Indirect dealing with a sanctioned party does not relieve the company of liability, and an intermediary in the supply chain offers no shelter. Most breaches in this area are committed by companies that did not know they were caught by the rules at all.

We review the effect of sanctions across your supply chain, put counterparty and destination due-diligence procedures in place, and establish what requires a licence before shipment rather than after.

What we do

Sanctions exposure review

Analysing the supply chain and locating points of exposure to economic sanctions.

Counterparty due diligence

Screening procedures for parties and destinations before contracting or shipping.

Export licensing

Determining what requires a licence, then preparing and running applications.

Contractual protections

Clauses that protect the company when a counterparty's status changes.

Review of existing contracts

Examining current agreements and identifying what needs amendment.

Internal shipping procedures

Building a mandatory checkpoint ahead of every shipment.

When is the right time to get in touch?

Before entering a new export market or engaging a new intermediary.
When sanctions lists change in ways that may capture a counterparty.
Before shipping a product that may fall under dual-use rules.
When building a supply chain that crosses more than one jurisdiction.

Export Controls