Morning coffee on OFAC sanctions and how to mitigate the risks of sanctions

• In this seminar, we will give a country-by-country overview of existing and possible future (US) sanctions, including an analysis of Russia and China.
• We will also discuss extra-territorial application of US sanctions and how to mitigate the risks of sanctions, including e.g. the level of due diligence required by the US etc.
• In addition, we will present one specific case study of sanction-compliance DD, i.e. why and what was investigated in this case, how specific transactions were analysed, etc.

Seminar will be held in English and is free of charge. Coffee will be served from 8.30 AM.

Please register for the seminar by 12 April (incl.).

Topics will be presented by Jeffrey W. Cottle, Partner at Eversheds Sutherland USA, focuses on white-collar crime and compliance matters, with an emphasis on fraud, corruption, anti-money laundering, trade sanctions and export controls.

Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Jeff held senior positions as in-house compliance counsel at major corporations headquartered in the US, Europe, and Australia. He has been the head of the compliance and/or anti-corruption function at companies with operations in high-risk jurisdictions, from Africa to Asia, and from Eurasia to Latin America with a particular emphasis on the oil and gas, extractives, and aerospace and defense industries.

He has spent several years as an active-duty US Naval Intelligence officer, with field tours and at the Pentagon at the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, eventually retiring with the rank of Commander. He was decorated for his role in operations in Syria, Lebanon, and the Persian Gulf, including Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield.