Circumvention of EU Financial Sanctions: Concrete Cases
February 20, 2025 | 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM NYC
ACSS Webinar
CSS Credits: 1.25
Duration:
75 minutes
Speakers:
- Lukas Lobnik | Legal Counsel
- Armin Ahari | Legal Counsel
Moderator:
Ivy Llena, Sanctions Training Coordinator, ACSS
Date:
Time:
- 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM NYC
- 03:00 PM – 04:15 PM London
- 04:00 PM – 05:15 PM Amsterdam
Description:
No one knows better than the financial sector how essential it is to comply with sanctions laws. In particular, the EU sanctions against Russia have led to numerous changes in sanctions law that has impacted the financial sector and its stakeholders. It has now become of paramount importance for the financial sector to avoid any potential circumvention of sanctions.
Highlights of the webinar will include:
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An overview of EU targeted and sectoral financial sanctions
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Provisions on circumvention of sanctions
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Best Practices of the Council regarding EU sanctions
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Examples of circumvention structures and designs regarding financial sanctions
Certificate of Attendance:
All active ACSS members will be able to download the certificate from the Learning Management System (under the achievements tab).
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Speakers
Lukas Lobnik
Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)
Dr. Lukas Lobnik is legal counsel in the legal department of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and a lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). Previously he was a researcher while writing his doctoral thesis at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and worked for the Austrian Supreme Court. He is publishing and presenting in different legal areas like banking law, civil law and sanctions law.
Armin Ahari
Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)
Dr. Armin Ahari is legal counsel in the legal department of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and a lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). Previously he was working for the Financial Market Authority (FMA) in the department for resolution, before that he worked for the Austrian Constitutional Court and the Austrian Supreme Court. He was a researcher while writing his doctoral thesis at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). He is publishing and presenting in different legal areas like banking supervisory law, civil law and sanctions law.
Moderator
Ivy Llena
Sanctions Training Coordinator
ACSS
Ivy Llena has over 14 years of experience in the learning and development field, providing capacity-building and professional development programs for corporate and social service agencies in the US and the Philippines.
Before joining ACSS, she was a program director at a non-profit organization in the Philippines, where she co-designed and co-implemented economic empowerment programs and services for survivors of human trafficking and their families. Ivy also served at the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, where she led and contributed to inclusive economic growth initiatives.
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