This event will be held at two locations and via teleconference:
Baker & McKenzie LLP
815 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
601 Lexington Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10022
Begins: Feb 06, 2014 12:30 PM
Ends: Feb 06, 2014 2:00 PM
(All times are local per meeting location)
Members of the Section of International Law or any cooperating entity may attend in person in Washington or New York at no cost or may register for the teleconference for $15. The cost for all other participants to attend in person or via teleconference is $25.
Speakers:
- Peter E. Harrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, US Department of State
- Eytan Fisch, Assistant Director for Policy, Office of Foreign Assets Control, US Department of the Treasury
- Anahita Thoms, Principal Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
Moderators:
- Alexandre Lamy, Associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP
- Glen Kelley, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
Description:
Mr. Harrell and Mr. Fisch will discuss the Joint Plan of Action (“JPA”) agreed and announced by the P5+1 and Iran on November 23, 2013. They will focus on the agreed implementation steps that began on January 20, 2014. This discussion will include an overview of the specific sanctions suspensions that have taken place or are planned and the U.S. and international sanctions that remain in force. An overview of the expected implementation of the JPA by the European Union will be provided by Anahita Thoms, a Principal Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, based in New York and Berlin.
Please Note:
*This is a non-CLE teleconference and in-person brown bag program. *The timing for this program is listed in US Eastern Standard Time. *To only attend the program in-person at Baker & McKenzie LLP or at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, you must select the in person option when you register. To register for the teleconference, please register at either the Section Member Rate, the Cooperating Entity rate or the Non-Section Member Rate.
This non-CLE program is proudly presented by the Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law, in cooperation with:
Women in International Trade
Washington Foreign Law Society
Virginia State Bar International Practice Section
National Council on International Trade Development
D.C. Bar International Law Section
