The Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024 empower OTSI to enforce UK trade sanctions through civil monetary penalties, building on the role of OFSI, which has enforced UK financial...more
10/2/2024
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
Legal Professional Privilege ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
Strict Liability ,
Trade Remedies ,
UK
The UK’s latest sanctions affect multiple areas and actors, including Turkish, Chinese, and Dubai-based entities alleged to support Russian military activities.
This Client Alert is published in the context of ongoing...more
The new measures bar the import of iron or steel products processed in countries other than Russia but incorporating Russian-origin iron or steel components. The measures form part of a series of significant sanctions updates...more
M&A deal teams face complicated legal issues amidst rapidly changing global sanctions and guidance.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created new headwinds for M&A dealmakers, as a complicated matrix of sanctions and...more
9/14/2022
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Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Investment ,
Mergers ,
Risk Assessment ,
Russia ,
Target Company ,
Trade Restrictions ,
UK ,
Ukraine
From 1 January 2016, all EEA incorporated banks and credit institutions are required to include a term in any non-EEA law governed contract under which they have liabilities, giving contractual recognition of the bail-in...more
5/9/2016
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Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Banking Sector ,
Credit Agreements ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Intercreditor Agreements ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
RTS ,
UK
On October 9, 2014 a team of US, Russia and UK based Latham & Watkins lawyers hosted “Managing Legal and Business Risks Under the Russia/Ukraine Sanctions: Views from the US, Europe and Moscow,” a webcast focusing on the...more
11/7/2014
/ Banking Sector ,
Defense Sector ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
Export Controls ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
SDN List ,
SSI List ,
UK