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Ann M. Nagele Partner

  • Seattle

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    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.6121

    ANagele@perkinscoie.com

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  • DOJ to Prioritize Enforcement of Sanctions and Export Control Violations Against Corporations

    On March 2, 2023, U.S. Department of Justice Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco once again delivered groundbreaking remarks at the American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime, this time heralding a new era of corporate enforcement aimed at addressing U.S. national security priorities.  Last spring, as U.S. sanctions against Russia rolled out,...
  • OFAC Takes Action Against Virtual Currency Tornado Cash in Novel Application of Sanctions Authorities

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), on August 8, 2022, sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash. OFAC alleged that it had been “used to launder more than $7 billion worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019 [, including] over $455 million stolen by the Lazarus Group[,]” a...
  • OFAC Issues Second Ransomware Advisory and Designates Virtual Currency Exchange for Sanctions

    Agency’s Focus on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Continues On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released an updated advisory to “highlight the sanctions risks associated with ransomware payments”—almost one year after issuing the first such guidance—and simultaneously imposed sanctions on SUEX, a virtual currency exchange accused of...
  • OFAC Issues Sanctions Compliance Program Guidance

    The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) administers and enforces U.S. economic sanctions programs in accordance with U.S. national security and foreign policy. OFAC had not previously published guidance addressing essential elements for an effective sanctions compliance program (SCP). It has now done so. Specifically, on May 2, 2019, OFAC published guidance entitled “A Framework...

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., International and Comparative Law, with distinction, 1999
  • Seattle University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1998
  • University of Washington, B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1989