ACSS Benelux Chapter
Three Key Sanctions Roundtables
Hosted by 
Clifford Chance Amsterdam
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
Table Moderators
- Martijn Feldbrugge, BSCN
- Charlotte Spierings, Clifford Chance
- Sebastiaan Bennink, Bennink Amar Advocaaten
Event Information
The event will feature three separate break out rooms on three hot topics, each moderated by a sanctions or export controls expert. Attendees will be placed into groups of approx 10 people each, and take turns in each room. In other words, the first 25 mins will be in one room discussing the first topic, the next 25 mins in the second room, and so on. Every participant will get a chance to discuss all three topics.
Topics for each room are as follows:
🔸Room 1: The 12th EU Sanctions Package: What it contains and how to implement it effectively, Moderated by Martijn Feldbrugge of BSCN
🔸Room 2: Russia Sanctions Enforcement: What to look out for in 2024, Moderated by: Charlotte Spierings of Clifford Chance
🔸Room 3: Semiconductor-related Export Controls – The implications of the use of export controls as a national security device, Moderated by: Sebastiaan Bennink, Bennink Amar Advocaaten
The event will conclude with a chance to network and continue the discussion with your colleagues over drinks and nibbles.
This is a fantastic opportunity to discuss these hot topics affecting sanctions professionals in a unique and wholly interactive setting.
Don’t miss it!
Agenda
15:00 – 15:15 Welcome and Registration
15:15 – 15:30 Introduction from Clifford Chance, Welcome from Saskia Rietbroek of ACSS, and Chapter Update from Benelux Chapter Chair – Sheila Jassies of the Benelux Chapter Board
15:30 – 16:00: Roundtables: Round One (30 mins)
16:05 – 16:35: Roundtables: Round Two (30 mins)
16:40 – 17:10: Roundtables: Round Three (30 mins)
17:10 – 18:00: Networking over drinks and nibbles
We hope to see you there!
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Table Moderators
Martijn Feldbrugge
Director
Business & Sanctions Consulting (BSCN)
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Martijn Feldbrugge, Director of BSCN BV (Business & Sanctions Consulting Netherlands) studied business administration and has worked for various financial institutions for more than 20 years. With a background in ICT, broad knowledge of the financial industry, strong analytical capabilities and the business administration education, he implemented solutions for complex situations. Since 2005, he setup and executed sanctions and export control compliance functions for two major Dutch financial institutions after they were subject to an enforcement action by US authorities. In 2011 he founded BSCN, which supports financial and non-financial institutions and companies in developing and implementing policies, processes and procedures related to compliance, sanctions and export controls. He is valued by the Clients for his enthusiasm, his analytical skills, his broad network and his out of the box views.
Charlotte Spierings
Counsel
Clifford Chance LLP
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Sebastiaan Bennink
Partner
Bennink Amar (BA) Trade Law
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Sebastiaan has extensive experience in advising and assisting (multinational) companies when do-ing business in sanctioned countries, including Cuba, Iran, Syria and Russia. Sebastiaan also has successfully represented his clients in administrative, criminal and private law matters and related procedures in the area of sanctions and export controls. He also frequently assists his clients with their trade compliance related issues and is very experienced in conducting internal (fraud)investigations, preparing voluntary disclosures and assisting clients in matters initiated by national and international authorities (VS, UK, EU en NL).
Sebastiaan has advised a number of major (including publicly listed) offshore companies and (multi)nationals on EU and US sanctions compliance and assisted them with successfully re-entering the Iranian market. In addition, Sebastiaan has assisted an international operating communication systems company with a voluntary self-disclosure before the national reg-ulatory authorities. Sebastiaan has also advised a major international carrier in a criminal investigation for exports to Saudi Arabia without the required export licenses. His recent work includes advising one of the largest international drone companies in the world on the implementation of a compliance policy and providing transaction advice relating thereto. Sebastiaan has extensive experience in respect of transactions relating to Russia and various African countries.
Sebastiaan is an esteemed speaker at national and international conferences in the field of trade laws. He also frequently lectures, provides (in-house) training and publishes in legal literature, news-papers and magazines. Sebastiaan is regularly quoted in newspapers, and often appears on tv and radio shows.
Before founding BenninkAmar, Sebastiaan was a partner at Wladimiroff, and also at B&A Law, the first Dutch boutique firm specialising in economic sanctions laws and export control legislation. Prior to that, Sebastiaan worked at the Regulatory and Criminal Enforcement department of De Brauw Blackstong Westbroek, the Netherlands’ largest law firm.