Academic PROGRAMME
FROM CHECKLISTS TO HANDCUFFS: THE COMPLIANCE SIDE OF SANCTIONS AND ITS SLIP-UPS
Organised by the Business Crime and Civil Fraud and the International Business Law Commissions
Session #5
Date & Time
Location
Wednesday 04 September
13:45-15:00 CEST
Hotel Riu Plaza España – Madrid 4+5 Rooms
Description
In recent years, political tensions escalated significantly, notably with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. As international and local sanctions (political, economic, commercial, financial, etc.) against Russia have multiplied, it has become increasingly clear that these legal and regulatory measures could be used as a geopolitical weapon. These sanctions can result in a real economic warfare, with potential devastating consequences for businesses and their owners. Given this backdrop, the role of lawyers in addressing the compliance challenges faced by companies is increasingly vital. These challenges include ensuring compliance with evolving sanctions laws, crafting action and contingency plans for potential crisis scenarios, comprehending implications and repercussions of legal and regulatory violations, or mitigating the consequences of breaching the sanctions.
If you seek a deeper understanding of the complexities surrounding international sanctions, along with get a practical insights into the consequences they have for business and the economy in general, we invite you to join our session!
Speakers & Moderators
Stéphane de Navacelle
Navacelle, FRANCE
Stéphane de Navacelle practices corporate litigation, predominantly in criminal law, regulatory, internal investigations, compliance, complex commercial litigation, international arbitration and mediation in New York, London and Paris.
With 20 years’ experience in investigations in France and abroad led in part in connection with French, Foreign or international organizations (at Engel & McCarney, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Navacelle), he advises entities in rolling out and auditing ethics and compliance programs; as such he was appointed Independent Compliance Monitor Expert (2017-2019, 2019-2021, 2022-2024, 2022-2024) pursuant to negotiated resolution agreements between European conglomerates with a global reach and the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.
Mareike Heesing
Oppenhoff, germany
Mareike Heesing is a German and French qualified lawyer and Junior Partner at the law firm Oppenhoff. She specializes in foreign trade law, in particular FIC, export controls and sanctions.
Leveraging her expertise in EU and international sanctions regimes and Oppenhoff’s international network, she has been advising national and international clients on sanctions related matters since 2017. This includes among others establishment of effective compliance programs, assessment of individual projects under sanctions compliance aspects and representation in criminal proceedings.
Mareike is recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany for Public law and recommended by Legal 500 for Foreign Trade Law.
Bartosz Kuras
Wolf Theiss, POLAND
Bartosz Kuraś is an attorney-at law and Partner of the Wolf Theiss Corporate M&A team in Poland. He has a strong focus on providing transactional advice on domestic and cross-border M&A matters and supports clients on an ongoing basis. Bartosz assists strategic and financial investors as well as private equity. He is also active in the field of commercial contracts and international trade, also in relation to dual use products.
Within AIJA he is an active member of Corporate and M&A Commission, International Business Law Commission and Real Estate Commission. He is also a member of Executive Committee of AIJA.
Duncan Grieve
Cadwalader’s Compliance, UNITED KINGDOM
Duncan Grieve is a partner in Cadwalader’s Compliance, Investigations & Enforcement Practice, resident in the London office.
He advises a range of organisations, including multinationals, both on internal corporate investigations and during investigation or prosecution by regulatory bodies including the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He has experience in dealing with international investigations involving issues in foreign jurisdictions, including Brazil, Portugal and Lusophone Africa as well as Russia, China, India, Romania, the Czech Republic, Canada and Japan. Duncan advises clients on financial sanctions and trade embargoes. He provides counsel on the application of UK sanctions to corporate / fund structures and transactions in various sectors. He also assists clients to comply with reporting obligations to the UK sanctions authorities and handles investigations into possible sanctions breaches.
Duncan has been recognised in Global Investigation Review’s “40 under 40” in 2024 and Who’s Who Legal – Future Leaders in 2020-2024. He is also listed as a “Key Lawyer” in the 2021 and 2022 Legal 500 UK in the areas of Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (Advice to Corporates) and White-Collar Crime (Advice to Individuals).
Irena Markitani
A.G. Erotocritou LLC, Cyprus
Irena is a Senior Associate at A.G. Erotocritou LLC, based in Limassol, Cyprus. She is part of the dispute resolution team of the firm, specialising in commercial and corporate litigation.
Irena’s practice focuses on complex cross-border disputes that usually involve interim measures, such as asset tracing exercises, civil fraud cases and shareholders disputes. She also regularly acts in contentious corporate insolvency and restructuring matters. Her clients include international banking institutions, Big4 firms, multinational corporations, foreign governments and HNW individuals.
Irena is a Cyprus qualified lawyer and has also been called to the Bar of England and Wales.
Una Paunovic
Wenger Vieli, Switzerland
Before passing the bar exam, Una Paunovic gained valuable experience both academically and professionally. She served as a research assistant at the University of Zurich for Prof. Dr. Babusiaux, specializing in Roman private law and contemporary private law. Currently, Una Paunovic is honing her practical and business-related skills at Wenger Vieli in Zurich, where her focus is on white-collar crime, including compliance and sanction matters.
Session Coordinators
Stéphane de Navacelle
Navacelle, FRANCE
Bartosz Kuras
Wolf Theiss, POLAND
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