Europese conferentie over sancties en exportcontrole voor lucht- en ruimtevaart en defensie, 24 - 25 maart 2026, Düsseldorf, Duitsland

Steptoe is an international law firm recognized for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions.

Our top-rated cross-border economic sanctions and export controls practice, with lawyers in Washington DC, Brussels and London, is well-placed to provide our clients with thought leadership, policy advocacy, and informed guidance on international trade laws and regulatory requirements. We have track record in supporting our clients in regulatory compliance, due diligence, and enforcement investigations in the US, EU and across the world.

SEIA is a Munich-based trade compliance technology company helping trade compliance organisations move from periodic risk assessments to continuous, evidence-based assurance.
Founded in 2022 by a former trade compliance professional and a data analytics innovation leader from a Big Four firm, SEIA was built on a clear need: as geopolitical pressures intensify and regulatory scrutiny increases, our oversight and risk identification capabilities must become strategic and proactive.

SEIA PERCEIVE is the company’s core platform. It acts as a digitised assurance layer on top of an organisation’s existing compliance framework, drawing on data from across the business to provide continuous internal monitoring for red flags and operational gaps, prioritised data quality checks, business partner risk based on transactional behaviour, and real-time visibility into control effectiveness. Risk assessments become dynamic rather than static, informed by actual transaction behaviour, business partner data, and location-specific exposure rather than periodic self-reporting or spot checking. The result is a compliance team that spends less time determining where problems might exist and more time proactively addressing them, backed by evidence rather than assumption. Data-driven, risk-based metrics also transform the dialogue between compliance functions and senior leadership, giving executives and boards the visibility they need to make informed decisions on risk tolerance, strategic investment, and regulatory exposure.

SEIA currently serves clients across defence and aerospace, life sciences, chemicals, automotive, energy and manufacturing sectors.

Descartes Systems Groep (Nasdaq: DSGX, TSX: DSG) is een wereldwijde leider in het leveren van on-demand, software-as-a-service (SaaS) oplossingen die zijn ontworpen om de productiviteit, prestaties en veiligheid van logistiek-intensieve bedrijven te verbeteren. De oplossingen van het bedrijf maken het voor organisaties eenvoudiger om toegang te krijgen tot wereldwijde handelsgegevens en deze te analyseren. Ze bieden inzichten die bedrijven helpen om de naleving van handelsregels te verbeteren, betaalde heffingen te verlagen, transacties met gesanctioneerde partijen te minimaliseren en potentiële klanten en bronnen in de toeleveringsketen te identificeren.

Als 's werelds grootste multimodale logistieke samenwerkingsverband bedient Descartes een groot aantal verschillende sectoren. Het hoofdkantoor van Descartes is gevestigd in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Descartes werkt met een wereldwijd netwerk van kantoren en partners. Meer informatie is beschikbaar op hun website www.descartes.com.

Kharon helps leading organizations identify a range of sanctions and compliance risks, critical to managing financial crimes, supply chain exposure, export controls, investment risk, and more. Combining cutting-edge technology and data science with industry-leading research, Kharon provides the critical insights required for a comprehensive view of risk and commercial threats.

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