IPSC Professional Development & CPD · Module 01
Economic Sanctions & Trade Compliance
Module 1 begins 21 July 2026
Understand how sanctions frameworks shape cross‑border transactions, advisory practice, operational decisions, and institutional risk exposure.
This module is delivered as a 1-hour live intensive plus 2.5 hours of structured asynchronous learning, giving participants a total of 3.5 CPD hours in a format designed for time-poor professionals.
Participants examine how sanctions regimes, screening obligations, payment restrictions, ownership risks, licensing issues, and overlapping jurisdictional rules affect legal, compliance, commercial, and policy decisions across the Indo‑Pacific and beyond.
Module overview
A practical sanctions and trade compliance module for professionals who need to assess transaction risk, advise clearly, and manage institutional exposure across jurisdictions.
1-hour live intensive + 2.5 hours asynchronous
Structured for busy lawyers, compliance teams, policy professionals, advisers, and decision-makers who need focused live teaching with flexible follow-on learning.
Sanctions as transaction risk
Sanctions affect not only obvious counterparties but also ownership chains, vessels, intermediaries, currencies, routing, financing, and sector exposure.
Advisory and operational decisions
The module links legal rules to practical choices in transactions, due diligence, escalation, controls design, internal approvals, and client advice.
Institutional risk judgement
Participants learn to identify where sanctions exposure sits, what questions to ask, and how to communicate a defensible sanctions risk position.
Learning outcomes
Participants leave with a clearer framework for evaluating sanctions issues across transactions, clients, contracts, supply chains, and institutional governance.
Read sanctions frameworks
Understand the practical effect of primary and secondary sanctions, designated‑party restrictions, sectoral measures, embargoes, and overlapping national regimes.
Assess transaction exposure
Identify sanctions risks in counterparties, ownership structures, payment flows, logistics chains, shipping routes, goods, and financial intermediaries.
Strengthen compliance controls
Apply risk‑based screening, diligence, governance, documentation, escalation protocols, and monitoring practices proportionate to institutional risk.
Advise with confidence
Translate complex sanctions exposure into concise advice for partners, boards, clients, deal teams, and internal decision‑makers facing cross‑border choices.
Session structure
The module combines a focused live intensive with structured asynchronous learning that moves from framework to application.
1-hour expert-led session
A concentrated live session covering the sanctions landscape, major regulatory actors, extraterritorial reach, and the core issues professionals must identify in cross-border matters.
2.5 hours structured learning
Participants work through guided materials, scenario analysis, practical questions, and applied exercises that deepen understanding and support direct professional use.
Transactions and controls
The module shows how sanctions issues emerge in M&A, financing, trade, procurement, shipping, technology flows, diligence, escalation, and compliance design.
Decision-ready analysis
Participants finish with a clearer framework for assessing risk and producing concise sanctions advice for clients, boards, deal teams, and internal stakeholders.
Who this is for
Built for organisations and professionals working where sanctions, regulation, and cross-border risk meet.
This module is designed for organisations that need practical capability uplift, clearer sanctions judgement, and stronger decision support in complex international settings.
- Law firms and in-house legal teams — for practitioners advising on sanctions, disputes, investigations, enforcement risk, and cross-border transactions.
- Financial institutions and compliance teams — for teams designing and operating sanctions screening, due diligence, payments, and risk-based controls.
- Companies with cross-border operations — for executives and risk leaders managing sanctions exposure across supply chains, logistics, procurement, and market access.
- Public sector, policy, and regulatory agencies — for officials working on sanctions settings, implementation, supervision, and international coordination.
Enrolment
Enrol or register for Economic Sanctions & Trade Compliance.
This module is designed for direct professional application and includes a 1-hour live intensive, 2.5 hours of structured asynchronous learning, and a total of 3.5 CPD hours. IPSC can provide a statement of structured learning hours on completion, subject to each organisation’s rules.