Session details

4th Asia-based International Financial Law Conference

29 Mar - 31 Mar 2023

Session information

Session seven: Sanctions and financial contracts – where are we and where are we going?

Friday 31 March (1045 - 1215)

Description

This session will discuss the following topics in light of sanctionsrelated provisions commonly found in financial contracts:
• economic and financial sanctions in different parts of the world;
• implications of the extraterritorial effects of sanctions;
• impact of the sanctions against Russia;
• blocking statutes and their relevance; and
• are we expecting a movement from regulation to enforcement, and what does this mean for lenders and borrowers?

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Daniel Khayyami	Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm, Sweden

Speakers

Alyssa K Caples	Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, London, England; Membership Officer, Securities Law Committee
Ko Hanamizu	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Tokyo, Japan; Chair, Legal Opinions Subcommittee
Menno Stoffer	De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek NV, Amsterdam, Netherlands