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In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia. ...more
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia. This alert summarizes key economic sanctions imposed by...more
New announcements and rules expand the scope of existing sanctions and export controls on Russia. This Client Alert is published in the context of ongoing developments and should be read in conjunction with the Latham’s...more
Broadening its response to Russia’s one-year-old assault on Ukraine, the United States announced additional export control and sanctions measures, effective February 24, 2023. These new measures expand restrictions on...more
This update addresses the full implementation of the price cap policy for crude oil and petroleum products of Russian origin by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). On Feb. 3, OFAC...more
On September 15, 2022, the United States imposed further export control and sanctions measures in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Among the additional measures implemented are the following...more
Originally Published: February 25, 2022 – Updated: April 18, 2022 - U.S. economic sanctions against Russian interests continue to build in response to the developing situation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. ...more
Originally Published: February 25, 2022 – Updated: March 25, 2022 - U.S. economic sanctions against Russian interests have been building in response to the developing situation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. ...more
In our February 25 alert, we discussed the U.S. implementation of significant sanctions and export controls on Russia which will severely impact business transactions with Russian entities. In our March 4 alert, we discussed...more
In the nearly three weeks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, over 30 countries continue to increase their sanctions targeting Russian individuals, financial institutions, exports of technology, and key sectors of the Russian...more
Originally Published: February 25, 2022 – Updated: March 8, 2022 U.S. economic sanctions against Russian interests have been building in response to the developing situation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine....more
Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has – as promised by US President Joseph R. Biden and other world leaders – provoked “unprecedented” economic sanctions against Russia. The United States, the United Kingdom, and the European...more
Over the last week, the U.S. government, in coordination with partner and allied countries, announced a series of unprecedented escalating sanctions targeting Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. These actions...more
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, we saw a swift response by the U.S. beginning with President Biden’s Executive Order 14024 (“The EO”) and followed quickly by the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (“OFAC”) severe...more
The United States and the rest of the world are ramping up severe economic sanctions and export controls in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is an evolving situation, and it is important to monitor the...more
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden announced sanctions against Russia. Following an executive order issued on February 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...more
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine — and Belarus’s support of the invasion — the United States has unveiled a range of economic sanctions on Russia and Belarus over the past week that will impact every U.S....more
Russia's Actions - On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two executive orders recognizing the DNR/LNR Regions as “sovereign and independent states.”...more
In a one-two punch, President Biden announced additional sanctions against Russia in response to Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine’s regions in Donetsk and Luhansk (hereinafter “DNR” and “LNR”). ...more
In a new Sanctions Compliance Guide, The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury reiterates that compliance obligations apply equally to transactions involving virtual currencies and those involving...more
Recently, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department, released a report on ransomware trends stating that during the first half of 2021, 68 different ransomware variants...more
On September 21, 2021, in a first-of-it-kind action, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) imposed economic sanctions on SUEX OTC, S.R.O. (“SUEX”), a virtual currency exchange, for...more
Indictment Again Highlights the Role of Correspondent Banking in Money Laundering - On May 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) unsealed a 50-page indictment against 28 North Korean and 5 Chinese bankers...more
Hogan Lovells Publications | Lev Fin Spin | 07 October 2019 The English High Court has given effect to the terms of a loan agreement relieving a financial institution of the obligation to make interest payments, where to do...more
OFAC (Office of Foreign Asset Control) compliance applies to all US persons; including, all US citizens and permanent resident aliens regardless of their location, all persons and entities within the US, all US incorporated...more