Raza Nazar

Associate

Areas of Focus

Raza Nazar

Associate

raza.nazar@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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  • Advises clients on European Union (EU) and U.K. trade regulations, including economic and trade sanctions, export controls, customs, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering.

Raza’s practice focuses on all aspects of international trade regulatory compliance, including economic and trade sanctions, export controls, customs, anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters.

His work spans multiple jurisdictions and encompasses advising on risks in the context of international transactions, conducting internal investigations, preparing voluntary disclosures and engaging with regulators.

He has experience in several industry sectors, principally energy, technology, aviation, shipping, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, financial services and private equity.

Prior to joining Akin, Raza trained and worked at a leading law firm and focused heavily on international disputes and investigations.

Representative Work
  • Advised several companies across a range of sectors on compliance with multijurisdictional economic and trade sanctions that have been imposed on Russia and Belarus since late February 2022.
  • Provided trade compliance advice to various U.S./EU headquartered companies in connection with the sale of subsidiaries based in Russia.
  • Advising various technology companies on the EU and UK customs (harmonized system) classification for various hardware and mixed reality products.
  • Advising a major biotechnology company on the classification of products under dual-use legislation.
  • Assisted an offshore exploration company with preparing group-wide compliance policies on money laundering, proceeds of crime and anti-bribery legislation.
  • Part of the team acting for a global truck manufacturer in the complex, precedent-setting U.K. ‘Trucks’ competition litigation. *
  • Part of the team acting for a leading financial services company in respect of an internal information technology (IT) investigation. *
  • Advised an early stage software company on the application of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to services enabled by blockchain technology. *

*Matters handled prior to joining Akin.

Languages
  • English

  • Urdu

  • Hindi

Education
  • L.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, 2019

  • LL.B., London School of Economics and Political Science, 2018

  • B.C.L., University of Oxford, 2024

Bar Admissions
  • Solicitor, England and Wales

Recognitions
  • 3 Verulam Buildings Chambers Scholarship (Oxford).

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