Almost six years have passed since the introduction of the UK Sanctions and Money Laundering Act, and two years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which was a watershed moment for the UK sanctions regime.
Against the...more
3/8/2024
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EU ,
Financial Crimes ,
Information Reports ,
Judicial Intervention ,
Money Laundering ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Russia ,
Supply Chain ,
UK ,
UN Security Council ,
United Nations
On Friday, 6 October 2023 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Mints v PJSC National Bank Trust & Anr [2023] EWCA Civ 1132. This judgment is significant and is a key, albeit non-binding, indicator of the UK...more
10/11/2023
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Belarus ,
Belarus Sanctions ,
Control Test ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Final Judgment ,
Russia ,
State-Owned Enterprises ,
UK ,
Vladimir Putin
Effective February 5, 2023, the Price Cap Coalition (the Coalition), consisting of the G7 nations, the European Union (EU) and Australia, set a price cap of $45 per barrel for “Discount to Crude” petroleum products of Russian...more
2/10/2023
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Biden Administration ,
Crude Oil ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Exports ,
G7 ,
General Licenses ,
New Guidance ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Russia ,
Ukraine
A ban on services related to the maritime transport of Russian-origin crude oil sold above a pre-determined price cap of $60 per barrel began on December 5, 2022, with a similar price cap ban related to other Russian-origin...more
12/7/2022
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Commodities ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Exports ,
G7 ,
Global Market ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Russia ,
Ukraine
We wanted to share an update on Russia sanctions developments in the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union that occurred between March 24 and April 8, 2022. Following new reports of atrocities committed by the...more
We wanted to share an update on Russia sanctions developments in the United Kingdom, European Union, and the United States that occurred between March 16 and 24. As summarized below, key global jurisdictions have continued to...more