Imogen Brooks
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- International Trade
- Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Antibribery/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- Customs & Import Controls
- International Trade Policy
- National Security
- Cloud Computing & Data Storage
- Areas of experience include economic and trade sanctions, export controls, customs and import compliance, national security reviews, and anticorruption and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance.
Imogen Brooks is a recommended lawyer in The Legal 500 UK for Trade, WTO Anti-Dumping, Customs and Sanctions (2026, 2022). She brings extensive experience advising multinational clients on complex international trade compliance matters, including economic and trade sanctions, export controls, customs, national security reviews, and anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) and anti-money laundering (AML) matters.
Imogen’s experience spans risk assessments for cross-border transactions, obtaining critical regulatory licenses and authorisations for clients, development of compliance programs, internal investigations, voluntary disclosures, and negotiations with regulators. She has advised clients across sectors such as energy, semiconductors, quantum computing, high-tech, telecommunications, aerospace and defence, commodity trading, investment funds, private equity, and pharmaceuticals.
- Advising a global telecoms company on a US$5.5 billion divestment from Russia, securing essential licenses and regulatory clearances under UK, EU, and Bermuda sanctions regimes.
- Leading complex sanctions and trade compliance workstreams for a multinational group, including acquisition of securities trapped in Russian infrastructure and negotiation of key transaction protections.
- Obtaining critical sanctions licenses for multiple high-value restructurings and commercial transactions, ensuring compliance and continuity for global businesses under restrictive regimes.
- Providing strategic sanctions and export control advice to a leading aerospace and technology company on operations in high-risk jurisdictions, ensuring lawful and commercially viable market access.
EducationL.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, 2017
LL.B., London School of Economics and Political Science, 2015
L.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, 2017
LL.B., London School of Economics and Political Science, 2015
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
- The Legal 500 UK, Recommended Lawyer in Trade, WTO Anti-Dumping, Customs and Sanctions - 2026, 2022.
