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Nasim Zargarinejad

Nasim Zargarinejad

Senior AML Legal Expert

Advanced LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration

Experienced legal expert with a record of over 4 years in the legal domain, specializing in international law, in particular, dispute resolution as well as international, regional and unilateral sanctions.
She is proficient in operating within high-caliber multinational legal environments, fulfilling diverse legal roles that have honed a wide array of her legal skills including conducting legal research, drafting legal contracts, memos, and submissions.
Leveraging a robust educational background and substantial hands-on experience advising numerous clients on sanction-related matters, she is highly skilled in researching, interpreting, and analyzing sanction-related legal regulations to ensure corporate compliance with them.
Moreover, she has been involved in many large-scale projects that have enabled her to acquire project management skills.

Published articles

Overcompliance in Sanctions Compliance

May 13, 2024

The proliferation of unilateral and secondary sanctions has led to a concerning trend of overcompliance by businesses, particularly banks and financial institutions. Overcompliance refers to excessively restrictive practices that go beyond the requirements of sanctions regulations.

The Shadow of Sanctions on Contracts

March 2, 2024

A valid contract is binding upon the parties. This statement serves as the cornerstone of contract law worldwide. However, it does not imply that there are no situations in which parties can legally terminate, suspend, or refuse to fulfill their contractual obligations for legal reasons. Typically, these reasons can be anticipated ex-ante in applicable law or in the contract itself. How about newly introduced sanctions? Can they provide a green light for parties to refrain from undertaking their contractual obligations?

Has the EU entered the era of extraterritorial sanctions?

March 1, 2024

With the recent adoption of the EU’s 13th sanctions package against Russia, we sought insights from our senior legal officers at Wiacon, Negin Ajam and Nasim Zargarinezhad. The EU’s decision to sanction Chinese firms, among others, aims to disrupt the supply chain of vital drone components to Russia, especially given the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.