Managing sanctions risk – a real estate perspective

This webinar forms part of the 2024 Commercial Real Estate & Real Estate Funds Series.

1 PD hours

Description

This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and offers insights and updates from a leading industry-expert speaker.

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Content

Introduction and understanding sanctions – what are the key regulations of which you should be aware
Risks in the real estate sector – residential v commercial, financing, acquisition and leasing, supply chains and real estate funds
Spotlight on Russia
Interaction with money laundering, tax evasion and counter-terrorist financing
Risk mitigation – looking at best practice in compliance processes

Presenter

David Savage

Partner at HFW

David Savage is a Partner based in our London office. David has significant experience advising clients on a range of regulatory and white-collar criminal matters, with a particular emphasis on international sanctions. He is a recognised leader in this field.

David has spent more than a decade working with clients across a range of sectors and jurisdictions to ensure their compliance with complex and contrasting financial and trade sanctions regimes. His prior role as the Group Senior Sanctions officer for a private bank, combined with extensive financial crime experience in private practice, means that David brings expertise in international sanctions at a level usually found only within financial institutions, advising individuals, banks and corporates on their obligations in doing business around the world. David's expertise also includes conducting internal bribery and corruption investigations for domestic and multinational companies and advising and dealing with money laundering and terrorist financing risks and issues. He successfully advises and defends in matters concerning the FCA, SFO, OFSI, HMRC, NCA, CPS and the US DOJ and regularly advises on the legal, regulatory, commercial and practical aspects of sanctions, fraud, corruption, money laundering, market manipulation, market abuse and insider trading. David has a reputation for providing commercial, pragmatic advice and is acknowledged in both the Legal 500 and Chambers as a next generation partner.