4th Asia-based International Financial Law Conference
29 Mar - 31 Mar 2023
Session information
Session seven: Sanctions and financial contracts – where are we and where are we going?
Friday 31 March (1045 - 1215)
Description
This session will discuss the following topics in light of sanctionsrelated provisions commonly found in financial contracts:
• economic and financial sanctions in different parts of the world;
• implications of the extraterritorial effects of sanctions;
• impact of the sanctions against Russia;
• blocking statutes and their relevance; and
• are we expecting a movement from regulation to enforcement, and what does this mean for lenders and borrowers?
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Daniel Khayyami | Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm, Sweden |
Speakers
| Alyssa K Caples | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, London, England |
| Ko Hanamizu | Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Tokyo, Japan; Chair, Legal Opinions Subcommittee |
| Menno Stoffer | De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek NV, Amsterdam, Netherlands |