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Clarisse SAND is the French founding partner of SAND AVOCATS, which she has headed since 2011. For more than 16 years, Clarisse SAND has been defending executives in contentious financial matters and has particularly developed a cross-border practice. As member of the Paris and Brussels Bars, she represents her clients' interests before national and European courts. She currently represents individuals and corporate entities challenging their inclusion on the European sanctions lists against Russia. She also represents clients in the context of sanctions regimes applied by countries outside the European Union, such as Switzerland and the Principality of Monaco. Clarisse SAND has extensive experience in managing waivers to obtain procedures to unfreeze assets administratively seized as a result of sanctions. Her expertise covers a number of European and non-European jurisdictions. She has also brought actions before the national courts to challenge irregular administrative seizures in connection with the application of sanctions against unlisted persons. She handles commercial and banking litigation arising directly from the application of sanctions.