Rebecca is a Certified Sanctions Specialist based in London. She is also an arbitrator/arbitration counsel, specialising in International commercial arbitration. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from Wales and obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) with Merit from Queen Mary University of London and University College London. She is an associate member of one of the leading set of Barristers’ Chambers in the UK, Six Pump Court, London. At the same time, she is a law tutor/lecturer in the University of Buckingham, England.

Rebecca has about 20 years’ experience as a compliance lawyer, advising on sanctions regimes of US OFAC, UK OFSI, United Nations, and the European Union, international trade, export, import and cross border transactions. She started as a litigation and corporate lawyer with the Global Ernst & Young Law. She then went on to become the General Counsel & Head of Compliance (including Sanctions) in various public listed corporations; listed in United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Jeff Nielsen is a sanctions and export controls lawyer with over 20 years’ experience representing clients in diverse industries, both at law firms and in-house. His expertise is in both United States and European Union sanctions and export controls laws.