Insights

The 2025 IPBA Annual Meeting and Conference is focused on bringing together lawyers from over 65 legal jurisdictions throughout the world with a strong interest in the Asia-Pacific Region. With a focus on approaching global challenges that businesses face with foresight, optimism, and precision, attendees will connect and discuss developments of legal practice in a rapidly changing global environment.

Hosted by FTI Consulting in Manhattan, the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS) New York Chapter is holding a session entitled "Bridging the Gap between Sanctions & Export Controls: Tips & Best Practices."

As part of September 25-26's American Conference Institute (ACI) Practical Forum on Advanced EAR Compliance, Jana del-Cerro will co-present a session entitled "EAR 734.99 (b) and Foreign Direct Product Rule (FDPR) and 734.4/de minimis Thresholds: How to Apply Complex Requirements in Practice and Avoid the Key Compliance Traps."

On February 15th, Simeon Yerokun will speak on the panel "Global Business Considerations." This discussion will analyze hot topics in Trade both within the U.S. and Internationally, and will include discussion of supply chain resiliency, prohibitions on forced labor, trade policy, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Aurifer Middle East and Global Legal Customs Association (GLCA) to host the GLCA Conference 2024. The conference, which is part of the programme of the GLCA Annual Meeting held in Dubai (UAE), organised under the sponsorship of Aurifer Middle East this year, will feature a hybrid (in-person and online) scientific session on February 8, 2024, 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. GST.

The conference will consist of six panels covering the major developments and latest trends in the global customs and international trade landscape. The broad range of topics covered during the scientific session include EU customs reform, customs compliance in UAE free zones, international trade sanctions, and the impact of bans on UAE banks for trade with Russia. Conference attendants will also have the opportunity to hear about business experiences in relation to the use of new technologies for customs clearance, track and trace, and compliance.

Crowell and Moring Partner David Stepp will speak on the panel “International Trade Sanctions: Russian, American and European perspectives.”

Evan Chuck and Jana del-Cerro will speak on the panel on Trade Controls. Evan will discuss recent developments in the conflicts between U.S. and China law, including the impact of China’s recent use of its Antiforeign Sanctions Law and Unreliable Entity List designations, as well as developments in enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Jana will discuss the evolving U.S. export controls targeting certain industries in China, the efforts to build a multilateral approach on export policy and enforcement, and the implications for doing business in Asia.

Participant on the Expert Panel on BIS Corporate Enforcement Policy at the Matthew Axelrod: Corporate Self-Disclosure for Export Control Violations at the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement at New York University School of Law.

This conference will provide a forum for women in AML and Sanctions to network, learn and engage to discuss the substantive developments, challenges and opportunities facing women in their respective industries as well as provide them with the business contacts and communication and leadership skills necessary for continued success and career advancement.