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You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers’ Sanctions Team, alongside other experts for our Annual Sanctions Forum 2023.
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This event will be held in-person at The Reform Club, 104 Pall Mall, St. James’s, London SW1Y 5EW. Places are limited and booking is required.
To book a place and register for the event, email communications@outertemple.com
8:00am – Registration & Breakfast
8:40am – Introduction by Fiona Horlick KC
8:45am – Taking stock: the 2023 sanctions landscape in civil, administrative and criminal proceedings by Alex Haines
8:55am – Update from Counsel in latest s.38 SAMLA case involving single British nationality DP and freedom of speech by Josh Hitchens
9:00am – Panel 1 – Reflection on the impact and implications of changes to the UK Russia Regulations 2019 in 2023 with Henry Reid, Christopher Meiring, Francis Bond and Jemma Clamp (Government Legal Department)
9:25am – Panel 2 – Sanctions, Investments and Divestments: latest trends related to Russia and China by Oliver Powell and Sunny Mann (Baker McKenzie)
9:50am – Panel 3 – Offshore Assets: Sanctions Evasion and Enforcement – A Discussion by John McKendrick KC, Sophie O’Sullivan, and Salome Lemasson (SL Avocat)
10:15am – Concluding Remarks by Fiona Horlick KC
Against a long career in criminal cases, Fiona has both prosecuted and defended in the range of business and financial crime. Her experience of financial crime, regulation and enforcement is wide ranging. It includes large scale MTIC fraud, international advance fee fraud, tax fraud, fraudulent trading, mortgage fraud, money laundering and asset recovery.
Oliver has a strong pedigree in economic sanctions and export controls. He has advised various clients on all aspects of sanctions law across UN, EU, US and UK regimes. He has advised a number of banks, companies and individuals in respect of, inter alia: SAMLA 2018; Russian Regulations 2019; prospective commercial transactional risks; the EU Blocking Regulation; sanctions contract clauses; approaches to regulators (e.g. reporting and licensing); and sanctions investigations. Most frequently, Oliver advises on EU and UN sanctions regimes, and their relationship with US and UK sanctions frameworks. He recently edited a chapter on economic sanctions for an OUP book published in Spring 2023. Oliver was also a co-author on an article for the New York State Bar Association titled: ‘Sanctions: Foreign Policy, Economic Warfare, or Both?’. He is a member of the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists.
Sophie advises companies and individuals on all aspects of sanctions law across all regimes, particularly those affecting financial transactions and trade between the US, UK, EU, Russia and Iran. She acts for and advises clients on sectoral sanctions risks relating to prospective commercial transactions, the interaction between UN Security Council resolutions and EU and US law, the EU Blocking Regulation, US secondary sanctions regime, the scope and effect of the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) and the post-Brexit statutory framework of the UK sanctions regimes. She also advises on reporting obligations to the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), as well as US, EU and UK delisting applications and civil or criminal penalties arising from sanctions breaches. In 2023, Sophie, with Alex Haines, acted for the Claimant in the first s.38 SAMLA challenge to a UK sanctions designation in the Administrative Court (Synesis v Secretary of State for FCDA [2023] EWHC 541 (Admin)). As a member of the UK Attorney General’s Panel, Sophie is regularly instructed by OFSI, HM Treasury and the FCDO to advise on sanctions matters.
Henry is often instructed to advise on matters related to sanctions and anti-money laundering regimes in the UK, US, EU and certain Crown Dependencies. Generally, this advice has been for private entities on commercial matters including as to the structuring and permissibility of corporate and commercial proposals, the development of compliance measures. He also increasingly advises entities considering litigation on sanctions related matters, including by way of domestic and overseas arbitration procedures. Henry also acts in regulatory and criminal enforcement matters on behalf of regulators and investigated parties. This work has resulted in a detailed appreciation of UK sanctions regime created under, inter alia, the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 and the specific regimes created by way of regulation in respect of Russia, Ukraine and Afghanistan. It has also led to a strong understanding as to the operation of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and its enforcement processes.
Sunwinder (Sunny) Mann is a Partner and is Chair of Baker McKenzie’s international Commercial and Trade Global Practice Group, comprising over 400 lawyers from all 4 regions of our Firm. Sunny’s practice focuses on international trade compliance and, in particular, export controls and trade sanctions, as well as anti-bribery. He has supported multiple FTSE 100, Fortune 100, CAC 40 and DAX 30 clients with their Russia response strategies, including ongoing compliance, exits and divestments, and enforcement actions. For over 15 years, he was a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges), the first and leading institute for postgraduate European studies, where he taught a course on Corporate Compliance and CSR. He has appeared in media including Sky News, CNN, BBC and Radio 4’s Today Programme. In the Legal 500, Sunny is ranked as a Leading Practitioner and was described as “‘excellent’, with a ‘calm’ and ‘very practical’ approach”, and Band 1 in Chambers (described as “probably the go-to person in sanctions compliance”, with “top-notch technical ability combined with intuition, insight and pragmatism”).
John practises in public and commercial law. After taking silk in his late thirties, he has led teams before the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, the Queen’s Bench Division, Chancery Division, Family Division, the Commercial Court, the Court of Protection, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, the Privy Council, the Scottish courts and in many arbitrations. John has more recently been heavily involved in a number of sanctions matters and has provided advice to law enforcement officials in a offshore jurisdiction which led to the seizure of billions of assets and has advised banks and individuals on the implication of UK sanctions.
Francis is a sanctions specialist at the law firm Macfarlanes, and has previously worked on the policy side of sanctions in the United States. He is co-chair of the UK Finance Working Group on Sanctions, and a member of the Law Society Working Group on the Russia sanctions, through which he was part of the consultation with the UK Government over the prohibition on Legal Advisory Services. He has been involved in obtaining various general and specific licences from OFSI and the UK Government.
Chris Meiring has a broad practice with a dual focus on (i) commercial matters, including financial sanctions, regulatory, and International Organisations law, with cases involving serious misconduct and white-collar crime; and (ii) personal injury and clinical negligence. Chris has recently returned from a secondment with the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), where he worked on matters of breaches and licensing under the Russia sanctions regime. Through this, he has gained a deep insight into the law and policy of financial sanctions licensing and enforcement under the various sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018. His work at OFSI involved the range of financial sanctions under the Russia Regulations, the Global Anti-Corruption Regulations and the Libya Regulations.
Jemma Clamp
Jemma Clamp is a Senior Lawyer in the International Team at the Treasury Legal Advisers, part of the Government Legal Department. She currently specialises in international sanctions and works on the most complex sanctions matters, primarily advising the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) on licensing and enforcement practice and policy. She has also worked on legislative changes to the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations. Prior to joining the Treasury Legal Advisers Jemma worked for the Government Legal Department in the Ministry of Justice (private law litigation) team, advising and representing the Ministry of Justice in defending its most high profile litigation and also representing the MOJ at various Article 2 inquests. Jemma also worked at the National Crime Agency specialising in civil asset recovery. Jemma trained and qualified at Allen & Overy LLP working in their London and Paris offices, and became a Senior Associate at that firm specialising in Trust, Asset Tracing and Fraud litigation.
Alex is a barrister called to both the English and Irish Bars and a US-qualified attorney admitted to the New York Bar. He is a specialist in international law and sanctions, with rare expertise in the law of international organisations (IOs). In 2023, Alex, leading Sophie O’Sullivan, acted for the Claimant in the first s.38 SAMLA challenge to a UK sanctions designation in the Administrative Court (Synesis v Secretary of State for FCDA [2023] EWHC 541 (Admin)). As a member of the UK Attorney General’s London B Panel, Alex is regularly instructed by HM Treasury and the FCDO to advise on sanctions matters, including in 2022 and 2023 on the sale of Chelsea FC and the proceeds thereof in light of the designation of its former owner under Russian sanctions. Alex was instructed in the Administrative Court in 2022 by the Government in the first challenge to OFSI and its alleged delay in issuing a licence. In 2022, Alex was instructed by the Attorney General of a Crown Dependency on a multibillion-dollar sanctions matter. Alex also advises companies on all aspects of sanctions law across the UN, EU, US and UK frameworks, particularly in the context of financial sanctions and export control.
Salomé is an experienced white-collar attorney practicing between France and Germany. Salomé has extensive cross-border experience and focuses on sensitive, high-stake matters requiring tailored international criminal defense, in particular in the field of sanctions, international business crime and investigations. As a seasoned and highly versatile lawyer, Salomé has deep substantive knowledge of various countries’ legal systems and regulatory regimes. She regularly assists top tier companies, as well as high net worth individuals (in particular when targeted by Interpol Red Notices). In addition to being particularly active in the field of sanctions, where several of her cases have involved bringing challenges before EU authorities or courts, Salomé has developed a strong expertise defending clients in investigations brought by multilateral development banks (MDBs) such as the World Bank, the African Development Bank or the European Investment Bank. She regularly leads negotiations with MDBs over allegations of corruption or fraud.
Josh has extensive experience in advising on matters arising out of sanctions and export control measures. He was the sole counsel advising the Government of Jersey on the sale of Chelsea Football Club from a sanctions perspective. He also worked intensively on the effect of financial sanctions on UK banking regulation and transactions whilst at the Bank of England. He now regularly advises private clients, law firms, Governments and corporates on sanctions issues. He has experience of working with the UK, EU and US sanctions regimes as much of his work is multi-jurisdictional. In consequence of his work in Jersey, Josh as a particular knowledge and expertise in the use of off-shore trusts for sanctions evasion.
Gavin Costelloe is a member of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s White Collar Defence & Investigations practice. He is a former senior prosecutor at the SFO and advises companies and individuals on internal, government, regulatory and cross-border investigations for bribery, corruption and fraud, as well as well advising on anti-money laundering, economic and trade related sanctions and ESG reporting, compliance and related risks.
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