Marlies Heemskerk-de Waard specialises in regulatory and enforcement matters with a focus on corporate criminal law. She regularly conducts internal investigations and represents corporations and financial institutions in administrative and criminal enforcement proceedings. She also advises on pre-enforcement compliance issues. Marlies specifically focuses on matters involving US regulatory authorities.
Marlies is an expert on economic sanctions and export controls. She often advises companies on economic sanctions and export controls compliance in general and the legality of contemplated transactions. She has conducted numerous internal investigations on the topic and represented companies before both Dutch and foreign enforcement authorities, among them the US Department of Justice (DoJ), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). In addition, she has assisted companies navigate public scrutiny, including parliamentary questions, relating to their international trade relations.
Another focal point of her work is corporate criminal law, including safety and environmental law, fraud, anti-money laundering and anti-bribery regulation. Marlies has ample experience representing companies suspected of wrongdoing in such matters, both in the investigatory phase as well as in court, including in appeal. She also assists companies that have fallen victim to crime themselves, advising them on their position in court and possibilities to recover their damages.
Marlies also regularly advises on criminal law and compliance issues coming up in corporate transactions.
13 January 2021
China’s new export control regime may affect companies worldwide
16 December 2020
16 November 2020
China releases long-awaited framework to blacklist “unreliable” foreign entities
12 November 2020
30 March 2020
Commission calls for greater protection in EU against takeovers by non-EU investors
15 January 2020
E3 triggering JCPOA dispute resolution risks reimposition of sanctions against Iran
16 December 2019
Probity screening (Bibob) Act increasingly applied to environmental permit applications
15 October 2019
Terminating contracts due to US sanctions – difficult under civil law and possibly illegal
14 February 2019
EU creates special purpose vehicle to facilitate trade with Iran under the JCPOA
14 June 2018
EU proposes amendments to Blocking Regulation in response to US withdrawal from JCPOA
13 June 2018
Russia responds to sanctions introduced by US and other countries
13 June 2018
ZTE reaches USD 1.4 billion settlement to replace 7-year denial of export privileges
24 May 2018
17 May 2018
17 May 2018
US targets ZTE and Huawei for export control and economic sanctions violations
15 March 2018
15 February 2018
Siemens Russia case: the risks of managing sanctions compliance through contracts
15 February 2018
US renews Iran sanctions waivers – possibly for the last time
4 August 2017
Settlement highlights risk of USD payments in transactions with US-sanctioned countries
31 July 2017
US Congress approves new sanctions on the Russian oil and gas sector
13 March 2017
13 July 2016
New Iran deal guidance and Brexit consequences for sanctions and export controls
19 January 2016
Significant relief of sanctions against Iran, but certain restrictions remain
17 July 2015
EU, US and Iran agree on significant yet still conditional sanctions relief
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