Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in GMT. 

8:30 AM
Registration, networking & morning coffee
 
9:10 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Marcus Thompson, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis 

9:20 AM
Keynote Address I: What has been the impact of Russian sanctions over the last 12 months? The UK’s strategic priorities and future sanctions strategy for 2026

Senior Representative, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 

9:40 AM
Interactive discussion: The UK’s current sanctions framework: how is the relationship with OFSI and OTSI developing and their future enforcement strategies

In conversation with

Beth Davies, Deputy Director, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, HM Treasury

Anna Deibel-Jung, Deputy Director, Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation, Department for Business & Trade

10:20 AM
Panel Session: The global sanctions landscape: navigating alignments and divergence in the UK/EU/U.S sanctions nexus
 
11:05 AM
Coffee & networking break
 
11:30 AM
Presentation: Update on recent developments in UK sanctions

Maya Lester KC, Brick Court 

11:50 AM
Presentation: Tactics for dealing with cross-border sanctions litigation
 
12:10 PM
Panel Session: Technology, innovation and the role of AI In sanctions screening and enforcement

Panellists

Alice Kemp, Global General Counsel for Sanctions and Economic Crime, Unilever 

James Grant, Head of Sanctions, Banking Circle 

12:50 PM
Keynote Address II: The National Crime Agency’s agenda for combatting sanctions breaches and evasion
 
1:10 PM
Lunch & networking break
 
2:15 PM
Keynote Address III: The EU Sanctions agenda: integration, implementation and enforcement
 
2:35 PM
Presentation: Sanctions, strategic imagination and political realism: Ask “What the Godfather would do?”

Nabi Abdullaev, Partner, Russia and CIS, Control Risks 

2:55 PM
Keynote Address IV: US sanctions policy under the Trump administration
 
3:15 PM
Panel Session: Best practice compliance strategies for dealing with entities associated with Russia and Belarus

Panellists

Robert McMillan, Managing Director, Anti- Financial Crime and MLRO, Commerzbank 

3:55 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
 
4:15 PM
Panel Session: The China conundrum: What impact will the US approach to China have on the international community and what are the implications for UK and multi-national companies’ sanctions strategies?
 
4:55 PM
Chair’s closing remarks
 
5:00 PM
Close of proceedings
 

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