Sanctions and Export Compliance in the UK Conference, 5 – 6 November 2025, London, UK
Sanctions and Export Compliance in the UK Conference, 5-6 November 2025, UK
Our annual UK-centric gathering in London looking at everything you need to know about EU and European Export Controls Compliance.

Our annual UK-centric gathering in London looking at everything you need to know about EU and European Export Controls Compliance.
Every year in London UK export controls compliance specialists meet to discuss and learn. Whether your interest is in the updated EU Dual-Use regulation, US, UK and EU sanctions or investment controls, Chinese export controls and “Anti-Sanctions Law” or US re-exports, if you export out of Europe – this is your event. Let’s face it, the only constant nowadays in export control – is change. Do not get caught out, drop us a line to talk further and attend.
Ms. Christelle Dubouchet, Senior Legal Counsel, Sanctions, Ethics and Compliance, SITA
Ms. Louise Howls, Regional Trade Compliance Director, Europe, Northrop Grumman UK
Mr. Andrea Goffi, Sr. Manager Global Trade Controls, Europe – UK, Boeing
Ms. Clare French, Export Control Manager, Hitachi
Ms. Erika Trujillo, Co-Founder, Managing Director, SEIA
- Ms. Barbara Linney, Partner & Co-Leader, International Trade Practice Team, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Mr. Nitesh Walia, Export Control Manager, Newcleo
Mr. Peter Henschel, Head of Group Trade Control, Oerlikon
Ms. Mathilde Latour, Leader, Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Trade Legal & Compliance, Cisco
Ms. Anna Goncz, Head of Foreign Trade EMEA & India, ZF Group
Dr. Konrad Walter, Chief Legal Counsel, SAP
Should you wish to join our esteemed speaker panel at the Export Compliance in the UK Conference, please contact Miss Isra Mahmoud on isra.mahmoud@nielsonsmith.com
The agenda for Export Compliance in the UK Conference is prepared by and for industry professionals, and includes the most interesting topics, currently pertinent to the field.
Day One
08:15 – 09:00 Registration opens with early morning refreshments
09:00 – 09:25 Chairman’s welcome, opening address & introductions
09:25 – 10:25 UK Sanctions and Export Controls: Still Aligned or on a Diverging Path from the EU and US
10:25 – 11:25 Cross-Border Software Transfers: Open Source, SaaS, and Cloud Under U.S. and EU Export and Sanctions Laws
11:25 – 11:55 Morning refreshments and networking
11:55 – 12:40 Compliance Assurance Layer and Business Resilience – The power of data analytics
12:40 – 14:00 Networking lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Panel Discussion:Sanctions and the Trump Presidency: Trade Wars, Tariffs and Strategic Disruption
15:00 – 16:00 China’s Export Control Regimes: What UK Businesses Must Now Consider
16:00 – 16:30 Afternoon refreshments and networking
16:30 – 17:15 Dealing with the ‘Grey Zone’: Non-sanctioned but High-risk Jurisdictions
17:15 – 17:20 Chairman’s closing remarks
17:30 – 18:30 Conference Drinks reception
Day Two
08:30 – 08:55 Early morning refreshments and networking
08:55 – 09:00 Chairman’s opening remarks
09:00 – 09:45 Beyond Licensing: How AUKUS and New Alliances Are Changing Export Strategy
09:45 – 10:45 Navigating Secondary Sanctions: Risks for UK Businesses Engaging with China, Iran and Russia
10:45 – 11:15 Morning refreshments and networking
11:15 – 12:15 From ESG to Sanctions: CSDDD and Export Controls Converging?
12:15 – 13:30 Networking lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Sanctions in the Supply Chain: Managing Diversion, Visibility, and Risk
14:30 – 15:30 Export Compliance in Multinational Groups: When HQ Says Yes, But the UK Entity Says No
15:30 – 16:00 Afternoon refreshments and networking
16:00 – 16:50 Interactive Roundtables on topics brought up by delegates (Round table topics to be chosen by the Speakers & Delegates from questions and answers during the presentations. An opportunity to talk informally peer to peer.)
16:50 – 17:00 Chairman’s remarks
End of Conference
If you are interested in speaking at this conference, please contact Miss Isra Mahmoud on isra.mahmoud@nielsonsmith.com
Please contact your NielsonSmith representative to discuss the programme in more depth.
Sayari provides global corporate transparency and supply chain risk identification for government and industry. Its commercial risk intelligence software harvests comprehensive corporate and trade data from more than 250 jurisdictions worldwide and surfaces previously hidden risk insights in an intuitive network analysis platform.
Since its founding in 2015, Sayari has earned the trust of top financial institutions, Fortune 100 corporations, and government agencies, securing a $40M Series C in 2021. Sayari is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and its solutions are used by thousands of frontline analysts in 35 countries. To learn how Sayari powers safer global commerce, please visit sayari.com.
Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX, TSX: DSG) is a global leader in providing on-demand, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions designed to enhance the productivity, performance, and security of logistics-intensive businesses. The company’s solutions make it easier for organizations to access and analyze global trade data, offering insights that help businesses improve trade compliance, reduce duties paid, minimize transactions with sanctioned parties, and identify potential customers and supply chain resources.
As the world’s largest collaborative multimodal logistics community, Descartes serves a broad range of industries. Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Descartes operates with a global network of offices and partners. More details are available on their website atwww.descartes.com.
BakerHostetler, one of the nation’s largest law firms, represents clients around the globe. With offices coast to coast, our nearly 1,000 attorneys litigate cases and resolve disputes that potentially threaten clients’ competitiveness, navigate the laws and regulations that shape the global economy, and help clients develop and close deals that fuel their strategic growth. We have six core practice groups: Business, Digital Assets and Data Management, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation, and Tax. Within these groups are several large specialty practices, including antitrust, bankruptcy, healthcare, energy, middle market mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial litigation, data privacy and security, patent prosecution and international tax. Our attorneys have broad knowledge and experience in many industries, including energy, media, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services and insurance, consumer products, and hospitality. We distinguish ourselves through our commitment to the highest standard of client care. By emphasizing an approach to service delivery as exacting as our legal work, we are determined to surpass our clients’ expectations.
At SEIA we didn’t start with possible, we started with what we needed and worked until we created new possibilities. Our solutions fundamentally transform how trade compliance is performed through state-of-the-art risk management dashboards based on advanced data analytics.Our tools are the result of innovation through cooperation across industries to achieve a dashboard system that provides transparency like never before, actionable user centric metrics, and critically,management of SEIA’s Risk RedFlags in real time. We can integrate with systems from across your organization (such as trade management systems, screening software, or other compliance programs) to ensure you get “good data” in one place for the insights you want, and the risk assurance that you need.
Should you wish to become our Partner at this event, please contact Mr. Reyhan Perera on reyhan.perera@nielsonsmith.com
2-day physical pass for one person and the company-wide Post-Event Microsite license for 1 year – 1099 GBP
Conference Venue
Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill
30 Portman Square, London W1H 7BH, United Kingdom
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