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OFAC Amends the Syrian Sanctions Regulations: What’s Next?

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control first issued the Syrian Sanctions on April 5, 2005, implementing Executive Order 13338, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria.” On...more

Congress Considers Legislation to Shift Export Control Jurisdiction from the Department of Commerce

Based on consistent comments by the US Congress, think tanks, and the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, several members of Congress proposed legislation to shift jurisdiction for export controls from Commerce...more

Sweeping US Export Controls on Semiconductor, Supercomputer Manufacturing in China Raise Compliance Questions

The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released an interim final rule (IFR) on October 7, 2022, imposing additional export controls on certain advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing...more

Update: US Department of Commerce Imposes Restrictions on Russia

The United States, in concert with Western allies, has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia in response to President Vladimir Putin’s action in Ukraine. In addition to a full suite of sanctions administered by the US...more

Key Strategies and Considerations for Chinese Companies Preparing for and Responding to a Subpoena

It is the prerogative of government authorities—US and non-US alike—to demand information from individuals or organizations and seek the assistance of courts to enforce compliance. Although such demands take various forms,...more

New Executive Order Carries Forward, Expands Chinese Military Company Sanctions

The new executive order continues the policy of prohibiting US persons’ transactions in the publicly traded securities of select Chinese companies, but expands the scope to include both Chinese companies that operate or have...more

Russia Sanctions Update – US / EU (And Brexit-UK) Overview And Energy Sector Focus & Russian Countersanctions, as of 10 December...

The still evolving US sanctions (as well as the EU and now also separate UK sanctions) continue to challenge Russia-related business. The sanctions frameworks are complex, changing, and, at times, inconsistent as well as...more

Update on EO 13959 Prohibiting Transactions in Securities of Chinese Military Companies

President Trump’s Executive Order Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies (EO 13959) prohibits transactions by or on behalf of US persons in publicly traded...more

BIS Expansion of Certain End-Use and End-User Controls and Controls on Specific Activities of US Persons

The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an Interim Final Rule on January 15 to implement changes to, and impose new licensing obligations under, the Export Administration Regulations...more

Implications of the New Executive Order Prohibiting Transactions in Publicly Traded Securities of Chinese Military Companies

The new Executive Order (EO or the Order) bans transactions by US persons in publicly traded securities of companies identified as “Chinese military companies,” and includes a ban on trading in derivatives of those securities...more

US and EU Russia Sanctions Update—overview and Energy Sector Focus (and Emerging Russian Countersanctions) – July 2020

This presentation, an update to our April 2020 presentation, highlights the most recent developments and then provides a detailed overview of the relevant frameworks and their possible implications—including a focus on the...more

US Enacts New Sanctions Against Russia

On August 2, US President Donald Trump signed into law the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which enacts a significant expansion of US sanctions against Russia as well as new measures relating to Iran...more

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