INTRODUCTION Contributed by: Cameron Doley and Tasha Benkhadra, Carter-Ruck
Carter-Ruck advises on a broad range of sanctions issues (including compliance with the UK’s sanc - tions regimes and engagement with the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation) and is widely considered a leading law firm for individuals and enti - ties wishing to take steps to pre-empt or challenge sanctions designations. The firm pioneered chal - lenges to such sanctions in 2001 when representing Sheikh Yassin Kadi, whose two successes before the European Court of Justice have set the benchmark for sanctions challenges. It has represented clients before the UK and EU authorities, the UN and the
Ombudsperson to the UN’s ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanc - tions Committee, the Administrative Court in London in domestic judicial reviews of administrative sanc - tions decisions, the General Court of the European Union and the European Court of Justice. The firm also works closely with local counsel advising clients challenging US, Australian and other designations. Many sanctions cases include a reputation manage - ment element, where Carter-Ruck is especially well placed to assist in light of its unrivalled media law expertise in the UK and internationally.
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Cameron Doley heads Carter-Ruck’s sanctions and international arbitration practices, and was a senior member
Tasha Benkhadra is a senior associate in Carter-Ruck’s international law team, with significant
of the team that launched Sheikh Yassin Kadi’s successful sanctions challenges following his designations in the aftermath of 9/11. He also maintains a wider focus on international law, dispute resolution, regulatory cases involving an international or diplomatic context, and high-profile media cases. As head of Carter-Ruck’s sanctions practice, Cameron advises clients on administrative and judicial challenges before various tribunals, including the authorities and courts of the UK, EU, USA and UN, as well as on sanctions compliance, representing clients before regulators and licensing authorities including OFSI.
experience in all areas of domestic and international sanctions, including advising on steps to pre-empt potential designations, how to comply with the UK’s sanctions regime, licence applications, OFSI reporting, OFSI breach investigations and information requests, and delisting challenges both at the ministerial and court review stages. Her practice spans the full range of UK sanctions regimes, with a particular focus on the UK’s Russia and Iran regimes. Tasha is also a founding member of the City Sanctions Network and Vice Chair of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association (YFLA).
Carter-Ruck The Bureau 90 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1EN United Kingdom Tel: +44 020 7353 5005 Email: lawyers@carter-ruck.com Web: www.carter-ruck.com
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