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Ignacio E. Sanchez

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Co-Chair of the Federal Law and Policy group

Chair, Hispanic/Latino Resource Group

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Additional publications

  • CFIUS filing fees effective as of May 1, 2020: What you need to know, 5 May 2020
  • Hospitality industry update: President signs into law massive COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus package, 3 April 2020
  • Coronavirus: Congressional leaders and the Trump Administration reach agreement on massive COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus package, 26 March 2020
  • Coronavirus: Several state and local governments issue "shelter in place" orders (United States), 23 March 2020
  • Coronavirus: emergency response legislation passed by the Senate; additional stimulus and tax relief expected soon (United States), 18 March 2020
  • New regulations reinforce CFIUS's expanded role with respect to foreign investments in the United States, 16 January 2020
  • Treasury Department proposes regulations comprehensively implementing FIRRMA and reforming CFIUS national security review, 19 September 2019
  • Trump issues Executive Order on securing information and communications technology and services – key points, 16 May 2019
  • US government sanctions Petróleos de Venezuela, authorizes US persons to engage in certain limited transactions, 29 Jan 2019
  • CFIUS pilot program mandates declarations for certain non-controlling investments in critical technologies, 17 Oct 2018
  • FIRRMA, reforming CFIUS process, is signed into law, 13 Aug 2018
  • Congress finalizes CFIUS reform bill to broaden national security reviews of foreign investments, 25 Jul 2018
  • US to re-impose sanctions on Iran as it withdraws from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, 9 May 2018
  • "Foreign Governments' Misuse of Federal RICO: The Case For Reform," Washington Legal Foundation – Working Paper Series, May 2006
  • "Cuban Property Rights and the 1940 Constitution," Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law and Policy, Vol. 3, Spring 1994
 

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Speaking engagements

"Overview of U.S. Primary and Secondary Sanctions", Client Training Series, February 2020

"The Legal World is Flat Too:  FCPA, Sanctions, FARA and AML", NACDL’s 15th Annual White Collar Seminar and Fall Board Meeting, October 2019

"Dealing with Evolving Sanctions in an Era of Anti-blocking Measures", American Conference Institute, AML & OFAC Compliance for the Insurance Industry, January 2019

"Overview of U.S. Primary and Secondary Sanctions", Client Training Series, January 2019

"Chinese Companies Doing Business in the U.S.A.: Navigating the Changes, Challenges and the Opportunities – CFIUS", Client Series in Hong Kong and Shanghai, November 2018

"Overview of U.S. National Security Compliance Issues: The People, the Products and the Deal", March 2017

"Acquiring a U.S. Company or Assets: Preparing for CFIUS (The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States)", Abu Dhabi, September 2015

"Global Issues Forum: The Ever-Evolving Ukraine/Russia Sanctions Regime", Association of Corporate Counsel, October 2014 

"Evolution of Reinsurance Regulation and the Reinsurance Market," Client Series, September 2012

"The United States and Cuba: Implications of an Economic Relationship," Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Latin America Program, May 2010

"That Little Infernal Cuban Republic: US Policies Toward Cuba in Historical Perspective," Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Latin America Program, July 2009

"Acquiring a U.S. ITAR-Registered Company: Preparing for CFIUS," C5's 2nd Annual Conference - ITAR Compliance in Munich, Germany, June 2009

"THE SOVEREIGNS ARE COMING! CONQUERORS? OR SAVIORS?, Columbia Business School Alumni Club, May 2008 – Discussion of the economic, political and national security implications of sovereign wealth funds and foreign direct investment in the United States Council on Foreign Relations' Corporate Program – "New CFIUS law and procedures", March 2008

"Cuba in Transition—Options for Addressing the Challenge of Expropriated Properties," Association for the Study of the Cuba Economy, Sixth Annual Meeting, August 2006

ABA Annual Meeting, International Law Section (1994) – Lecture on international law issues related to government confiscation of property in Cuba
US/Cuba Policy," World Policy Institute Conference, July 2004

He has also been a commentator for CNN, BBC, PBS, Canal NBC, Telemundo, and ECO on numerous matters including international trade issues and was featured in The American Lawyer (January 2000 Ed.) in the cover article titled "Rum Warriors." 

Mr. Sanchez also served as a speaking surrogate on Spanish language media for the Bush-Cheney presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004 and for the Romney presidential campaign in 2008 and 2012.

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