Should sanctions regimes recognise changed behaviour?

This event debates how sanctions can be used to change the behaviour of their targets. Sanctions regimes have grown dramatically since 2022, including companies and individuals with apparently limited connection to the object of each regime. The rationale for these targeted financial sanctions is often to encourage behavioural change in their subjects, as we have seen recently with the actions of the UK. This raises challenges for legal practitioners representing sanctioned people and companies.

Join a panel of distinguished sanctions lawyers from the UK, US, and Canada to discuss:

• How sanctions can be used to change behaviour

• The approach of different legal systems to ‘changed behaviour’ in the context of sanctions litigation

• How sanctions regimes have been adapted to increase pressure on their targets

Practitioners will gain valuable insights into the interface between sanctions policy and litigation in different jurisdictions. There will be opportunities to ask questions of our panellists and networking drinks after the event.