OFAC Overview

***Recorded: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
The U.S. Commercial Service invites you to join Alfredo Fernandez and John Rutherford of Shipman & Goodwin LLP for a briefing regarding OFAC Regulations.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United States. OFAC acts under Presidential national emergency powers, as well as authority granted by specific legislation, to impose controls on transactions and freeze assets under US jurisdiction. Many of the sanctions are based on United Nations and other international mandates, are multilateral in scope, and involve close cooperation with allied governments.
This presentation will address:
• OFAC Basics
• Comprehensive Sanctions Programs
• Sanctions Compliance Strategies
• OFAC Enforcement Overview
• OFAC Sanctions Resources
• Q&A
Speakers: Alfredo Fernandez, Partner, Shipman & Goodwin LLP and John Rutherford, Assoicate, Shipman & Goodwin LLP