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Sanctions Update: EU and UK Impose Sweeping Import Restrictions on Russian-Origin Iron and Steel

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

The Guide to Anti-Money Laundering: Trade-Based Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Trade-based money laundering (TBML) describes a set of techniques through which drug traffickers, terrorists and other criminals use the veneer of trade to move illicit funds across borders while disguising the origin and...more

White House Issues Outbound Investment Executive Order and Treasury Department Solicits Comments on This New Regulatory Program: 5...

After publicly signaling support for an outbound investment screening mechanism in July 2022, the Biden Administration has issued a long-anticipated Executive Order to address certain investments by US persons in “countries...more

8 Key Takeaways From the CFIUS 2022 Annual Report

The Report shows that CFIUS reviewed a record number of filings in 2022 and also required more mitigation as a condition of clearance. On July 31, 2023, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more

US Sanctions and Export Control Agencies Issue “Joint Compliance Note” on Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policies

Companies that promptly self-disclose and remediate potential violations of administrative or criminal law may significantly mitigate liability. On July 26, 2023, the US Departments of Justice (DOJ), Commerce, and the...more

Sanctions Update: US Imposes New Sanctions and Export Controls Targeting Russia

New measures expand existing sanctions and export controls, including by restricting medical item exports and targeting Russia’s architecture and engineering sectors. This Client Alert is published in the context of...more

New CFIUS Developments Signal Heightened Attention on Enforcement: 4 Areas to Watch

The recent developments signal a renewed vigor to protect US national security. This Client Alert highlights the following recent developments relating to national security investment reviews conducted by the Committee on...more

US Agencies Issue Joint Compliance Note on Russia-Related Sanctions and Export Controls Evasion

The first-ever tri-seal Note highlights tactics used to circumvent Russia-related restrictions, while NSD adds 25 prosecutors focusing on sanctions and export controls. In May 2022, shortly after hostilities in Ukraine...more

Sanctions Update: US, EU, and UK Set $60-per-Barrel Price Cap on Russian Crude Oil

The price cap operates as an exemption to the ban on transportation of Russian seaborne crude oil to other countries. This Client Alert is published in the context of ongoing developments and should be read in conjunction...more

New CFIUS Enforcement Guidelines: Top 5 Takeaways

While the Guidelines are not legally binding, they signal CFIUS’s clear intent to take an active approach to compliance and enforcement. On October 20, 2022, the US Department of the Treasury, as Chair of the Committee on...more

Sanctions Update: EU and US Impose New Sanctions and Export Controls Relating to Russia

The EU has issued its eighth “package” of sanctions measures on Russia. Meanwhile, US agencies have issued guidance on “secondary” sanctions enforcement, designated additional SDNs, and restricted further exports to Russia —...more

New CFIUS Executive Order Outlines 5 Risk Factors: Key Takeaways

President Biden sends a message to foreign investors and the business community that CFIUS will closely scrutinize transactions presenting certain risk factors. On September 15, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive...more

Six Takeaways From the CFIUS 2021 Annual Report

The report reflects CFIUS’ work during the first full year since the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act implementing regulations took effect. On August 2, 2022, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the...more

Ready for a “Reverse” CFIUS? Four Takeaways From New Bipartisan Bill

If enacted, the bill would establish an interagency committee in the US to review certain outbound investment and other activity affecting supply chain security, domestic production, and manufacturing capacities. Key...more

Sanctions Update: EU Designates Sberbank and Further Enhances Sanctions Against Russia

The EU’s “maintenance and alignment” sanctions target additional Russian persons, enhance existing sanctions, and implement new prohibitions - including on the import of Russian gold. This Client Alert is published in the...more

Sanctions Update: UK Bans New Investment in Russia and Imposes Significant Additional Sanctions

The ban hits new investment in Russia and certain professional services, while also restricting imports of Russian oil, coal, and gold and exports of key industrial goods. This Client Alert is published in the context of...more

Six Sanctions Questions for PE to Scrutinise

The key issues PE deal teams are facing amidst rapidly changing global sanctions and guidance. Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine has created new headwinds for PE firms, as a matrix of sanctions and export controls pose...more

Sanctions Update: UK Imposes New Sanctions Relating to Belarus

The new measures against Russia’s ally largely parallel the UK’s sanctions against Russia itself. This Client Alert is published in the context of ongoing developments and should be read in conjunction with Latham’s...more

Sanctions Update: US, UK, and Japan Impose New Sanctions and Export Controls Relating to Russia

The measures prohibit gold imports and add new SDN, Entity List, and asset freeze designations. This Client Alert is published in the context of ongoing developments and should be read in conjunction with the Latham &...more

Russia Sanctions Update: OFAC Issues Guidance on “New Investment” and Management Consulting Bans

OFAC has also extended certain general licenses, while BIS has continued to restrict exports to Russia. This Client Alert is published in the context of ongoing developments and should be read in conjunction with the...more

US Congress Passes Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

The UFLPA aims to clamp down on the import of items produced by alleged forced labor in and relating to the XUAR. On 16 December 2021, the US Senate unanimously passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA),...more

The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020: 5 Key Takeaways

Expanded compliance obligations will have far-reaching implications for regulated financial institutions and most companies operating in the US. On January 1, 2021, Congress overrode President Trump’s veto and enacted the...more

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