At Womble Bond Dickinson, our export control and sanctions lawyers pride themselves on their ability to provide clear and pragmatic advice. We act as experienced guides to the dynamic and ever-expanding world of financial and trade controls and sanctions, sharing invaluable knowledge of how to comply with the regimes imposed by regulatory authorities in the UK, EU and USA.

Our team works collaboratively with clients to give them the information they need to make business-critical decisions. From developing effective risk management procedures, to producing and presenting learning programmes to support essential staff training and awareness; we provide the tools that are needed to ensure transactions or shipments keep on the right side of the rules.

Sanctions and export control services

On-hand to support clients during day-to-day decision making, and ready to stand by them throughout times of stress, our trade and financial sanctions lawyers are highly experienced in their field. Examples of the services our lawyers provide include:

  • Advising businesses on the implications of sanctions, with particular experience of UK and EU sanctions. We also work closely with our US colleagues in respect of the US sanctions regime
  • Drafting and reviewing risk assessments, policies and procedures for businesses operating in all sectors, specific to the financial sanctions and other financial crime risks they face
  • Advising businesses including freight forwarders, regarding potential issues arising from the proposed export of goods caught within the scope of trade sanctions regimes
  • Representing and counselling businesses accused of non-compliance with export controls and sanctions laws
  • Delivering tailored training to organisations across a range of sectors, covering all aspects of crime prevention within trade and financial sanctions
  • Supporting businesses with required or voluntary self-disclosures to regulators in the event of financial sanctions breaches, and advising on processes and procedures to be put in place to prevent future breaches.

Our sanctions lawyers at Womble Bond Dickinson are here to help. To learn more about our experience and what we can do for you, please do contact us.

    Examples of work

    • Advising a manufacturer of luxury goods on the practical implications of UK sanctions imposed on Russian persons/entities, including what additional due diligence policies and procedures should be implemented
    • Advising on the application of EU and UK sanctions upon Russian persons/entities in the context of proposed transactions involving infrastructure-related goods
    • Advising clients across the financial institutions, energy, retail and charity sectors on the application of financial sanctions to their business including drafting and reviewing risk assessments, drafting policies and procedures and assisting with notifications to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
    • Advising freight forwarders in respect of the various issues concerning the proposed export and import of goods within the scope of applicable sanctions regimes
    • Advising in relation to investigations by HMRC relating to unlawful exports of dual-use goods and exports of chemicals governed by the UK's obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention
    • Advising businesses of the risks they face, and how to mitigate them, if they choose to comply with their clients' requests.

    At Womble Bond Dickinson, our export control and sanctions lawyers pride themselves on their ability to provide clear and pragmatic advice. We act as experienced guides to the dynamic and ever-expanding world of financial and trade controls and sanctions, sharing invaluable knowledge of how to comply with the regimes imposed by regulatory authorities in the UK, EU and USA.

    Our team works collaboratively with clients to give them the information they need to make business-critical decisions. From developing effective risk management procedures, to producing and presenting learning programmes to support essential staff training and awareness; we provide the tools that are needed to ensure transactions or shipments keep on the right side of the rules.

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    Sanctions and export control services

    On-hand to support clients during day-to-day decision making, and ready to stand by them throughout times of stress, our trade and financial sanctions lawyers are highly experienced in their field. Examples of the services our lawyers provide include:

    • Advising businesses on the implications of sanctions, with particular experience of UK and EU sanctions. We also work closely with our US colleagues in respect of the US sanctions regime
    • Drafting and reviewing risk assessments, policies and procedures for businesses operating in all sectors, specific to the financial sanctions and other financial crime risks they face
    • Advising businesses including freight forwarders, regarding potential issues arising from the proposed export of goods caught within the scope of trade sanctions regimes
    • Representing and counselling businesses accused of non-compliance with export controls and sanctions laws
    • Delivering tailored training to organisations across a range of sectors, covering all aspects of crime prevention within trade and financial sanctions
    • Supporting businesses with required or voluntary self-disclosures to regulators in the event of financial sanctions breaches, and advising on processes and procedures to be put in place to prevent future breaches.

    Our sanctions lawyers at Womble Bond Dickinson are here to help. To learn more about our experience and what we can do for you, please do contact us.

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