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EU Targets Russia’s Energy, Financial and Defense Sectors in 18th Sanctions Package

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/1/2025

- What is new: The EU adopted its 18th sanctions package against Russia and Belarus, imposing asset freezes on 55 additional individuals and entities, expanding sectoral sanctions and introducing new restrictions targeting...more

UK Weekly Sanctions Update - Week of July 14, 2025

Mayer Brown on 7/21/2025

RUSSIA SANCTIONS - UK Lowers Oil Price Cap on Seaborn Russian Crude Oil, OFSI publishes related FAQs: On July 18, 2025, the UK Government, alongside the EU, announced that it will lower to Oil Price Cap on seaborne Russian...more

Syria sanctions lifted after decades

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 5/30/2025

On May 23, 2025, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 25 (GL 25), authorizing transactions prohibited by the Syrian Sanctions Regulations, effectively lifting sanctions on Syria. This comes 10...more

Latest EU Sanctions Extend Asset Freezes, Restrict Oil Industry Dealings and Target ‘Shadow Fleet’

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/18/2025

The European Union (EU) has reaffirmed its sanctions policy toward Russia by implementing two rounds of restrictive measures that are intended to further intensify pressure on Russia’s government and economy. Specifically,...more

Europe's Latest Energy Squabble - England Versus Norway

Flaster Greenberg PC on 2/10/2025

Great Britain’s Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer has shaken up the British political scene since July 2024, including making a priority of a “Net Zero” policy regarding energy generation and use in the United Kingdom. Led...more

If Europe Freezes, Will Ukraine Burn?

Flaster Greenberg PC on 1/8/2025

As I predicted might happen in a previous article, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stopped Russia from exporting oil and natural gas pumped in Russia through pipelines traversing Ukraine to Austria, Hungary and other...more

2024 Insights: Other Regulatory Developments

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/22/2023

AI in 2024: Monitoring New Regulation and Staying in Compliance With Existing Laws Companies that develop or employ AI tools have to consider proposed AI-specific regulation as well as an array of existing IP, privacy,...more

Did Putin Sabotage His Own Pipeline? Perhaps He's Not the only Irrational Political Leader

Flaster Greenberg PC on 10/6/2022

Blasts were heard at the Nord Stream 1 pipeline last week, and damage to the pipeline itself was detected underwater shortly thereafter. Russian sources indicated that the damage would further delay the delivery of natural...more

Germany Further Expands FDI Control Regime

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/30/2021

The latest amendments build on last year’s reform, extensively expanding the sectors subject to a mandatory review. Key Points: ..The list of sectors in which investment in a German business triggers a notification...more

Update on recent US sanctions developments - Nord Stream 2 sanctions and Exxon Mobil decision

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 1/30/2020

This briefing is intended to provide an update on two recent developments under the US sanctions regime. ..The first one is the introduction of US sanctions related to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, which threaten to...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - October 2018 #3

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/19/2018

How DC Unleashed Fossil-Fuel Exports Despite Climate Worries - "Since Donald Trump took office in 2017, exports of LNG and crude oil have surged, rivaling the likes of Saudi Arabia and Russia." Why this is important: The...more

Towards a UK Investment Act?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/24/2017

NOTE: This client alert was originally published 9 November 2016, and has been updated to reflect subsequent developments. Against the background of UK policy moving towards a more nationally-led trade and investment...more

Towards a UK Investment Act?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 11/9/2016

Against the background of UK policy moving towards a more nationally-led trade and investment policy following this summer’s referendum, the new UK government is still in the process of establishing its policies regarding...more

Russia Sanctions Update

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/9/2015

On September 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 29 parties to its Entity List, a...more

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