Jasper has practiced international trade regulation and policy for over three decades. He focuses on sanctions, export controls, national security, anticorruption and anti-money laundering (AML), as well as advising on other aspects of trade regulation, including customs, trade remedies, free trade agreements and rules of origin.

He develops strategies for regulatory challenges and helps his clients see around corners in business in regulatory and geopolitically challenging and highly regulated transactions, industries and jurisdictions.

Jasper also conducts regulatory and internal investigations, prepares voluntary disclosures and negotiates these to a regulatory resolution/settlement before regulatory agencies, including in the context of criminal matters. Jasper’s deal work includes providing counsel on mergers & acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures (JVs), investments and lending, due diligence, shareholder issues and other corporate (governance) advice.

With the client’s business objectives front of mind, Jasper provides direct, timely and pragmatic advice, drawing on his deep, detailed experience with regulatory agencies. He is routinely successful in resolving regulatory issues and disputes for clients.

His clients include multinational companies headquartered in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia, across multiple sectors, including energy (upstream & downstream), semiconductor and hi-tech, aerospace & defense, shipping, commodity trading, private equity, private credit, sovereign wealth funds and other investment management businesses.

His work usually involves multiple jurisdictions, including European Union (and EU member states), as well as the United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Much of his work involves the interaction between U.S. sanctions, export controls and national security regulation and other jurisdictions, including the compliance impact of local laws and “blocking regulations.”

The advocate listed above has registered the following principal (and secondary) legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal areas:

1. Jasper Helder is registered for Administrative law (EU law)

 Based on this registration, he is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.