March 15, 2021 By: Robert L. Williams III CAMS, Consultant* The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or ‘JCPOA’, was signed on July 14, 2015 with Iran and what is known as the...
Banking on Sanctions: 12 Compliance Tips on How to Improve Relations with your Financial Institution
March 9, 2021 By: Amir Fadavi Ardekani, Sanctions Specialist, BNP Paribas* It has been a couple of years since banks around the world started acting more cautiously when it comes...
Recent UK Case Studies: The Impact of US Sanctions on the Contractual Right to Withhold Payment and Key Compliance Takeaways
December 18, 2020 By: Miranda Hearn, Hill Dickinson LLP Disclaimer: This article does not constitute legal advice. Legal advice should be sought for each individual case taking...
Rethinking the Applicability of Secondary Sanctions: Prohibited v. Sanctionable Activity
November 20, 2020 By: Amir Fadavi Ardekani, BNP Paribas* In recent times, the U.S. Government has not been shy about imposing sanctions on activities with no nexus to the U.S. in...
The U.K.’s Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 and the U.K.’s first steps as an autonomous International Sanctioning Body
October 8, 2020 By: Daniel Martin, Partner, HFW* Earlier this summer, having left the E.U. in January, the U.K. took its first steps as a fully autonomous sanctions body. The...
UK Enforcement Update: OFSI Shows its Teeth as Penalties for Sanctions Violations Jump into the Millions
July 18, 2020 By: Daniel Martin, Partner, HFW* After a slow start, the U.K. sanctions authority - The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) - has now begun to show...
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