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Richard Blakeley named world sanctions Young Practitioner of the Year in WorldECR Awards 2015

16/06/15

Richard Blakeley has been awarded Young Practitioner of the Year by the World Export Controls Review ahead of a strong global shortlist of candidates which "look like the seating plan for the finest export controls/sanctions dinner party", WorldECR reports,

“In a year when international sanctions have made regular headlines for the international press, few people have been as active in the headline-grabbing cases as 30-year old Richard Blakeley of Brick Court Chambers in London. ...Richard has been active in some of the highest-profile matters reported by WorldECR. ...Richard has been instrumental in recently securing the de-listing of numerous key EU sanctions targets.”

The awards “recognise outstanding work, vision, best practice, commercial benefit ...and contribution to international security” of individuals working in the fields of export control, sanctions and nonproliferation.