Joshua Ray and Salomé Lemasson to speak at the ‘EU/US/UK Sanctions against Russia’ Seminar

Sanctions Law barristers Joshua Ray and Salomé Lemasson will be speaking at the ‘EU/US/UK Sanctions against Russia’ Seminar on Tuesday 24th June 2025 in Cyprus.

This seminar, hosted by Cyprus Institute of Financial Services, will focus on key global sanctions trends, and look into cross-jurisdiction legal scenarios involving banking compliance, licensing and enforcement in the EU, UK, and US. The event is aimed at professionals in legal, compliance and regulatory functions within the financial sector.

Joshua Ray will discuss US Sanctions Framework, covering the US approach and law enforcement policies under OFAC, jurisdictional reach and key court cases (e.g., Bonham-Carter), corporate structures, liquidators, and SDNs, and contesting OFAC actions and securing awards.

Salomé Lemasson will discuss EU Sanctions Framework. She will provide a legal overview and the political context of EU sanctions, implications of Directive 2024/1226 on criminal penalties, types of sanctions and the concept of EU operators. She will also discuss the rules on ownership, control, and asset freeze prohibitions, sectoral and professional service restrictions under Regulation 833/2014, challenges to EU sanctions and licensing issues, as well as compliance strategies, red flags, and record-keeping obligations.

For more details on the event, click here.

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Joshua Ray Josh Ray is a dual-qualified American law attorney and English barrister in London. Josh is regularly engaged to advise international companies on UK and US sanctions and export control issues,
especially those pertaining to Russia. His practice also involves representing businesses and individuals in cross border commercial law disputes, financial crime investigations, and arbitrations. Josh has acted for clients in connection with prosecutions and investigations brought by American and English regulators such as the DOJ, SFO, SEC, CFTC, OFAC, and OFSI. He is the author of White-Collar Criminal Prosecutions in the US and UK, a textbook published by the American Bar Association in 2022.

Salomé Lemasson is a French qualified business crime lawyer, admitted to practice law in France and Germany. Splitting her time between Berlin, Paris and London, Salomé has extensive cross-border experience in complex international criminal matters and sanctions cases. Her practice focuses on representing top tier companies and high net worth individuals in sensitive, high stakes legal matters involving international sanctions advice and delisting (EU, UN), investigations by multilateral development banks (World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and criminal proceedings into allegations of fraud, corruption and money laundering. She has deep substantive knowledge of various countries’ legal systems and regulatory regimes. She also serves as a board member of the European Criminal Bar Association.

To find out more about Joshua or Salomé , contact Lexie Johnson on + 44 (0) 207 427 0801 for a confidential discussion.

News 16 Jun, 2025