Export control/sanctions
With the topic Sanctions and export control law compliance must not only companies that produce armaments and dual-use goods export, but also increasingly also those that export civilian products resp. so products to certain countries verBuy or from certain countries shop. Companies and banks stand often also are often faced with the major challenge of complying with international sanctions and export control regulations.n in line with existing boycott bans or counter-sanctions or counter-sanctions. There are also more and more interfaces with money laundering prevention. Compliance in the area of foreign trade law is also is not limited to the topics of sanctions and export controls. Rather, foreign trade law requirements must also be observed, for example, in the context of M&A processes by foreign investors or in the case of major international financing.
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The aim of the working group “Export control/sanctions” llies in particular in it, a contribution to the professionalization of compliance officers in the area of sanctions and export control law compliance in the company to perform. Here identifies the working group Topics in the area of export control and sanctions, that are relevant for many companies and summarizes this subsequently regularly in consolidated documenten together. This concerns, for example
- Basic knowledge on the subject of export control
- Sanctions list screening in the company
- Boycott bans vs. US sanctions list screening
- Dealing with indirect provision bans in the event of sanctions
- Technology transfer / technical support
- Cloud computing / mobile working
- Regular exchange on selected sanctions programs (in particular Russia, Belarus, Iran, Syria, etc.)
- Exchange and development of a working paper / guideline on the requirements for the internal compliance organization for the effective implementation of national and international export control regulations (based on the BAFA ICP guidelines)
- Chinese export control law and potential conflicts with other sanctions programs
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Working group management

Dr. Maria Brakalova
Partner at the commercial law firm Dentons.
Dr. Maria Brakalova is a partner in the Berlin office of the global commercial law firm Dentons. She is mainly active in foreign trade law and public procurement law. Dr. Brakalova advises on export control issues and country- and person-related embargo measures and represents clients with the competent authorities. She also supports clients in setting up and improving their internal export control compliance organization. She advises companies on the practical effects of sanctions in relation to transactions involving Russia, Venezuela and Iran as well as other sanctioned countries. Dr. Brakalova also advises foreign investors and German companies on foreign trade law investment reviews and their impact on M&A transactions. She assists clients in the approval process and represents them vis-à-vis the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection protection.

Dr. Alexander Cappel
Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Dr. Alexander Cappel is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP. He advises clients on all aspects of white collar crime and compliance, in particular on investigations, administrative or judicial proceedings, compliance and anti-fraud measures and all other issues in connection with criminal or other sanctions. A key focus of his work is preventive and repressive advice on regulations in the area of export controls, financial sanctions and money laundering prevention. In addition to his work at DICO, Alexander Cappel regularly gives lectures on compliance issues and is also a lecturer at the University of Luxembourg and the Frankfurt School of Management and Finance?

Dr. Stefan Scholl
Senior Legal Counsel at Bilfinger SE
Dr. Stefan Scholl has been Senior Legal Counsel since 2012. Counsel in the legal department of Bilfinger SE. He advises companies in the Technologies division with a focus on international plant construction on all matters of German and international commercial law. In addition, Dr. Scholl is responsible for the central legal department for the companies of the Bilfinger Group. Export Control, which it continues to manage legally throughout the Group. The Export Control department monitors compliance with the organizational requirements for a functioning export control organization in the companies of the Bilfinger Group and advises the companies on export control issues. rollrecht and the sanctions regime.
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