Coping with U.S. Export Controls and Sanctions 2022

Why You Should Attend

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with China have altered the landscape for export controls and sanctions and the Biden Administration is turning increasingly to these tools as instruments of foreign policy, often in collaboration with close allies, It is more important than ever for institutions in all sectors of the economy to stay on top of key developments. Companies and financial institutions must be aware of their compliance and disclosure obligations, enforcement trends and priorities, and emerging risks. Implementing and strengthening compliance programs is an increasingly important priority in all industries. For over twenty years, PLI’s Coping with U.S. Export Controls has been the go-to program on trade control laws and regulations. The program enables attendees to “get inside” international trade controls through give-and-take among key officials from the government agencies that regulate cross-border trade and investment, experienced company managers, and top lawyers in the field. 

What You Will Learn

• Assessment of Biden Administration sanctions and export control policies
• The current sanctions landscape, from Russia to Iran to Venezuela and Cuba
• Impact of US sanctions on non-US companies
• Entity List and Global Magnitsky designations
• Human rights, export controls, and sanctions policies, with a focus on China
• Best practices for compliance programs in a range of industry contexts
• Enforcement perspectives from authorities 

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys from law firms and law departments; counsel and managers from companies selling consumer, high-tech, and defense products; and from banks, carriers, and trade logistics firms. 

Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.

• Opening Remarks* [00:10:55]
  Christopher R. Wall, Peter L. Flanagan
• Overview of Russia Sanctions: Developments and Prospects [01:15:33]
  Andrea Gacki, Andrew N. Keller, Erik Woodhouse, Eileen M. Albanese
• Perspectives on Russia from Other Key Jurisdictions [01:14:18]
  Stephan Müller, Luke Wochensky, Christopher Lock
• Tightening Controls on China: Developments and Prospects [01:13:48]
  Eileen M. Albanese, Peter Lichtenbaum, Susie Armstrong, Mike Wain
• Sanctions Landscape: Looking Beyond Russia and China [00:59:53]
  Lisa Palluconi, Greta Lichtenbaum, Adam M. Smith, David Mortlock
• The Future of Multilateral Export Controls [01:12:15]
  Kevin J. Wolf, Gonzalo Suarez
• Fireside Chat – Russia and Iran [01:06:11]
  Daniel Fried, Ray Takeyh
• Compliance Best Practices – Industry Perspectives [01:32:04]
  Kay C. Georgi, Amanda Archibald, Alan Levesque, Sarah O'Hare O'Neal, Neena Shenai
• Supply Chains, Human Rights and Forced Labor [01:18:57]
  Therese M. Randazzo, Nate Herman, Meredith Rathbone
• The Enforcement Environment: Perspectives from the Authorities [01:17:05]
  Lawrence Scheinert, Kevin J. Kurland, Brian Rissing
• Ethics Considerations in Trade Controls Practice [01:02:26]
  Matthew T. West, Jeanine P. McGuinness

The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:

• Complete Course Handbook
• Covington & Burling LLP, Covington Alert, EU and UK Impose Additional Sanctions and Export Controls Against Russia (October 10, 2022)
• Covington & Burling LLP, Covington Alert, The United States Imposes Additional Sanctions and Export Controls Against Russia and Belarus (October 13, 2022)
• Stephan E. Becker, et al., Pillsbury Global Trade and Sanctions Law, New Sanctions and Export Controls in Global Response to the Attempted Annexation of Ukrainian Territory (October 4, 2022)
• Covington & Burling LLP, Covington Alert, New Executive Order Revises Prohibition on Transactions Involving Publicly Traded Securities of Certain Chinese Companies (June 7, 2021)
• Covington & Burling LLP, Covington Alert, U.S. Imposes Additional Export Controls Restrictions on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items (October 10, 2022)
• Covington & Burling LLP, Covington Alert, China Enacts New Law on Countering Foreign Sanctions (June 11, 2021)
• Covington & Burling LLP, Covington Alert, U.S. Issues Hong Kong Business Advisory and Hong Kong-Related Sanctions (July 20, 2021)
• U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce Adds Seven Chinese Entities to Entity List for Supporting China’s Military Modernization Efforts (August 23, 2022)
• U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Congressional and Public Affairs, Commerce Adds 33 Parties in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to Unverified List (February 7, 2022)
• United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Hearing, “KleptoCapture: Aiding Ukraine through Forfeiture of Russian Oligarchs’ Illicit Assets,” Testimony of Adam M. Smith (July 19, 2022)
• Nancy A. Fischer, et al., Pillsbury Global Trade and Sanctions Law, U.S. Commerce Department Imposes Sweeping China-Related Export Controls on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items (October 14, 2022)
• Covington & Burling LLP, Covington Alert, Impact of Sanctions on Contracts (May 23, 2022)
• U.S. Department of State, Risks and Considerations for U.S. Businesses Operating in Sudan (May 23, 2022)
• Risks and Considerations for Businesses and Individuals with Exposure to Entities Responsible for Undermining Democratic Processes, Facilitating Corruption, and Committing Human Rights Abuses in Burma (Myanmar) (January 26, 2022)
• Kevin Wolf and Emily S. Weinstein, COCOM’s Daughter: A New Multilateral Export Control Regime Is Needed to Address Contemporary National Security and Human Rights Issues (March 22, 2022)
• Public Comments of Kevin Wolf, Emily Kilcrease and Jasper Helder Regarding Areas and Priorities for US and EU Export Control Cooperation under the US-EU Trade and Technology Council, Ref: Docket No. 211123-0244, XRIN 0694-XC088 (January 14, 2022)
• Stephan E. Becker, Aaron R. Hutman and Toochi L. Ngwangwa, Pillsbury Global Trade and Sanctions Law, U.S. Commerce Department Implements Export Controls on Four New Emerging and Foundational Technologies (August 17, 2022)
• Stephan E. Becker, et al., Pillsbury Global Trade and Sanctions Law, State Department Issues Two Open General Licenses Authorizing Reexports and Retransfers of Certain Defense Articles for Australia, Canada and the UK (July 27, 2022)
• Carla Norrlöf, Atlantic Council, Will Economic Statecraft Threaten Western Currency Dominance? Sanctions, Geopolitics, and the Global Monetary Order (2022)
• Daniel Fried and Brian O’Toole, The Economic Response That Can Match Putin’s Escalation in Ukraine, New Atlanticist (September 28, 2022)
• Aaron R. Hutman, et al., Pillsbury Global Trade and Sanctions Law, G7 Agrees on Price Cap for Russian-Origin Oil and Related Products—What Companies Need to Know (September 2, 2022)
• Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations, Iran’s Protests, Raisi’s UN Speech, and Nuclear Deal Talks: What to Know (September 23, 2022)
• Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations, Three Challenges That Are Testing Iran’s Regime (June 8, 2022)
• Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations, The Ukraine Crisis Could Sideline the Iran Nuclear Deal (March 14, 2022)
• Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations, What’s the Future of the Iran Nuclear Talks? (December 8, 2021)
• Randall Cook, Alan T. Levesque and Waqas Shahid, Ankura Consulting Group, BIS Expands Controls on Biotechnology Software and Cybersecurity Items (October 2021)
• Alan T. Levesque and Joseph M. Mayer, Ankura Consulting Group, BIS Issues Important Policy Changes on Trade Controls Violations Prevention and Enforcement (2022)
• Alan T. Levesque, Joseph M. Mayer and Steve Thomas, Ankura Consulting Group, DAG Monaco De?nes DOJ Guidance for Corporate Criminal Enforcement (2022)
• Aaron R. Hutman, et al., Pillsbury Global Trade and Sanctions Law, Implementing the CTA: FinCEN Requires U.S. Companies to Report Beneficial Ownership Information and Protect Against Shell Company Misuse (October 6, 2022)
• Office of Foreign Assets Control, Sanctions Compliance Guidance for Instant Payment Systems (September 2022)
• Eric Sandberg-Zakian, Blake Hulnick and Lisa Ann Johnson, Law360, Disclosure Strategy After BIS Export Control Policy Update (July 15, 2022)
• Covington & Burling LLP, Covington Alert, Breaking Developments in Forced Labor Trade Enforcement—the EU’s Proposed Forced Labor Product Ban and Recent Developments in U.S. Customs Enforcement (September 14, 2022)
• Covington & Burling LLP, Covington Alert, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Enforcement Strategy and Guidance Released (June 21, 2022)
• Meredith Rathbone and Nick Kimbrell, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Business and Human Rights: Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (October 20, 2022)
• Bureau of Industry and Security, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod at National Association of College and University Attorneys 2022 Annual Conference (June 28, 2022)
• Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod BIS’s 2022 Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy (June 30, 2022)
• Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce Rule Applies Powerful Restrictions Directly on Entities Seeking to Supply Russia’s Military Since Start of Invasion of Ukraine (June 28, 2022)
• FinCen and BIS Issue Joint Alert on Potential Russian and Belarusian Export Control Evasion Attempts (June 28, 2022)
• Jeanine P. McGuinness and Matt T. West, Ethics and Compliance Considerations for Trade Controls Lawyers (2022)
• Rules of Professional Responsibility in an Export Controls/Sanctions Practice (October 2021)
• Links to Additional Pillsbury Global Trade and Sanctions Blogs (2022)
• Links to Additional Covington Alerts (2022)

Presentation Material

• Perspectives from Other Key Jurisdictions
  Christopher Lock, Stephan Müller, Luke Wochensky
• Tightening Controls on China:? Developments and Prospects
  Eileen M. Albanese, Susie Armstrong, Peter Lichtenbaum, Mike Wain
• Sanctions Landscape: Looking Beyond Russia and China
  Greta Lichtenbaum, David Mortlock, Lisa Palluconi, Adam M. Smith
• BIS Imposes New Controls to Limit the Development and Production of Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Capabilities in China
  Kevin J. Wolf
• Written evidence
  Kevin J. Wolf
• Compliance Best Practices – Industry Perspectives?
  Amanda Archibald, Kay C. Georgi, Alan Levesque, Sarah O'Hare O'Neal, Neena Shenai
• Supply Chain, Human Rights, and Forced Labor
  Therese M. Randazzo
• Ethics Considerations in Trade Control Practice
  Jeanine P. McGuinness, Matthew T. West

Why You Should Attend

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with China have altered the landscape for export controls and sanctions and the Biden Administration is turning increasingly to these tools as instruments of foreign policy, often in collaboration with close allies, It is more important than ever for institutions in all sectors of the economy to stay on top of key developments. Companies and financial institutions must be aware of their compliance and disclosure obligations, enforcement trends and priorities, and emerging risks. Implementing and strengthening compliance programs is an increasingly important priority in all industries. For over twenty years, PLI’s Coping with U.S. Export Controls has been the go-to program on trade control laws and regulations. The program enables attendees to “get inside” international trade controls through give-and-take among key officials from the government agencies that regulate cross-border trade and investment, experienced company managers, and top lawyers in the field. 

What You Will Learn

• Assessment of Biden Administration sanctions and export control policies
• The current sanctions landscape, from Russia to Iran to Venezuela and Cuba
• Impact of US sanctions on non-US companies
• Entity List and Global Magnitsky designations
• Human rights, export controls, and sanctions policies, with a focus on China
• Best practices for compliance programs in a range of industry contexts
• Enforcement perspectives from authorities 

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys from law firms and law departments; counsel and managers from companies selling consumer, high-tech, and defense products; and from banks, carriers, and trade logistics firms.