/ Case study · Sanctions

OFAC and OFSI designations, US indictments

Advised individuals and commercial entities on UK sanctions, advised on US sanctions and US District Court litigation; advised a South American government on foreign sanctions regimes.

A few recent examples include:

  1. Advised a major Eastern European logistics company challenging a US District court indictment and OFAC designations.
  2. Have represented a South American government in relation to foreign regulatory compliance.
  3. In West Africa, we undertook a review of a national ship registry to ensure its compliance with US and EU sanctions.

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Other matters from
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Three further engagements at the intersection of sovereign advisory, multilateral law-enforcement and treaty-based proceedings.

Government Relations
Strategic advisory in U.S., Latin America, West Africa, ECOWAS and ASEAN.
Advised heads of state, presidential administrations, ministers and UHNWIs on policy, sanctions, regulatory, capital-markets and sustainability mandates.
INTERPOL
Legal history through arbitration; acted for clients across more than 15 jurisdictions.
Brought the first successful challenge against a multilateral law-enforcement agency through arbitration; representations before the CCF in relation to Red Notices and Diffusions; acted for a state against another state under the auspices of INTERPOL's dispute settlement mechanism.
International Dispute Resolution
From OIC treaty arbitration to multi-jurisdictional asset recovery.
Assisted in the first individual investor-State claim under the OIC Investment Treaty; advised on multi-jurisdictional asset recovery resulting in lifting of freezing-orders and discontinuance of proceedings in Liechtenstein, Bulgaria and Italy.

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