In this interactive virtual workshop, our speakers will walk attendees through the full lifecycle of a collision between export controls and sanctions, using an evolving hypothetical and interactive exercises to demonstrate what happens when the two regimes intersect in a real business environment. Attendees will follow the scenario as it develops, from the initial trigger and identification of potential issues through triage, fact-finding, regulatory analysis, risk assessment, escalation and decision-making, and ultimately through implementation, monitoring and reassessment. Participants will work through how different functions should respond, where responsibilities sit, and how to translate legal and compliance analysis into an actionable roadmap when export controls and sanctions considerations converge.

Points of discussion will include:

• Identifying the events and red flags that can trigger an export controls and sanctions review
• Establishing an effective triage and escalation process when a potential issue is first identified
• Determining what facts and information are needed to assess the situation
• Mapping export controls, sanctions and other relevant obligations when multiple regimes apply
• Assessing how risks interact across customers, ownership, jurisdictions, technology, services, end use and end user
• Managing situations where facts are incomplete, evolving or contradictory
• Determining who needs to be involved and who owns the decision across legal, compliance, business and other functions
• Working through practical decision points: proceed, proceed with conditions, escalate, pause or stop
• Translating the legal and compliance decision into operational controls and business processes
• Building an actionable roadmap covering approvals, licensing, contractual protections, screening, access controls, monitoring and documentation
• Managing the situation when new facts emerge after a decision has been made
• Establishing ongoing monitoring and reassessment triggers
• Identifying process gaps and using lessons learned to strengthen the broader compliance program
• Developing a practical end-to-end framework for managing future export controls and sanctions collisions