Podcasts & Other Resources

The following are podcasts, articles and evidence sessions in which Maya Lester QC and Michael O’Kane discuss sanctions issues:

• Tortoise ThinkIn, “Welcome to Londongrad: why does London still attract so much dirty money?” with Michael O’Kane, Bill Browder and Dame Margaret Hodge MP, 3 March 2022
• Michael O’Kane on Channel 4 News (from 31:06), 3 March 2022
• Michael O’Kane quoted in “How western greed fuelled Putin’s rise and enabled his war machine” by Borzou Daragahi for the Independent
• Maya Lester QC discusses Russia sanctions on BBC Radio 4 Today, BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, BBC Newshour, BBC Scotland, BBC Radio 5 Live and Times Radio on 22 and 23 February 2022
• Michael O’Kane discusses Russia sanctions on LBC News (from 45:20), 22 February 2022
• Podcast “Expert Review: Episode one – Economic sanctions: Russia, Brexit, and beyond”, with Maya Lester QC, 31 January 2022
• Webinar “What next on sanctions if Russia invades…?”, with Maya Lester QC, Adam Smith and Chloe Cina. Hosted by Michael O’Kane, 27 January 2022
• Podcast “FATF’s Unintended Consequences: The Future”, with Michael O’Kane for RUSI’s Financial Crime Insights Podcasts, 8 October 2021
• ‘Fireside Chat’ on UK autonomous sanctions with Maya Lester QC and Neil Whiley for UK Finance, 24 September 2021
• BBC World News interview with Maya Lester QC discussing sanctions & Afghanistan, 24 August 2021, post
• BBC Radio 4 interview with Maya Lester QC discussing sanctions & Afghanistan, 24 August 2021 (no longer available)
• Webinar with Maya Lester QC on UK, EU & US sanctions (16:42-34:21 minutes and Q&A), Collyer Bristow, 7 July 2021
• Virtual Seminar with Maya Lester QC and Michael O’Kane on the UK and EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, Volterra Fietta, 25 March 2021
• Podcast with Maya Lester QC and Lord David Anderson of Ipswich KBE QC on “Stepping outside the law”, Brick Court Chambers, 25 March 2021
• Podcast “Getting the Partnership Right” with Michael O’Kane for RUSI’s Suspicious Transaction Report, 1 March 2021
• Brick Court Webinar with Maya Lester QC on the new UK sanctions regimes, 25 January 2021
• Global Sanctions Forum with Maya Lester QC on lessons learnt from recent sanctions enforcement cases, 22 October 2020
• Interview with Maya Lester QC on CGTN on US sanctions on Iran, 22 October 2020
• Interview with Maya Lester QC on Al-Jazeera: “Is Trump’s Maximum Pressure Campaign Working?”, 21 September 2020
• Interview with Maya Lester QC on Al-Jazeera: US attempt to snapback Iran sanctions at the UN, 20 September 2020 (no longer available)
• Podcast “The Other Side of Sanctions” on Suspicious Transaction Report, Season 2: High Risk Thinking at RUSI’s Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies with Maya Lester QC and Michael O’Kane, 29 June 2020
• C5 Conference Webinar with Maya Lester QC on the UK’s new sanctions regime post-Brexit and points of divergence with the EU, 17 June 2020
• Interview with Press TV on the impact of US sanctions on Iran’s ability to deal with the coronavirus, 9 March 2020 (no longer available)
• Foreword to Sanctions in Europe, World ECR Books, by Maya Lester QC, 3 February 2020
• Dentons’ Business Crime and Investigations Podcast, Episode 2, with Maya Lester QC, October 15 2019
• Debate at Thomas Reuters “Are Sanctions Fair and Effective?” with Maya Lester QC, 4 September 2019
• Transcript of Foreign Affairs Committee on Future of UK Sanctions Policy with Maya Lester QC, UK Parliament, 2 April 2019
• Oral Evidence to Foreign Affairs Committee on Future of UK Sanctions Policy with Maya Lester QC, UK Parliament, 2 April 2019
• Webinar on Economic Sanctions after Brexit with Maya Lester QC, MBL, 28 February 2019
• Podcast on US Sanctions & Economic Warfare: Impact for Europe, ECFR, 4 December 2018
• BIICL Podcast on The Sanctions and Money Laundering Act 2018 with Maya Lester QC, July 2018
• Talk on the EU sanctions perspective at the International Sanctions Seminar, Cyprus, July 2018 (see blog)
• The Kadi Case: Maya Lester QC recalls working on the Kadi case with David Vaughan CBE QC, July 2018
• Brick Court Chambers ‘Sanctions after Brexit’ event, 21 June 2018 (see blog)
• The Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, WorldECR, June 2018 (Issue 70)
• Evidence session on sanctions policy after Brexit before the Lords EU External Affairs Sub-Committee on 20 July 2017 (see blog)
• Economic sanctions have been a foreign policy tool of choice for some time, Counsel magazine, February 2017
• What are the four things you would change about the EU’s sanctions regimes if you could? Interview with C5 on 4 November 2016
• Syria sanctions: Interview on Monocle Radio on 28 October 2016
• Evidence session on EU Sanctions before the Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee on 11 October 2016 (see blog)
• The Panama Papers: BBC Radio 4 interview (The World at One) on sanctions issues on 5 April 2016 (no longer available)
• Talk on Terrorist Listings and Sanctions at the Asset-Stripping: Responses to the Financing of Terrorism and Crime event on 15 May 2015
• Interview on Russia sanctions on The Report (BBC Radio 4) on 9 April 2015
• Hamas de-listing: interview on Australian radio on 19 December 2014 (no longer available)
• Profile in Christian Science Monitor on 8 May 2014
• Profile on Foreign Policy on 2 May 2014
• Interview on Russia sanctions on New York public radio on 6 May 2014
• Presentations on sanctions cases in the EU court, Hague Centre for Law and Arbitration, 19 July 2013