Yvo is one of the Netherlands’ leading experts in the field of economic sanctions and export control, with over twenty years’ experience in the field. During this time, he has built up in-depth knowledge of the most complex issues relating to sanctions law. In addition to sanctions and export control, he also advises on anti-money laundering and anti-corruption legislation. Clients particularly value him for his approachability and his ability to provide clear and straightforward advice, even on the most complex cases.
Yvo publishes regularly in legal journals and lectures at various universities in the Netherlands. He is also a much sought-after speaker at national and international conferences and is regularly consulted by the EU and the UN. As a highly sought-after expert in the field of sanctions, he is frequently interviewed by national and international news channels.
Yvo can be contacted directly with any enquiries regarding economic sanctions, export controls or related regulations.
Career
2024 – heden
Agorax | Attorney | Partner
2020 – 2024
BenninkAmar Lawyers | Attorney | Partner
2018 – 2020
Wladimiroff Lawyers | Attorney | Partner
2014 – 2018
B&A Law | Partner
2007 – 2014
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
2006 – 2007
Universiteit Maastricht – Lecturer in civil procedure law
Publications
- ‘Private law aspects of European sanctions law’, Monthly Journal of Property Law, 2023, no. 2, pp. 73–81.
- ‘Compliance with international trade law, Part 3: Self-reporting of breaches of international sanctions, the Dutch approach’, Beursbengel, March 2023
- Beursbengel, ‘Compliance with international trade law, Part 2: Self-reporting of breaches of international sanctions: the US approach’, Beursbengel, July 2022.
- ‘Compliance with international trade law, Part 1: Enforcement of international sanctions at European, Dutch and US level’, Beursbengel, June 2022.
- “The enforcement of US sanctions law”, Journal of Special Criminal Law, 2019, no. 4.
- “Holding back a shipment is not a completed export”, Globe Magazine, September 2019.
- Prof. R. Lamp, Y. Amar and V. de Bruijn, ‘Criminal Enforcement’, in: Busch & Lieverse (eds.), Handbook of Investment Firms (Business & Law No. 112-II), Deventer: Wolters Kluwer 2019, pp. 1283–1319.
- ‘Sanctions Law and Liability’, Beursbengel, December 2017.
- ‘The Political Aspects of International Sanctions Law’, Strafblad, March 2017.
- ‘Sanctions Law in an International Perspective’, Tijdschrift voor Compliance, July 2016.
- ‘Iran, Now and in the Future’, Globe Magazine, January 2016.
- ‘European sanctions law and the obligations for insurers’, Beursbengel, July 2015.