Agenda
Conference Program
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Day 1 — Main Conference
George KleinfeldPartnerClifford Chance
Sinead GossEMEA Head, AML and Sanctions LegalCiti
- Priorities of the Biden Administration and CAATSA update
- Monitoring UK and EU sanctions on Russia
- Lessons learned from recent enforcement action.
- Impact of latest activity in Ukraine and Belarus
- Status of Russia Counter Sanctions
Screening: How to Perform Accurate Due Diligence & Sanctions Screening for Russian Persons and Entities
Annie FroehlichDirector and Senior Counsel, Sanctions and ExportCarrier Corporation
Orisia GammellChief Legal Counsel, Export Control US (Global)SAP
Peter ChessickCounsel, International Trade PracticeWhite & Case LLP
- Where to find necessary information
- How to identify company ownership and controlling interests
- Determining beneficial ownership for shell companies and offshore entities created specifically to obscure the owner.
- Completing enhanced due diligence for potential human rights issues as well as surveillance and military end use involvement
- How to deal with change of ownership in companies post listing of an individual as a SDN to avoid the 50% rule
Networking Break
Ilya ShulmanExecutive Director, Global Financial CrimeJP Morgan Chase & Co.
Robert SlackPartnerKelley Drye & Warren LLP
Deciphering Rapid and Unpredictable Developments for Energy, Oil and Gas Companies Doing Business in Russia
Allyson MillerGeneral CounselHunting PLC
Inna TsimermanChief International Trade CounselGallagher
Jamie RogersPartnerHogan Lovells
- Recent actions taken under US sanctions against Russia including the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 and Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019
- Consequences and the lessons that entities in this sector can draw from them.
- Upheaval in UK sanctions following Brexit and the impacts on the energy sector again affecting Russia and how compliance programmes can appropriately be structured around all these risks.
- Update on other US, EU and UK country sanctions programs that have the potential to impact those in or operating in this sector.
Networking Break
Matthew FogartyCounsel, TradeGeneral Motors
Lori ScheetzPartnerWiley Rein LLP
- Evaluating prospective JVs and other third-party relationships
- Identifying direct and indirect sanctioned ownership risks
- Resolving concerns on tech startups with limited legacy information
- Determining how much due diligence is appropriate (and how often)
- Conducting diligence in the context of sectoral sanctions
Communicating Sanctions and Business Restrictions to Businesses, Clients and Counterparties: Why You Should Use a Customer Assurance of Compliance
Karen RobertsonSenior Manager – Global Trade ComplianceUber Technologies Inc.
Judith LeePartnerGibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Financial services KYC best practices
- With a sale to distributor or reseller, ask for assurance that they will not sell to prohibited end user
- Use certification, contract terms and conditions
- Engagement with Russian business partners (suppliers/vendors and customers)
- Put company on notices that compliance is expected