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Crowell & Moring Welcomes Top Cross-Border Sanctions Lawyer

06/07/17

Crowell & Moring Welcomes Top Cross-Border Sanctions Lawyer

Summary: Leading cross-border sanctions lawyer Michelle Linderman joined Crowell & Moring in London.
 
Crowell & Moring Welcomes Top Cross-Border Sanctions Lawyer

Crowell & Moring has made a valuable addition to their London team. Leading cross-border sanctions attorney Michelle Linderman will join the International Trade Practice group as a partner. Linderman is an English qualified solicitor with roughly 20 years of experience with cross-border sanctions and commercial disputes.

Chair Angela Styles of Crowell & Moring said, “Michelle has a great reputation for advising leading clients on cross-border sanctions matters, and her arrival to Crowell & Moring establishes our international trade presence in the London market. Together with our Brussels-based European Union capabilities, Michelle’s practice extends the international reach of our well regarded sanctions capabilities. We are delighted to welcome Michelle to the firm.”

Linderman will use her expertise in United Kingdom and European Union sanctions to help expand the group’s presence and capabilities in the United States and Europe. She will continue to advise clients on matters involving trade and financial sanctions such as due diligence and compliance procedures. Linderman also deals with issues regarding the impact of sanctions on operations and transactions, sanctions clauses in insurance and contract policies, and the effect of sanctions on loans, investments, and payment issues. Her clients include ship owners, traders, international businesses, insurers, charterers, energy companies, and financial institutions.

Chair John Brew of the International Trade Group added, “Michelle is a well established sanctions lawyer in the UK, and we are excited she has joined our team. Given the UK’s proactive stance on sanctions enforcement – and its significant influence on financial services and global supply chain matters – Michelle will be an asset to our clients in a broad array of cross-border trade issues, including sanctions, export controls, and anti-money laundering.”

Linderman joins from Ince & Co. where she was the global head of the sanctions team. She earned her B.A. from the University of Leeds in modern Chinese studies. She obtained a post-graduate diploma in law from Leeds Metropolitan University before completing the legal practice course from the College of Law in York. She is admitted to practice in Hong Kong, Wales, and England.

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