Export Controls and Sanctions Risks for Malaysian Companies
Professor Dr. Harald Sippel, CCLS alumnus, has recently been interviewed on sanctions and related risks for companies by Free Malaysia Today.
Professor Dr. Harald Sippel (International Commercial arbitration LLM, 2012) has given an interview on sanctions and related risks for companies to Free Malaysia Today, one of Malaysia’s leading newspapers. The interview, in which he highlighted the potential financial and operational risks Malaysian firms face if they violate U.S. trade restrictions, became one of the newspaper’s most-read articles in mid-March 2025.
Harald, who is qualified in Austria but has been working in Malaysia for over seven years, warned that companies could see more than half of their revenue at risk due to non-compliance with U.S. export controls – underscoring the high stakes involved for businesses navigating complex international regulatory landscapes.
Free Malaysia Today interviewed Harald after he published an article on the risks of sanctions on his firm’s (Aqran Vijandran) website. In this article entitled The Nvidia Chip Scandal: Export Control Risks for Malaysia, he examined the growing risks Malaysian businesses face under global export control frameworks and shed light on how evolving trade restrictions on semiconductors and high-tech exports impact businesses operating in Malaysia, a key hub in global supply chains. The article was co-written with his colleague Nadhil Aqran, one of the partners of the firm.
For further details, read his latest article and watch his Free Malaysia Today interview.