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    Open for Business? Cuba’s Emerging Opportunities and Remaining Challenges

    After decades of paralysis, relations between the United States and Cuba are changing. However, increased interaction between the two nations has created a complex legal landscape for companies interested in the opportunities that may exist in Cuba. WFLS, in cooperation with the ABA SIL Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee and the International Law Forum of the Women’s Bar Association of DC, is pleased to present a discussion relating to the ongoing legal and political developments with practitioners and U.S. government officials. 

    Speakers:

    U.S. Department of the Treasury
    Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

    Ross Crumlish Senior Sanctions Licensing Officer

    Will Schisa Senior Counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel

    U.S. Department of State

    Seth Wyngowski Economic Officer, Office of the Coordinator for Cuban Affairs

    Moderated by:

    Meredith Rathbone Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP

    Joanna Ritcey-Donohue
    Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    Continental breakfast will be served.

    Tickets are $10 for WFLS, ABA SIL and WBA members and $15 for non-members. This discussion will be off the record.