Financial Law Conference held on the legal framework and practical difficulties of the Sanctions regime against Russia

On 9 May 2023, Klein held it’s third conference on Financial Law under the patronage of the Institute for International Business Law of the University of Fribourg. The conference was attended by more than 50 participants from various areas such as legal / tax and compliance advisory services, banking, asset management, economic operators and representatives of the press.

Participants witnessed having gained valuable insight into the framework and the difficulties of the application of the Sanctions regime.

Speakers included Ambassador Erwin Bollinger, Head of Bilateral Economic Relations Division and Federal Council Delegate for Trade Agreements at SECO, Martin Boric, Attorney-at-Law at Klein, Federico Domenghini, Attorney-at-Law at Domenghini & Partners AG, Sandrine Giroud, Vice-president of the Geneva Bar Association, Attorney-at-Law at Lalive SA, Birgit Sambeth, President of the Swiss Bar Association, Attorney-at-Law at Altenburger legal + tax AG, Dimitrios Karathanassis, Attorney-at-Law at Klein, Louis Frédéric Muskens, Lecturer in Criminal law, Attorney-at-Law at Bär & Karrer AG, Raimund Röhrich, Global Head Financial Crime Compliance at Bank Julius Bär & Co. Ltd, Ansgar Schott, Attorney-at-Law at Baker McKenzie, Pierre-Dominique Schupp, Vice-president of the European Bars’ Council (CCBE), Attorney-at-Law at Rusconi & Associés and Lukas Wyss, President of the Zurich Bar Association, Attorney-at-Law at Walder Wyss AG.

Prof. Marcel Alexander Niggli and Gianni Rizzello led through the Conference.