Other Resources

The following are podcasts, articles and evidence sessions in which Maya Lester QC discusses sanctions issues:

• 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
• Interview with Press TV on the impact of US sanctions on Iran’s ability to deal with the coronavirus, 9 March 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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