Business Crime
Sanctions
Navigating the escalating complexity and prominence of global sanctions, significantly accelerated by the 2022 Ukraine invasion, demands specialized legal expertise.
The ECBA Sanctions Working Group provides a crucial collaborative platform for lawyers operating within this fast-moving, multi-jurisdictional landscape marked by uncertainty and evolving enforcement.
Members share practical insights, address ethical dilemmas, procedural fairness concerns, and strategies for representing designated individuals and entities, with a strong emphasis on safeguarding fundamental rights.
Monthly webinars offer invaluable opportunities for open discussion, in-depth case study analysis, and direct engagement with leading practitioners, academics, and institutional representatives.
Coordinator: Salomé Lemasson
Salomé Lemasson is a business crime lawyer admitted to practice in France (Paris) and Germany (Berlin) and a Professional Associate at Outer Temple Chambers in London.
Salomé has extensive cross-border experience in complex international criminal matters and sanctions cases. In addition, Salomé also defends clients targeted by investigations by multilateral development banks (WBG, EBRD, AfDB, etc.) into allegations of fraud and corruption.
Coordinator: Amélie Beauchemin
Amélie Beauchemin is an attorney at the Paris and New York bars that developed, through her practice at the French firm WJ Avocats, a strong expertise in international, European and French criminal law.
She regularly advises clients in sensitive cases related to human rights law, extradition, EAW, INTERPOL and sanctions-related matters.
Contact: business.crime.wg@ecba.org
If you are an ECBA member interested in joining a working group, please email us, providing a brief outline of your reasons for wanting to join.
Latest Posts
ECBA Spring Conference 2026, 24 and 25 April in Barcelona, Spain
The conference brought together European criminal defence lawyers for expert discussions on procedural safeguards, fundamental rights and cross-border defence practice.
Writing a new Statement on the Directive on Combatting Corruption
Preparing an ECBA follow-up position on the final EU Anti-Corruption Directive, assessing reforms and remaining defence-rights concerns in Europe’s evolving enforcement framework.
EPPO Webinar
The webinar hosts defence lawyers and academics or magistrates that discuss practical issues and experiences regarding EPPO cases from different countries. Their scope is to describe relevant defense issues and to advise the members of the ECBA on how to handle them.
Update of the Country reports on Bribery and Corruption
Revising Country reports on Bribery and Corruption to reflect new laws, case law, and practice, offering defence-focused insights into evolving bribery enforcement across Europe.
Current and future initiatives
The ECBA Business Crime working group is engaged in a variety of current and future initiatives, ranging from legislative monitoring to practical projects supporting defence rights across Europe. Members are warmly invited to join specific projects within this groups, contributing their expertise and shaping the outcomes together.
Writing a new Statement on the Directive on Combatting Corruption
Preparing an ECBA follow-up position on the final EU Anti-Corruption Directive, assessing reforms and remaining defence-rights concerns in Europe’s evolving enforcement framework.
EPPO Webinar
The webinar hosts defence lawyers and academics or magistrates that discuss practical issues and experiences regarding EPPO cases from different countries. Their scope is to describe relevant defense issues and to advise the members of the ECBA on how to handle them.
Update of the Country reports on Bribery and Corruption
Revising Country reports on Bribery and Corruption to reflect new laws, case law, and practice, offering defence-focused insights into evolving bribery enforcement across Europe.