19th Annual Flagship Conference on Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance - WEB by C5Group

19th Annual Flagship Conference on

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE

April 30–May 1, 2025 | The National Press Club, Washington, DC

Ensure that you are part of the largest sanctions conference that is focused on providing you with actionable strategies, up to the minute updates and the opportunity to expand your network.

ĉ Are Tariffs the New Sanctions? The State of Sanctions and National Security Policy and Enforcement Under the Trump Administration

ĉ Russia: The New Realities of Compliance and Business— Preparing For a Potential End to the War

ĉ China: Preparing for New Sanctions and Export Controls— and Chinese Countermeasures

ĉ Sanctions Readiness: Tools To Ensure Your Companis is Ready When Sanctions Are Ramping Up or Winding Down

ĉ Middle East: U.S. Placing Maximum Pressure on Iran and Impacting Global Oil Markets

ĉ A New Posture on Venezuela, Mexico and Cuba? New and Anticipated Developments to Watch and Prepare for in Latin America

CLE CREDITS

Meet and Benchmark with Executives From:

• Applied Materials

• Arthur J. Gallagher

• BNP Paribas

• Capital One

• Charles Schwab

• Citi

• DHL

• Exxon Mobil

• Goldman Sachs

• HSBC

• International Paper

• JPMorgan Chase & Co.

• Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

• Loadsure

• Meta

• Microsoft

• MUFG

• Navy Federal Credit Union

• Netflix

• R+V Versicherung AG

• Santander

• SGCIB

• SMBC

• Standard Chartered Bank

• Stripe

• Travelers

• Truist

• Volvo

• The Walt Disney Company

• Wells Fargo

• Xylem

Economic Sanctions Conference Calendar

Accreditation will be sought in those jurisdictions requested by the registrants which have continuing education requirements. This course is identified as nontransitional for the purposes of CLE accreditation.

ACI certifies this activity has been approved for CLE credit by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board.

& Sanctions

ACI certifies this activity has been approved for CLE credit by the State Bar of California.

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Speakers

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

John Smith Partner

Morrison & Foerster

Roberto Berry VP, Global Compliance Stellantis

Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz Vice President –Global Sanctions Advisory

JPMorgan Chase & Co. WSN Member

SENIOR GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Matthew Breznai Sanctions

Licensing Officer Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Dan Clutch

Deputy Director for the Office of Export Enforcement Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

Alan Christian Deputy Assistant Director for Licensing Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Lawrence Scheinert Associate Director, Compliance and Enforcement Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Michael Albert Stelzer Acting Head of Unit – Sanctions European Commission Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union

Nathan Swinton Chief Counsel for Industry and Security

U.S. Department of Commerce

Giles Thomson Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

HM Treasury

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY

Timothy Aquino Solutions Expert Windward

Uzo Asonye Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Matthew Axelrod Partner

Gibson Dunn Former Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

Slim Ben Debba Director, Americas Head of Sanctions MUFG

Tom Best Partner

Paul Hastings

Jeremy Brayman Head of Global Sanctions Charles Schwab

Jamie Brewer Managing Counsel – Compliance

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Phillip Brynes Head of Sanctions Standard Chartered Bank

Eddie Fishman

Senior Research Scholar, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs Columbia University

Konstantin Bureiko Counsel

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Jeannette Chu Vice President National Security Policy National Foreign Trade Council

Charles Claypoole Partner

Latham & Watkins (UK)

Sharon Cohen Levin Partner Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Darshak Dholakia Partner

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Kimberly Donovan Director, Economic Statecraft Initiative Atlantic Council

Andrew Keller

Former General Counsel

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Elina Ribakova

Nonresident

Senior Fellow

Nancy Fischer

Partner

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Rachel Fiorill Partner

Morrison & Foerster LLP WSN Member

Edouard Gergondet Partner

Mayer Brown

Alexandra Gervase Head of Compliance

Loadsure WSN Member

Terence Gilroy Partner

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Jonathan Goacher Partner

Stephenson Harwood

Zachary Goldman

Partner

WilmerHale

Aaron Gothelf Assistant General Counsel

The Walt Disney Company

Pierre Gouarin Head of Sanctions Advisory BNP Paribas

Carlton Greene Partner

Crowell & Moring LLP

Peter Harrell Non-Resident Fellow Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Jasper Helder Partner Akin Gump

Jesse Horn Trade Counsel

Microsoft Corporation

Laurence Hull

Senior Counsel, Global Trade Legal Applied Materials

Lisa Humphrey AVP, Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit

Navy Federal Credit Union WSN Member

Nathanael Kurcab Partner

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Jessica Latham Principal Counsel, Trade Compliance Netflix WSN Member

Janis Lazda Public Policy Manager – International Trade and Economic Policy Meta

David Lim Partner

White & Case LLP

Neil H. MacBride Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Jenn Maki

Senior Director – Global Trade Xylem WSN Member

Rowan McDaniel U.S. and Americas Head of Sanctions, Financial Crimes Compliance HSBC Bank USA

Kelvin Miller Senior Counsel –Economic and Trade Sanctions Travelers

Crystal Noe

Senior Director –Head on OnChain Produce Compliance & Global Head of Sanctions

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Laura Ostheimer Reinsurance Compliance Officer R+V Versicherung AG

Inessa Owens Associate General Counsel & SVP, Head of Global Financial Crimes Legal Bank of America

Jonathan Panikoff Senior Fellow, GeoEconomics Center

Atlantic Council

Peterson Institute for International Economics

Wiliam G. Rich

Global Head of Banking Client Advisory & Risk Management – Sanctions Compliance Citi (UAE)

Alice Rojas

Managing Director, Americas Head of Sanctions

Societe Generale WSN Member

Angelique Schindler

Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel

SMBC

Neena Shenai Partner

Wilmer Hale

Kaitlin Sighinolfi

Sr Director, Govt Affairs

International Paper

Robert Slack Partner Fenwick

Clay Stevenson

Head of Sanctions, OFAC, & Watchlists Santander

Samantha Sultoon SVP - Senior

Financial Crimes Director

Truist

Former OFAC Lead, U.S. Treasury Sanctions Review Team

Lauren Talerman Partner

Akin Gump

Sean Thornton

Managing Director Head of Legal

Financial Security

BNP Paribas

Inna Tsimerman Chief International Trade Counsel

Arthur J. Gallagher

Brian O’Toole

Global Head of Sanctions

Wells Fargo

Jennifer Varney

Global Trade Compliance Manager

Bridget Van Buren Chief, Sanctions Compliance Guidance and Outreach Office of Foreign Asset Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Andrii Dzhaga

Global Sanctions Officer Stripe

Vedia Eidelman Head, Regional Trade Law Office

DHL

Nicole Erb Partner White & Case LLP

Louise Julin Vice President, Americas Head of Government

Sanctions Group Goldman Sachs WSN Member

Eric Kadel Partner

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Alex Parets

Global Head of Sanctions & Trade Compliance

Capital One

Jason Prince Partner

Akin Gump

Anthony Rapa Partner

Blank Rome

Volvo

Nabeel Yousef

Partner

Freshfields

Bruckhaus Deringer

Erik Woodhouse

Partner

Crowell & Morning LLP

Former Deputy

Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

9:00 am–12:30 pm (Registration opens at 8:30 am)

Pre-Conference Workshops A

Practical Tips for the Sanctions Licensing Process and Sanctions Compliance Program Essentials: How to Meet OFAC’s Expectations and Requirements

Join an in-depth, practical conversation on OFAC process for applying for licenses and online tools for managing the process. Hear about the recent updates to the license application portal and how to check your license status. Gain insights into what your application status means and discuss best practices for applying for a license. Discuss the essentials of implementing an effective sanctions compliance program that meets OFAC expectations. The workshop will delve into the intricacies of maintaining and updating your program and ensuring that it is agile and ready to adapt as more sanctions developments unfold.

The speakers will focus on the 5 pillars of compliance and share compliance best practices for each one.

RISK ASSESSMENT

• Key components of risk assessments and risk ranking

• Leveraging the results of your risks assessment to strengthen your program

TESTING AND AUDITING

• How do you audit your sanctions compliance program?

• The scope of involvement of your internal audit team

TRAINING

• Traditional and innovative approaches to training

• Effective tools, including in-person training, and virtual training

INTERNAL CONTROLS

• Recordkeeping best practices

• How do you align internal controls with new sanctions

SENIOR MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT

• Elements of a strong culture of compliance, including senior management buy-in

• Techniques to demonstrate strong sanctions compliance awareness

Alan Christian Deputy Assistant Director for Licensing Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Matthew Breznai Sanctions Licensing Officer Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Bridget Van Buren Chief, Sanctions Compliance Guidance and Outreach Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury

• Assessing high risk transactions against your organization’s risk tolerance

• Key components of a strong audit program

• Determining the frequency of training (and re-training)

• Documenting training efforts

• Identifying and rectifying internal control weaknesses

• Challenges of engaging the entire organization

1:30–5:00 pm (Registration opens at 1:00 pm) Trade Finance and Payment Processing: Managing Financial Crime Risks to Support Your Business

This interactive workshop will delve into the complexities of navigating domestic and international working capital finance transactions.These deals will be viewed from a 360 lens to discuss how to stay compliant in a rapidly changing regulatory environment. Topics to be covered include:

• Determining transactions vulnerable to fraud, money laundering and sanctions circumvention

• What are the key typologies of sanctions circumvention to look for

• What does the BIS’s October 2025 guidance mean for trade finance compliance? What controls and due diligence measures should be integrated into trade finance compliance programs?

6:00–7:30 pm

Women in Sanctions Network (WSN) In-Person Reception for Members Only

• Discuss how to create a cross-functional approach (KYC/AML/Sanctions)

• How can institutions assess the effectiveness of their current compliance controls?

• When to turn away business

Pierre Gouarin Deputy General Manager BNP Paribas

Anthony Rapa Partner Blank Rome

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Main Conference Day One

7:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 Opening Remarks from the Co-Chairs

Roberto Berry VP, Global Compliance Stellantis

John Smith Partner Morrison & Foerster

Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz Vice President –Global Sanctions Advisory

JPMorgan Chase & Co. WSN Member

9:15 Are Tariffs the New Sanctions? The State of Sanctions, Trade, National Security Policy and Enforcement Under the Trump Administration

• Unpacking the use of tariffs instead of or along with sanctions as a tool to advance economic and foreign policy

• Will tariffs be a coercive measure in international trade?

• How will the evolving landscape affect global trade dynamics?

• Current views on the potential decline of the U.S. dollar globally

• The potential scope of retaliatory measures from key trading partners

Brian O’Toole Global Head of Sanctions Wells Fargo Nabeel Yousef Partner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Neil H. MacBride Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Peter Harrell Non-Resident Fellow

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

10:45 Russia and Sanctions Compliance: How Companies and Financial Institutions Are Revisiting Their Programs, and Risk Profiles Amid Recent Progress to End the War

• Status and impact of sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector

• The closer relationship between Russia and China—and what it means for global sanctions and export risks

• Have sanctions been effective in limiting Putin’s power?

• What to expect from the next EU sanctions package—and new, potential alignments and conflicts with U.S. sanctions

Jennifer Varney Global Trade Compliance Manager Volvo

Zachary Goldman Partner WilmerHale

Charles Claypoole Partner Latham & Watkins

Edouard Gergondet Partner

Mayer Brown

Angelique Schindler Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel

SMBC

11:40

EAST: Maximum Pressure on Iran, New Opportunities in Syria and Continued Challenges in Gaza

• Iran: Will the U.S. use a maximum pressure campaign to curb Iran’s use of nuclear and ballistic missiles or is there a potential new deal in the works?

• Syria: New sanctions exemptions to ease the flow of humanitarian aid and are companies considering going back into Syria

• The Trump Administration's policy on Israel 12:25 Networking Luncheon 1:40

General Session

Transactional Risks and Conflicts of Law: Reconciling Differing U.S., UK and EU Rules for Russia, Cuba and Iran

Phillip Brynes Head of Sanctions

Standard Chartered Bank

Kelvin Miller Senior Counsel – Economic and Trade Sanctions Travelers

Nancy Fischer Partner

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

• Key conflicts between U.S., UK and EU sanctions

• Juggling multiple jurisdictions in cross-border transactions and tools to navigate “which law wins”

• Tools to manage conflicted persons in your transactions

• Tips on how to address conflicts of law without undue risk and exposure

Vedia Eidelman Head, Regional Trade Law Office DHL

Lauren Talerman Partner Akin Gump

Wiliam G. Rich Global Head of Banking Client Advisory & Risk Management–Sanctions Compliance Citi (UAE)

Jonathan Panikoff Senior Fellow, GeoEconomics Center Atlantic Council

Sessions (Choose One)

Interactive Dialogues

What’s

New and Brewing at OFAC: New Designations, Longer Longback Period And More

Carlton Greene Partner Crowell & Moring LLP

Inessa Owens Associate General Counsel & SVP, Head of Global Financial Crimes Legal Bank of America

Clay Stevenson Head of Sanctions, OFAC, & Watchlists Santander

• Increased Designations of Foreign Terrorist Organizations

• Impact of changing the lookback period from 5 to 10 years and how this affects your record retention program

• Important takeaways from OFAC blocking guidance issued in 2024

• Sanctions whistleblower rewards offering 10-30% of sanctions collections

• Dissecting trends revealed from recent OFAC settlements

Think Tanks

Fine Tuning Complex Sanctions Clauses to Mitigate the Risk of Contractual Disputes

Jessica Latham Counsel Trade Compliance Netflix

Laura Ostheimer Reinsurance Compliance Officer R+V Versicherung AG

Inna Tsimerman Chief International Trade Counsel Arthur J. Gallagher

• Determining the applicability of sanctions clauses and territorial exclusions

• What are OFAC’s expectations for sanctions exclusions?

• How and what to exclude in your contracts

• Upgrading contractual language to align with new enforcement and compliance realities

• Minimizing the risk of disputes over the interpretation of key clauses

• Common missteps and misunderstandings to avoid—and how

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