2024 Sanctions Forum

Anna advises individuals and corporates on all aspects of financial crime and economic sanctions risk, compliance and enforcement. 

Anna is ranked in Chambers UK 2022 as “a well-known expert on anti-money laundering” and is also recommended for her specialist knowledge of economic sanctions. She is described as an "excellent lawyer", "who understands sanctions and POCA very well".

Chambers UK 2024 mentions that Anna has an excellent reputation in the POCA space and is a well-known expert in anti-money laundering, with one client saying that she "is an extraordinarily bright lawyer with very significant experience. She is technically gifted, extremely hard-working and thorough". The guide ranks Anna in Band 1 for sanctions, noting that she is a financial crime and sanctions expert who stands out for her work representing designated persons. Clients praised Anna as "the best lawyer I know on the subject of sanctions", as well as “her client-centric attitude and willingness to go an extra mile [which] is matched by her deep understanding of international sanctions compliance".

Meredith Rathbone counsels clients in numerous countries on achieving their business goals while ensuring compliance with US export controls and economic sanctions laws administered by the Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury. Chambers Global sources call Meredith "an excellent legal adviser with in-depth knowledge of the economic and trade sanctions laws" and Chambers USA quotes clients' praise for Meredith as "a great legal mind" and "a very practical and pragmatic" lawyer.

Meredith has assisted clients across a range of industries in navigating the requirements of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and US sanctions laws and regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the US Department of State. Her experience includes assisting clients in resolving politically sensitive matters under the joint administration of various government agencies. 

Meredith has assisted clients in conducting numerous internal investigations, preparing and filing voluntary disclosures and subpoena responses, obtaining export and technology transfer authorizations, and undertaking product classification and jurisdiction assessments. Meredith regularly advises companies on navigating export controls and sanctions considerations in the context of mergers and acquisitions. She has represented individuals and companies facing civil and criminal investigations in this area, as well as clients seeking to be removed from OFAC's SDN list through the delisting process.  

Chloe Cina is a partner in the London office of Morrison Foerster with unrivalled experience in EU and UK economic sanctions and export control measures. She has nearly two decades of experience in litigating and advising on complex national security issues, both within government and in-house at two leading global financial institutions.

Chloe’s depth of knowledge and connections to the UK government are unrivalled. Her relationships span across all key departments involved in sanctions policy making, regulation, and enforcement. Having served as a legal advisor for the UK government pre-Brexit, Chloe’s significant experience extends beyond the jurisdiction of the UK to the EU, where she benefits from an unmatched reputation across the main EU institutions, as well as in key member states including France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Chloe goes above and beyond the provision of legal advice. Her extensive network and ability to produce and deliver training for the public and private sectors make her a truly outstanding advocate for her clients. Financial institutions and multinational corporations consider Chloe’s experience to be invaluable because of her deep understanding of clients’ needs from the inside which is complemented by her ability to provide strategic advice on regulatory expectations by balancing clients’ interests and the foreign policy objectives of each sanctions regime.

Grygoriy Pustovit is a finance lawyer (English solicitor and Ukrainian advocate) and experienced researcher with a multidisciplinary background in economics and finance. Among his acumen areas are Sanctions Compliance and Trade Controls, Anti-Financial Crime (AML, ABC and KYC), corporate and sovereign debt issuance and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, structured finance and derivatives, payment systems and crypto-assets.

During his career and education, he benefited from a diverse, multicultural experience of living and working in Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, England, Ukraine. He is entrepreneurial and tech-savvy with an analytical and solution-oriented mindset.

He authored a number of articles for law journals and is a guest contributor to the Oxford Business Law Blog on FinTech topics. He is an active volunteer at Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) and open for other engagements to share knowledge on legal and financial topics.

Freya is a sanctions specialist working with public and private sectors across the globe to ensure proper compliance, enforcement, implementation and understanding of sanctions. Starting in the illicit finance field with HM Treasury in 2015 she went on to be a founding member of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI). Freya has undertaken roles across policy, compliance, enforcement, and outreach.

As Director of Global Outreach at Kharon, Freya now works as a thought leader across a number of geographic and thematic sanctions regimes, speaking regularly to international governments, industry, and non-profits to promote the understanding and use of compliance risk solutions. Freya regularly appears on conference panels, authors and collaborates on white papers and articles as well as contributing to roundtable discussions and co-chairs a number of working groups, including working closely with trade bodies such as UK Finance.