Tailored advice with a commercial outlook

Plesner advises both private and listed companies on export control and trade sanctions, and our advice is always based on the individual company's specific situation and risk landscape.

We strive to always understand our clients' business model to provide advice that is tailored and executable in practice. 

We advise on all aspects of export control and trade sanctions, including:

  • Preparation of internal compliance programmes to ensure compliance with applicable export control legislation and trade sanctions as well as implementation of necessary procedures and other measures for this purpose
  • Training and education of employees
  • Auditing of sanctions and export control compliance procedures
  • Drafting contract clauses for commercial agreements, including procurement and supply agreements, to support compliance with sanctions and export control rules
  • Risk assessment and guidance in relation to specific transactions, including transactions and collaborations with actors in sanctioned countries 
  • Advice in connection with M&A transactions, including the completion of transactions and performance of due diligence
  • Advice on the EU's many sanctions packages against Russia and Belarus
  • Advice in relation to the sale of products to high-risk countries 
  • Advice to EU companies in relation to the continued presence in Russia and compliance with EU sanctions
  • Advice in connection with EU companies' exits from Russia
  • Close and ongoing cooperation with foreign law firms in transnational/international cases concerning trade sanctions and export control
  • Advice in connection with obtaining export licences
  • Contact with relevant authorities
  • Defence in criminal cases