Advises on a full range of international trade issues including economic and trade sanctions, export controls, customs and import compliance and anticorruption and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance.
Advises clients across industry sectors such as financial services, consumer, technology and pharmaceuticals and life sciences.

Simi assists clients in navigating complex issues arising out of the changing regulatory landscape. Her work encompasses advising clients on compliance in the context of international sanctions, assisting with the drafting and implementation of trade compliance programs, preparing voluntary disclosures and supporting clients engaging with regulatory agencies and institutions.

Representative Work

Advising several companies across a range of sectors on compliance with new U.K. and European Union (EU) economic and trade sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus since February 2022.
Advising a multinational mining company on sanctions and export control compliance and the drafting of internal sanctions compliance policies and sanctions uplift programs after a global risk assessment.
Advising financial institutions on transaction-specific assessments of sanctions compliance from a U.K. and EU perspective.
Advising a global pharmaceutical company on its economic and trade sanctions compliance program as well as assisting with obtaining specific licenses from the U.K. authorities to continue operations in Russia.
Advising a global software company on all aspects of its U.K. and EU economic and trade sanctions compliance program as well as registering for the use of export licenses with the Irish authorities.
Developing extensive U.K. and EU sanctions and AML programs for multiple companies.
Assisting with the provision of global sanctions advice on complex cross-border transactions to multiple clients.

List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.