<p>On 10 February 2015, Ibtissem Lassoued, Partner in Al Tamimi's Financial Crime Department, gave a seminar in Abu Dhabi in conjunction with Farhad Alavi, Managing Partner of Akrivis Law Group PLLC, a law firm in Washington DC. The seminar was entitled "Economic Sanctions Against Iran and Anti-Corruption: UAE &amp; US Perspectives" and was well attended by in-house counsel and high level representatives from a variety of sectors, including oil &amp; gas, engineering, financial services and government departments. For more information on economic sanctions or anti-corruption in the Middle East, please contact Ibtissem Lassoued at <a href="mailto:i.lassoued@tamimi.com">i.lassoued@tamimi.com</a>.</p>