Dara Fernandez

Dara is a US qualified lawyer and national security expert with more than 13 years of experience in international sanctions and compliance. She is the co-founder with Chloe Cina of Cina Fernandez, a national security practice supporting public and private sector clients. 

Dara advises on the full spectrum of US, EU and UK sanctions and regularly prepares expert reports for litigation, arbitration and regulatory matters. She delivers technical capacity training for government authorities and the private sector across risk management frameworks, sanctions compliance implementation, and enforcement. 

Dara was previously the Trade Sanctions General Counsel at Honeywell and the Global Head of Financial Crime at Bupa. She is an advisor and speaker at major international forums on sanctions and trade restrictions and is a recognised contributor to sanctions policy, strategy, and compliance implementation. 

Dara is a member of the Maritime Sanctions Taskforce, UK Sanctions Implementation and Strategy Taskforce and an Associate of the Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI. She is highly experienced in corporate governance, risk management, licensing and enforcement risk and is routinely engaged as an expert in complex cross border matters.