On Monday 20 November, Michael O’Kane and Maya Lester KC, from Brick Court Chambers, (for their newly relaunched site globalsanctions.co.uk) spoke at a webinar with the UK government on the test for ‘ownership and control’ by designated persons in UK sanctions law. Discussion included the government’s recent guidance on ownership and control, the Court of […]
Anna Bradshaw and Alistair Jones have contributed a chapter to Global Investigations Review‘s Guide to Sanctions, which is in its fourth edition. The guide is written by contributors from the expanding field of sanctions enforcement and dissects the topic in a practical fashion, from every stakeholder’s perspective. The chapter that Anna and Alistair wrote, ‘Representing […]
Turkey is a NATO member, an EU candidate country, and a US ally against terrorism in the Middle East, but it has also been described as a “hub for Russia sanctions violations”. The country has not joined its fellow NATO members in imposing sanctions on Russia, and, since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, […]
Last month, judgment was given in Eugene Shvidler v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, the first case to come before the English courts challenging the designation of a person under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018. In this article for LexisNexis Corporate Crime expert, Kerri McGuigan and Liam Lane (who […]
Compared to a year ago, it looks like trading revenue in Wall Street has slumped. However, there is a rarely mentioned reason for last year’s boom: a billion-dollar windfall that went from Russia through some of the former Soviet republics into the hands of Wall Street’s currency traders. According to a Bloomberg article, as companies […]
Lev Khasis, the former First Deputy Chairman of PJSC Sberbank, was removed from the UK’s Russia sanctions list today, after a request for ministerial review was submitted by Peters & Peters to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Mr Khasis had resigned his position at Sberbank before Russia invaded Ukraine. He was listed […]
Senior Partner Michael O’Kane and Maya Lester KC, of Brick Court Chambers, hosted a discussion on present and potential future sanctions on China on 2 May 2023. They examined the political context in which sanctions have been imposed on China, and in what context additional restrictions may be imposed in the future. The discussion covered what […]
Sanctions are one of the leading global issues of our time and, as part of LIDW23, we are co-hosting a breakfast discussion with Global Legal Group, at which leading practitioners will share their thoughts on listings, their impact, enforcement and compliance. They will survey the fast-changing terrain and give much-needed clarity in this complex area. […]
A few weeks ago, Eugene Shvidler, a billionaire who has been associated with Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, launched the first legal challenge to reach the London courts to the UK’s Russian sanctions regime. Shvidler is arguing that the Foreign Office made “significant errors” in deciding to freeze his assets. He also challenges that he is […]
On 14 March 2023, Mr Justice Jay handed down judgment in LLC Synesis v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2023] EWHC 541 (Admin). The case is the first to come before the UK courts under the Court Review provision under section 38 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA). […]
