CLE Program Examines Sanctions, Force Majeure Defenses for Cross-Border Contracts
In-house counsel overseeing cross-border commercial agreements and international dispute resolution need this guidance to mitigate unaddressed performance and breach exposure from shifting global sanctions regimes and market volatility.
The upcoming CLE program, developed with AAA-ICDR international arbitration experts, addresses growing cross-border contract risk as evolving sanctions rules, export control requirements, and global market volatility create unanticipated performance challenges for international commercial deals. Sessions will cover front-end drafting best practices for sanctions and export control clauses, compare common-law and civil-law treatment of force majeure, hardship, and frustration of purpose doctrines, and analyze how arbitral tribunals evaluate these defenses in international proceedings, including how AAA-ICDR procedural rules shape dispute outcomes. The program offers 1 hour of requested Washington CLE credit.