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The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) recently published important guidance on the meaning of ‘ownership...

A recent decision in the High Court illustrates a further development in the landscape of the UK sanctions regime that we explored in our article for the Global Legal Post. This...

Current regulation could lead to a much wider range of Russian entities being caught by sanctions than previously thought, write James Ellis-Rees, Christopher Jefferies and Emily Evans of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath

On 6 October 2023, the UK Court of Appeal (the Court of Appeal) delivered its judgment in Mints v. PJSC National Bank Trust and PJSC Bank Otkritie.1 In its decision, the Court of Appeal...

Background - In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 the UK, in parallel with the U.S. and the EU, significantly expanded its sanctions against Russia by...

The telegram channel " Bakinskiy Burila " posted a publication about how the Russian billionaire of Armenian origin Ruben Vardanyan helped the former high-ranking Russian official Anatoly Chubais to launder money. Here is the text of the publication: The Russian media published a recording of a wiretap of one of Anatoly Chubais conversations with Ilya Suchkov...

Business lawyers barred from advising on deals that would benefit Russian economy

Charles Goldblatt, litigation associate at Conyers in the British Virgin Islands, takes a close look at how local judges are addressing sanctions against Russian entities. ...

A record number of Russian litigants have used the London Commercial Court in the past year despite sanctions imposed in the wake of the war in Ukraine, A record number of Russian litigants have used the Commercial Court in the past year, new research from Portland Communications reveals.

Trust Bank, which was converted into a bad asset bank, has recovered about $130 million from its former owners