Stefan Tsakanakis
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- International Trade
- Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- International Trade Policy
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Antibribery/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- Disputes & Investigations
- National Security
- Customs & Import Controls
- Focuses on economic sanctions, export controls, trade regulation and compliance, customs, anticorruption and anti-money laundering.
- Provides legal and policy advice on various European Union (EU) market access issues.
- Experience in developing and reviewing internal compliance programmes.
Stefan Tsakanakis assists clients on export controls and sanctions matters, such as internal compliance programmes, licensing, classifications, transaction screenings and opinion work. Additionally, he provides legal and policy advice on various EU market access issues, notably in connection with Swiss-EU bilateral agreements.
Before joining Akin, Stefan was a law clerk at the Swiss Federal Administrative Court. He also worked at the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission and at the litigation and investigations department of a Swiss multinational financial services provider.
- Advised on a wide variety of export controls and sanctions matters, including transaction screenings, licensing, classifications and opinion work.
- Assisted clients with licensing requests, classification inquiries, applications for derogations from sanctions, seeking official guidance and voluntary self-disclosures.
- Developed and reviewed internal compliance programmes.
- Advised a high-profile individual on EU sanctions mechanism and potential new sanctions.
- Provided legal and policy advice on various EU market access issues.
List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.
LanguagesEnglish
German
French
Spanish
English
German
French
Spanish
EducationLL.M., University of Zurich, magna cum laude, 2011
Dr. iur., University of Zurich, magna cum laude, 2014
LL.B., University of Geneva, 2008
Ph.D., University of Zurich, magna cum laude, 2014
LL.M., University of Zurich, magna cum laude, 2011
Dr. iur., University of Zurich, magna cum laude, 2014
LL.B., University of Geneva, 2008
Ph.D., University of Zurich, magna cum laude, 2014
Bar AdmissionsAvocat au barreau, Switzerland
Registered European Lawyer in England and Wales
Avocat au barreau, Switzerland
Registered European Lawyer in England and Wales
