Inessa Owens

Inessa Owens is Associate General Counsel & Senior Vice President at Bank of America, where she is the Bank’s lead sanctions attorney.  She advises on economic sanctions matters across the Bank of America enterprise, covering all business units within the Bank.  Inessa also advises on compliance with anti-money laundering regulations.

Prior to joining Bank of America, Inessa spent nearly a decade in private practice.  Most recently, she was a Senior Associate in Baker McKenzie’s International Trade practice where she advised on US sanctions and export controls.

Inessa holds a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University (2004) and J.D. from American University Washington College of Law (2009), where she was a member of the American University International Law Review and the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot team.