As part of our ongoing commitment to grow and expand our relationship with foreign law firms, we are thrilled to be sending a 20-person team of business litigation, corporate, intellectual property litigation, international trade, real estate, luxury brands, maritime, privacy, and white collar defense and investigations professionals the International Bar Association’s (“IBA”) 2025 Annual Conference, being held November 2 through 7, 2025, in Toronto, Canada.
Blank Rome partner Bradley L. Henry will serve as a session co-chair for the “New Compliance Frontiers—AML/Sanctions/Reporting” session, which will take place on Thursday, November 6, from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
ABOUT THE SESSION
Efforts to combat financial crime combined with changing geo-politics mean anti-money laundering (“AML”), sanctions, and fraud regulations are moving fast. That movement risks outpacing the compliance resources of law and accounting firms. How can busy professionals apply a proactive playbook, while grappling with regulation designed mainly for banks? This session will take an in-depth look at some of these new compliance frontiers: “failure to prevent” fraud or economic crime offences; transparency of legal persons and legal arrangements; source of funds/wealth in AML investigations; and financial sanctions evasion and assistance problems.
Panelists:
- Session Co-Chair: Bradley Henry, Blank Rome, New York, New York, USA; Co-Chair, IBA Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Expert Subcommittee
- Session Co-Chair: Gary Hughes, Britomart Chambers, Auckland, New Zealand; Co-Chair, IBA Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Expert Subcommittee
- Session Co-Chair: Paddy Oliver, AML Experts, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Vice Chair, IBA Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Expert Subcommittee
- Jane Hunter, Price Forbes, London, England; Secretary, IBA Regulation of Lawyers Committee
- Nadia Leach-Talsi, Sumitomo Electric Finance UK Limited, London, England; Member, IBA Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Expert Subcommittee
- Hasan Mandviwalla, Mandviwalla & Zafar, Karachi, Pakistan; Scholarship Officer, IBA Young Lawyers’ Committee
- Daisuke Takahashi, Shinwa Law, Tokyo, Japan; Diversity and Inclusion Officer, IBA Regulation of Lawyers Committee
For more information and to register, please visit the event webpage.
