Nov 16, 2022 OFSI’s annual review of an unprecedented year By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey Chris Akka On 10 November 2022, the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) published its annual review. This has been a...
Jun 24, 2022 Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation: looking to upscale and upskill By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey Helin Gurel On Wednesday 22 June, the director of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”), Giles Thomson, speaking to the House of...
Feb 18, 2022 UK widens sanctions, potential retaliation by Russia and international regulators urge restraint By Neill Blundell David Gauke Francis Bond The crisis at the Russia/Ukraine border continues to provoke reverberations for the global financial sanctions framework, with threats...
Sep 21, 2020 Check your privilege By Oli Bowley Nikolas Ireland In a judgment handed down on 11 September in PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Ors [2020] EWHC 2437 (Comm), Mrs Justice Moulder held that legal...
Jun 18, 2020 Russian courts and the exclusive jurisdiction over sanctions related disputes By Nikolas Ireland Francis Bond On 19 June 2020, amendments to the Arbitrazh Procedure Code come into effect as a result of a new Russian Federal Law No. 171-FZ - known...