Brian Kennelly KC
Highly intelligent, articulate, and clear-thinking. Excellent communicator and innovative thinker.
Market leaders with a focus on sanctions, Blackstone Chambers has extensive experience in acting for both the government and individuals and corporate entities affected by United Nations and European Union sanctions regimes, including those relating to Syria, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. Jason Pobjoy KC has been instructed by the Foreign Office in some of its most complex cases.
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