also sits as an arbitrator where all his cases have a cross-border element.

Issues that he resolves relate to commercial contracts, trading, investments, banking, joint ventures, company and shareholder disputes, cross-border insolvency, international civil fraud and enforcement.

Ben has a particular focus on sanctions, asset-tracing, contentious trusts and matrimonial disputes.

Ben is an executive committee member of the British-Kazakh Law Association, holds rights of audience at the Astana International Finance Centre and is listed as an international arbitrator.

Ben writes articles which are published internationally as well as having featured in articles for the Law Society of England and Wales. Ben is a frequent speaker at conferences.