The United States has substantially expanded economic sanctions and export controls targeting Russia and Belarus, imposing new restrictions that could have a major impact on companies with business activities in or relating...more
President Biden issued an executive order on December 22, 2023 targeting evasion of U.S. sanctions on Russia. Executive Order 14,114: Authorizes sanctions on foreign financial institutions (“FFIs”) determined to have...more
The United States has strengthened economic sanctions and export controls targeting Russia, following through on commitments made at a G7 summit this month. The EU and UK also plan to substantially expand measures targeting...more
In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and intensifying strategic competition with China, the U.S. government is prioritizing enforcement of export controls and economic sanctions in unprecedented ways. We expect higher...more
Effective December 5, 2022, a coalition of G7 countries, Australia, and the European Union have generally forbidden service providers to provide certain services relating to the maritime transport of Russia-origin crude oil...more
12/6/2022
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Economic Sanctions ,
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Exports ,
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Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Russia
As part of its continuing response to Russia’s ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, the United States recently imposed additional sanctions and export controls targeting Russia...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) recently issued an advisory urging financial institutions (including certain cryptocurrency businesses) to implement controls to help detect proceeds of foreign public...more
4/27/2022
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BSA/AML ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Embezzlement ,
Extortion ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Official ,
Misappropriation ,
Money Laundering ,
New Guidance ,
Offshore Funds ,
Public Corruption ,
Ransomware ,
Russia ,
Shell Corporations ,
Suspicious Activities ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
The United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom recently imposed new Russia-related sanctions in response to Russia’s continued hostilities in Ukraine...more
The United States and its allies continue to ramp up pressure on Russia and Belarus in response to Russia’s continued hostilities in Ukraine. In this alert, we describe the latest export, import, and investment bans and...more
Building on the “first tranche” of sanctions announced on February 22, 2022 described in our prior alert, the United States, the EU, the UK, and their allies have imposed (or announced the imposition of) additional...more
3/1/2022
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Transactions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
SWIFT ,
Ukraine ,
Virtual Currency
In response to the Russian government’s recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics of Ukraine (the “Covered Regions”) as states and deployment of Russian troops to the Covered Regions, the United States and its...more
President Biden issued a new Executive Order 14024 (“E.O. 14024”) on April 15, 2021, expanding sanctions against Russia. E.O. 14024 authorizes, for the first time, U.S. sanctions against Russian technology companies and,...more
4/21/2021
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Crimea ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
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Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Policy ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
SDN List ,
SolarWinds ,
Sovereign Debt ,
State-Owned Enterprises ,
Technology Contracts
In March 2021, three federal agencies promulgated international trade restraints as part of the Biden Administration’s response to alleged mistreatment of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny in 2020. Specifically, the...more
3/31/2021
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CAATSA ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Energy Projects ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Entity List ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
Infrastructure ,
ITAR ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Trade Restrictions ,
US Trade Policies ,
Vessels
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (“NDAA 2020”), which includes numerous sanctions-related provisions. The law includes the previously introduced...more
1/2/2020
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Aircraft Equipment ,
Aircraft Sales ,
CAATSA ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Drug & Alcohol Abuse ,
Drug Trafficking ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Entity List ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Exports ,
Financial Transactions ,
Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) ,
Foreign Persons ,
Foreign Relations ,
Germany ,
Huawei ,
Iran ,
Iran Sanctions ,
National Security ,
Natural Gas ,
NDAA ,
North Korea ,
Oil & Gas ,
Opioid ,
Pain Management ,
Patriot Act ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pipelines ,
Popular ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Strict Compliance ,
Supply Chain ,
Syria ,
Telecommunications ,
Trump Administration ,
Turkey ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
United Nations