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The Reform Club,
Pall Mall,
London,
UK
5th December 2024
8am - 11am GMT
Outer Temple’s Sanctions experts, together with a line-up of renowned guest speakers will be discussing a range of sanctions related topics across 3 panels at our annual sanctions breakfast seminar.
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Speakers:
8:00am to 8:40am – Registration & Breakfast
8:40am to 10:20am – Seminar
10:20am to 11:00am – Coffee & Networking
This is an in-person only event, and is now fully booked. If you would like to join the waiting list, please email communications@outertemple.com .
Louis Weston is a highly regarded Commercial and Sports Law litigator. He has a wealth of experience across commercial litigation with an emphasis on matters arising from sport, civil fraud, professional negligence, gambling and failed business ventures. He is regularly instructed to gain injunctive relief and freezing orders. He advises Sports Governing Bodies and Federations in the UK and internationally on their governance and regulation of sport and sporting disputes and drafts and advises on the structure of rules and regulations and the structure and methods-of policing sports related corruption.
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 is ranked for Sanctions in both Chambers & Partners (UK) and the Legal 500. An experienced sanctions practitioner, Sophie’s practice encompasses (i) sanctions issues in commercial litigation, trust administration and international arbitration; (ii) civil, criminal and regulatory enforcement, with particular experience in US secondary sanctions and EU Blocking statutes (iii) bringing or defending administrative law challenges against FCDO listing decisions and HMT (OFSI) decisions that involve licences; (iv) export control advice and investigations into alleged breaches; and (v) advisory work, particularly in relation to UK and EU financial sanctions compliance. Sophie co-authored the chapter on Economic Sanctions for Smith, Owen, and Bodnar on Asset Recovery (Criminal Confiscation and Civil Recovery), OUP, and co-authored the chapter on the Bribery Act 2010 for the 3rd edition of Lissack and Horlick on Bribery (LexisNexis) the leading work on bribery and corruption offences, and is co-authoring the chapters on Sanctions and MBD’s & their debarment systems in the revised edition, due 2025.
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.
Jeremy’s primary areas of practice include business crime, sanctions, regulation and commercial litigation – in particular financial crime, investigation and regulation, in both the public and private sectors. As well as his general business crime practice, Jeremy is building a significant practice in advising on matters relating to sanctions and export controls issues in the UK, US, EU and certain Crown Dependencies. This advice has been for individuals, corporates, and governmental bodies, and covers a range of issues from the permissibility of corporate and commercial proposals, to assistance with the interplay of sanctions regimes and financial regulatory issues, to advising on the applicability of sanctions to private client matters.
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.
Josh is a highly experienced advocate who represents clients in complex commercial disputes and financial crime investigations. He is also regularly engaged to provide specialized advice to international companies on UK and US sanctions and export control issues. A dual qualified American attorney and English barrister, he has argued in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal district courts in New York, Boston, and Chicago, New York State court, and the English High Court. He has also presented cases before arbitral tribunals in London and New York.
Charles (Charlie) Steele is a Professional Associate in the Business Crime, Regulatory and Sanctions team, based in Washington DC. Charlie is a former Chief Counsel for the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), where he led the team of lawyers providing legal advice and support to OFAC in the administration and enforcement of US economic sanctions, in furtherance of US national security and foreign policy goals. He also has many years’ experience in the private sector at international law firms and a global consulting firm, advising on economic sanctions and other matters.
Francis advises clients on white collar defence, investigations and prosecutions conducted by agencies such as OFSI, the NCA, the SFO, the FCA and the CPS. Francis is a leading practitioner on international sanctions & export control matters, and is currently helping clients adapt to dramatic recent shifts in the global sanctions framework. He is the co-founder of the City Sanctions Network, and has recently contributed to government debates about the future of UK sanctions policy. Francis has been ranked as an “Associate to Watch” in the Sanctions category of the Chambers UK Legal Guide 2024.
Tom’s practice focuses on international arbitration and complex multijurisdictional litigation. He represents corporate clients, sovereigns and international organisations on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters, particularly in investor-state arbitration, public international law disputes, commercial arbitrations and litigation in the English courts.
Tom has a particular interest in international sanctions law and since 2015 has been a guest lecturer in the subject at Lund University in Sweden. He is the author of a chapter focusing on the impact of sanctions on English-law governed contracts and English-seated arbitrations in International Arbitration in England – Perspectives in Times of Change and a co-author of Sanctions Law, amongst other publications.
Vanessa is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team at Fieldfisher and also a member of the Sanctions and Trade Restrictions group. Although she mainly deals with claims before the UK courts, Vanessa has also acted in matters outside the jurisdiction including claims before the EU General Court and the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre. She has particular expertise advising on international sanctions, and deals with both advisory and contentious work. Her disputes work includes making successful challenges against the European Council to obtain the delisting of both high net worth individuals and corporate entities subject to sanctions.
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