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Johanna Asplund

Johanna Asplund

Associate
Baker & McKenzie London Services Ltd.

Biography

Johanna Asplund is an associate at the Firm’s London office in the International, Commercial and Trade Practice Group. She completed her degree in International Relations from London School of Economics then a Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course (LLM) from BPP University in 2019.

Practice Focus

Johanna advises clients on sanctions, export controls, trade compliance, customs and anti-bribery matters. She has advised extensively on sanctions and export control licensing and enforcement, including investigations and enforcement matters before government authorities, in particular in the healthcare and life sciences sector. Johanna regularly advises on compliance risk assessments, compliance policies and procedures, and internal investigations.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advising a wide range of FTSE100 and other multinational companies on Russia sanctions compliance advice, including divestments and exports from Russia, applications for financial sanctions and trade sanctions licences to UK and EU authorities, and voluntary disclosures of sanctions and export control violations.

  • Advising a range of major financial institutions on financial sanctions compliance matters, including asset freezing and reporting obligations, and complex assessments of the impacts of sanctions on different types of financial transactions and counterparty relationships.

  • Advising a range of FTSE100 and Fortune500 companies on a broad range of customs matters, including cross-border compliance questions and investigations.

  • Undertaking investigations into bribery and corruption allegations for multinational healthcare companies.

  • Advising on the drafting of trade compliance policies and procedures, as well as broader trade compliance risk assessments.

Admissions

  • England & Wales~United Kingdom (2021)

Education

  • BPP University (Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course (LLM)) (2019)
  • London School of Economics (BSc International Relations) (2017)

Languages

  • English
  • Swedish

Publications

Contributor, “Liquidity Issues In Private Funds - General Partner-led Solutions,” PLC Magazine, 2020

Contributor, “The EU, Iran, and the Blocking Regulation: Catch 22 Continued,” The European Legal Forum, 2022

Baker & McKenzie LLP, an English partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.