Fees
How we price.
We publish how we charge because the alternative — opaque hourly billing with no ceiling — is one of the things clients like least about sanctions work. Most matters start with a fixed-fee written position; open-ended engagements come later, scoped, and only if they make sense.
Entry — fixed fee
- Sanctions Exposure Snapshot — a written assessment of your exposure and priorities. From a fixed fee; delivered in 5–7 days.
- Delisting Feasibility Opinion — a realistic view of the odds and the route to removal. From a fixed fee.
- Export Classification & Licence Feasibility — ECCN / dual-use classification and whether a licence is required. From a fixed fee.
Core engagements
Licence applications, delisting petitions and challenges, enforcement defence, transactional due diligence and compliance programmes — fixed where the work allows, otherwise on a scoped hourly basis with a clear estimate. We do not charge success fees.
Ongoing
A Sanctions Watch Retainer for monitoring and a priority response line.
Pricing factors — what moves the number
Number of regimes in play · complexity of ownership / control · litigation vs administrative route · urgency · volume of documents · need for local co-counsel.
Note: where fees are paid from blocked funds, regulatory caps apply (for example, OFAC and OFSI limits) — we structure engagements accordingly.
Start with a written position.
A short call, then a fixed-fee assessment. Response within two hours in business hours.