London International Investigations & Asset Recovery Conference 2025 Sanctions Investigation and Enforcement in the New (wild) West: Have the Sheriffs Left Town?

Speakers:  Rachel Barnes KC, (Three Raymond Buildings), John Binns (BCL Solicitors LLP), Nin Richie (Collas Crill)

Join leading experts as they explore what’s next for sanctions investigation and enforcement and how the UK and offshore jurisdictions can prepare for the challenges ahead.

In the world of financial crime, the US has been the international policeman throughout most of our professional lifetimes. For better or worse, the US’ self-appointed role was predictable: Western governments could shape their policies and laws around the US lead; those advising western businesses and citizens could advise accordingly.

The Trump Administration’s dramatic re-set to a more transactional USA on the international stage threatens chaos. Has the sheriff handed in its badge and gun? With wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a nuclear North Korea, an increasingly militaristic China with closer alignment with Russia and Iran, and lack of stable government across much of Africa, more than ever Western businesses face serious risk as friends become enemies and vice versa. We know that nature abhors a vacuum. What will fill it? Predictable and stable UK/EU based regulation? A minefield of conflicting national laws, rules and local practices? Shifting alliances of superstates and trading blocs where only wealth and might make right?

Further information or to book a place for the 26^th November 2026:

London International Investigations and Asset Recovery 2025 | Collas Crill

6th November 2025