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The Economic Sanctions Summit 2024

Developing watertight sanctions compliance strategies

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The Chatham House Rule
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Venue: Cavendish Conference Centre
Address: 22 Duchess Mews London W1G 9DT
Tel: +44 (0)20 7706 7700

The Chatham House Rule

Please note that this event will be held under the Chatham House Rule

Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speakers, nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.

Agenda

8:30 AM
Registration, networking & morning coffee
 
9:10 AM
Introduction

Maurice Button, CEO, City & Financial Global

9:15 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Marcus Thompson, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

9:25 AM
Keynote Address I: The impact of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and recent developments in Israel/Gaza on the global sanctions landscape

Daniel Drake, Deputy Director of the Sanctions Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

9:45 AM
Presentation: Update on recent developments in UK sanctions

Maya Lester KC, Brick Court Chambers

10:10 AM
Panel: What does the imposition of sanctions, and the corresponding freezing of assets, mean for the City and the financial institutions involved?

Moderator:

Jonathan Benson, Counsel, Allen & Overy

Panellists:

Jonathan Burke, Managing Director, Global Head of Banking Sanctions, Citibank

Rakesh Patel, Head of Sanctions Policy Oversight & Export Controls, HSBC

Chloe Cina, Partner, National Security Group, Morrison Foerster

11:00 AM
Networking break
 
11:20 AM
Keynote address II: The European agenda for the enforcement of sanctions against Russia and elsewhere

Alina Nedea, Head of Sanctions Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission

11:40 AM
Keynote address III: The US approach to imposing and enforcing sanctions

Leslie Stubbs, International Sanctions Officer, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), US Department of Treasury

12:00 PM
Panel: Orchestrating a global response to sanctions: how far do UK, EU and US sanctions programmes diverge and how can organisations with a nexus to all three co-ordinate their strategies for dealing with sanctioned entities?

Moderator:

Shruti Chandhok, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Panellists:

Gaelle Maquignon, Compliance Governance Specialist, Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty

Simon Armstrong, Director – Sanctions Escalation and Alerts Advisory, Barclays

Lloyd Meadows, Director, Sanctions Advisory, Standard Chartered

12:50 PM
Networking and lunch break
 
2:00 PM
Keynote address IV: The National Crime Agency’s agenda for combatting sanctions breaches and evasion

Rachael Herbert, Deputy Director, National Economic Crime Centre, National Crime Agency

2:20 PM
Fireside chat: The Government and regulator’s expectations of firms to ensure compliance with current sanctions policies

Jonathan Benson, Counsel, Allen & Overy

In conversation with

Chris Watts, Deputy Director, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, HM Treasury

2:50 PM
Panel: Aligning sanctions compliance policies with existing AML/ABC/CTF compliance systems

Moderator

Shereen George, Head of Sanctions, BNP Paribas

Panel

Sinead Goss, Managing Director, EMEA Head, AML, Anti-Bribery and Sanctions

Richard Dunmall, EMEA Head of Sanctions, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 

3:30 PM
Afternoon break
 
3:50 PM
Where next? Looking to the Middle East, China and Asia - how will the Russia/Ukraine experience inform possible future sanctions strategies?

Moderator:

Marcus Thompson, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Panellists:

Neil Whiley, Director, Sanctions and Export Control, UK Finance

Susan Hawley, Executive Director, Spotlight on Corruption

Sam Cousins, Senior Associate, Sanctions Ransomware and Risk, ACAMS

4:35 PM
Chair’s closing remarks

Marcus Thompson, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

4:40 PM
Close of proceedings
 

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29th January 2024

The Economic Sanctions Summit 2024

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