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Cases · Risk, disputes & investigations · Sanctions, AML, security & terrorism-related risk

Urgent Needs qualified help first

An investor needs assessment of national-security screening risks

Usually led by Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity, with Government & Regulatory Affairs and Banking & Capital Access. WONE Global brings the areas of expertise and countries together, with a named professional in each market where one is published.

The situation

What is happening

Sanctions screening, anti-money-laundering controls, asset freezes and high-risk payments.

The first questions

  • Which person, entity or payment is flagged, and by whom?
  • Which sanctions regimes may apply?
  • Has anything been paid or shipped?
  • What do banks or regulators require now?

Who faces this

  • Banks
  • Enterprises
  • NGOs
  • Asset owners

Cross-border complications to check

  • Ultimate beneficial ownershipLayered ownership complicates identifying the persons behind a counterparty · Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity
  • Sanctions conflictsParties are subject to differing sanctions and licensing regimes · Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity
  • Public procurement integrityGovernment tender rules and anti-corruption rules may apply across parties · Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity
  • Foreign investment controlsA proposed ownership change may require sector or national security clearance · Government & Regulatory Affairs

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

Usually led by Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity, with Government & Regulatory Affairs and Banking & Capital Access.

How WONE Global usually approaches sanctions, aml, security & terrorism-related risk

  1. 01Stop and assess before further transactions.
  2. 02Bring in sanctions and compliance counsel for each regime.
  3. 03Respond to banks and authorities, or seek licences.
  4. 04Strengthen screening and controls.

General guidance for this subject. The route for your case depends on the countries, the deadlines and what you already hold.

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The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsRisk, Compliance & Financial Integrity11 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedGovernment & Regulatory Affairs1 market with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedBanking & Capital Access2 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Brazil WONE Global Partner Luis Felipe Balieiro Lima · Partner Brief this Partner →
  2. Cameroon WONE Global Partner Kelvin A. Egbe · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  3. China WONE Global Partner Roberto Gilardino · Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries Brief this Partner →
  4. India WONE Global Partner Bhavik Bhanushali · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  5. Italy WONE Global Partner Stefano Modena · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  6. Jordan WONE Global Partner Osama Abu Shrieha · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  7. Luxembourg WONE Global Partner Bruno Abbate · Owner - Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  8. Saudi Arabia WONE Global Partner Abdulrahim bin Saleh Al-Zahrani · Founding Partner & General Manager Brief this Partner →
  9. South Africa WONE Global Partner Johan Beer · Partner Brief this Partner →
  10. United Arab Emirates WONE Global Partner Priju Dominic · CEO & Founding Partner Brief this Partner →
  11. Zimbabwe WONE Global Partner Thompson Mucheki · Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  12. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  13. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  14. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

Kelvin A. EgbeYaoundé · Cameroon

WONE Global Partner · Cameroon

Kelvin A. Egbe

Managing Partner · Midas Law Group · Yaoundé

Attorney specialized in structuring, licensing, control, project permitting, patents, trademarks & Designs registration, venture financing, trade finance, regulatory intelligence & compliance, Financial markets, natural…

Roberto GilardinoShanghai · China

WONE Global Partner · China

Roberto Gilardino

Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries · Horizons (Shanghai) Corporate Advisory Company · Shanghai

Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, UAE, Cyprus and Malta).

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