Facing potential sanctions stemming from a United Nations (UN) report, the Kanbawza Bank of Myanmar has hired Williams & Connolly and partner David Aufhauser, a former general counsel for the U.S. Treasury Department and United Bank of Switzerland.

The UN’s Human Rights Council issued a report on August 5 that named KBZ Bank’s parent company, KBZ Group, as one of two firms that allegedly helped finance the construction of a fence along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border.