Türkiye webinar series: 2024

Norton Rose Fulbright and Pekin Bayar Mizrahi explored the evolving landscape of sanctions compliance in 2024 and the critical legal aspects affecting companies in their cross-border endeavors in a webinar which took place on November 20, 2024.

The dynamic webinar, where an international team of experienced lawyers explored the current global sanctions regimes and enforcement actions, was targeted towards compliance officers, in-house legal counsel, risk managers, M&A professionals and investors and executives working in global markets or those whose operations are exposed to international sanctions regimes.

The speakers touched upon a wide array of topics as the following:

• Latest developments in global sanctions enforcement and what to expect in the year ahead,
• Exploring the specific compliance risks faced by entities outside of the US, UK and the EU, along with practical strategies for mitigating these challenges,
• Russia-related sanctions and insights into potential regulatory changes that could impact businesses,
• Common circumvention schemes, liability standards and how organizations can avoid becoming a target of sanctions enforcement actions,
• The impacts of sanctions developments on especially the Turkish businesses.

Moderated by Pekin Bayar Mizrahi partner Sertaç Kökenek, LL.M., Senior Partner at Pekin Bayar Mizrahi, Istanbul, the webinar’s speakers from Norton Rose Fulbright’s international team were David Harris, Co-Head of Contentious Financial Services Group, London; Alexander Cappel, Partner, Frankfurt and Mikkaela Salamatin, Associate, New York.

Listen to the full recording of the webinar, "Beyond borders: Navigating sanctions compliance risks and enforcement.”