All Things Investigations – Navigating Secondary Tariffs with Mike Huneke and Brent Carlson
FCPA Compliance Report: The Impact of Secondary Tariffs on Global Trade with Mike Huneke and Brent Carlson
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 14, 2025
Daily Compliance News: June 9, 2025, The Repugnant Edition
Compliance in the Former Soviet Central Asian Republics
Episode 330 – Halyna Senyk on Anti-Corruption Progress in Ukraine
FINCast Ep. 39 – State of Russia Sanctions Two Years After the Invasion
Season 2 Episode 4 - Russia Enforcement and the involvement of DOJ's Task Force KleptoCapture
The Justice Insiders Podcast: The Latest on Russia Sanctions and the Enhanced Enforcement Environment
Episode 271 -- Deep Dive into Microsoft's OFAC Settlement for $3 Million
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 27: “The Yukos Case: 20 Years Later”
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 26: “International Sports: Politics, Corruption, Doping and Compliance”
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 25: “Can the U.S. Seize the Russian Central Bank’s Assets?”
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 23: "Former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe”
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 20: "Rich Russians: From Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie"
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 19: “Psychological Profiling, Crisis Management, and the New Cold War”
Compliance in Ukraine
FINCast Ep. 34 - A Storied Journey in the World of Financial Integrity: A Conversation with Stuart Levey
Putin's Oil Heist - Episode 5: Fighting From Afar
FCPA Compliance Report - Josh Fitzhugh on Trade Compliance Since the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world. If you have any questions in respect of any of the developments set out below, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our London...more
The concept of transnational issue estoppel is well established under English law. Until recently, English courts had not yet had occasion to consider whether transnational issue estoppel could apply in the context of the...more
AT A GLANCE - It is important for foreign investors with assets and operations in Russia to know the options available to them and how different options may impact their investment protection and chances of bringing...more
As all eyes focus on peace talks and the future of the Russia/Ukraine conflict, Russia recently suffered another defeat in the long running Yukos saga, with the English Court of Appeal confirming that Russia could not invoke...more
The wave of Russian sanctions imposed since the invasion of Ukraine has led to counter measures by the Russian state which are now having significant practical consequences for parties caught up in disputes with Russian...more
Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has changed the legal landscape for commercial parties contracting with Russian counterparts in multiple ways. This Legal Insight considers how commercial parties have sought the...more
The Russian Supreme Court has denied the enforcement of an arbitral award issued by a tribunal seated in London, on the grounds that the arbitrators’ nationalities were “unfriendly”. This is the latest example of Russian...more
PART 4: JURISDICTIONAL BATTLEGROUND IN DISPUTES WITH SANCTIONED RUSSIAN PERSONS - In a wave of recent decisions, including in proceedings involving a number of Western banks, the Russian courts have disapplied the...more
In the latest anti-suit case relating to Russia, the English High Court has made permanent an anti-suit injunction (ASI) and anti-enforcement injunction (AEI) preventing a Russian bank from pursuing litigation in Russia in...more
Part 1: US warns of serious risks of continuing business in Russia: key options for foreign investors - In its recent business advisory, dated 23 February 2024, the United States (“US”) Government warns businesses and...more
Effective choice of court clauses (also known as jurisdiction clauses) are central to finance agreements. Reliable, certain process to enforce contractual obligations is essential for cross-border trade and finance...more
The first person charged for violating a 2020 law that forbids conspiracies to taint international sports events through performance-enhancing drugs received a three-month prison sentence. Federal prosecutors used the...more
In Deutsche Bank AG v RusChemAlliance LLC [2023] EWCA Civ 1144, the English Court of Appeal granted an anti-suit injunction to restrain Russian court proceedings brought in breach of an agreement to arbitrate in Paris,...more
In 2023, the international arbitration landscape is dominated by macroeconomic factors. The inflationary pressures combined with price volatility and the use of sanctions by governments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...more
Russia has recently taken measures to allow its companies to continue the use of foreign intellectual property rights without consent from the rightsholder. Payments for this use will now be made to a special “O” account...more
On March 31, 2022, as part of the 2022 Paris Arbitration Week, Shearman & Sterling LLP and the Ukrainian Arbitration Association co-hosted a conference on “International Law and the War in Ukraine: The Path(s) to...more
With the continuing exit and suspension of operation of foreign entities in Russia, Russian State authorities are exploring retaliatory measures, including a regime for the nationalisation and forced sale of foreign assets. ...more
As discussed in Part I of this two-part series, Russia has imposed sweeping economic measures in response to the international sanctions imposed by other States on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Those economic measures...more
While the most important impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is unquestionably the humanitarian crisis it has created, the longer-term need for economic recovery in affected areas and the resulting need for a return to...more
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some 300 large international companies have announced intentions to scale back or shut down operations within Russia. On March 7, Russia’s ruling party reacted to the exodus by announcing...more
On 9 December 2021, Russian Supreme Court published its decision on the appeal in the case of Uraltransmash vs PESA, which was of great interest for every party doing business with Russian companies....more
The Second Circuit held on July 15, in AlixPartners,that an ad hoc private arbitration proceeding between a disgruntled Russian investor and Lithuania, pursuant to a treaty between these two nations, constituted a “foreign or...more
On July 15, 2021, the Second Circuit reinforced the availability of § 1782 discovery to most investor-state arbitrations. In The Application of the Fund for Protection of Investor Rights, the court held that an investment...more
On June 8, 2020, amendments to the Russian Arbitration Procedure Code (the APC Amendments)1 were signed into law that, in certain cases, allow a person subject to foreign sanctions to refer a dispute to the Russian arbitrazh...more
By President Putin’s signature on 8 June 2020, Russia has enacted a jarring new Law by which, as written, in a significant range of circumstances Russian individuals and companies (and foreign companies) that have been...more