Dainia Jabaji Speaks on ACSS New York Chapter Webinar: “A Needle in a Paystack: Best Practices in Identifying Sanctioned Securities”

On July 20, Winston & Strawn Of Counsel Dainia Jabaji spoke on a webinar hosted by the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS) New York Chapter. During the program, panelists discussed best practices for navigating the key challenges that financial institutions—that participate in securities markets as brokers, custodians, market makers, or shareholders—face related to sanctioned securities. The program was complimentary and open to the public.

During the webinar, the panel of experts discussed:

• The nuances and complexities of sanctioned securities, including the difference in the recent Russia designations as compared to sanctioned securities of years past;
• Detecting the sanctions nexus for sanctioned securities, including beneficial owner diligence and identifying sanctioned country nexuses; and
• Sanctions compliance best practices, including conducting KYC, managing customer and counterparty risk, and utilizing screening tools to ensure pre-trade and post-trade compliance.

Joining Dainia on the panel was Jeremy Brayman, Head of Global Sanctions at Charles Schwab, and Bahman Farahdel, Global Head of Sanctions and Compliance at Bloomberg. The discussion was moderated by Howard Spieler, ISCO, CAMS, Sanctions Risk Officer at Citi. 

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