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Seward & Kissel LLP

Economic Sanctions and the Russian Oil Price Cap Policy

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Background - As the Russia-Ukraine war approaches its one-year anniversary with no end in sight, U.S., EU and UK authorities, among other nations, continue to exert calculated but sustained pressure on the Russian...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Treasury announces task force with South Africa on wildlife trafficking

On January 25, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that Treasury and South Africa’s National Treasury recently formed the U.S. – South Africa Task Force on Combating the Financing...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Sanctions Savvy - May 2022 | Issue No. 175 - LP Sanctions Risk in Fund Finance: Issues for Lenders to Consider

We have been closely monitoring the sanctions landscape over the last few months. Back in March, we covered the sanctions levied by the United States and other jurisdictions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The...more

Dechert LLP

EU Seeks to Contain the Impacts of U.S. Reimposition of Extra-Territorial Sanctions on Iran

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The U.S. yesterday commenced the phased re-introduction of its pre-JCPOA extra-territorial sanctions in relation to Iran – with some measures applying immediately, and others from 5 November. The EU has condemned U.S....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Doors to Financial Relationship With Cuba Continue to Squeak Open

Why it matters - Continuing to ease the restrictions on financial relationships with Cuba, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced additional policy changes to "remove existing...more

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