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JURIST
US places UN Palestine expert back on sanctions list
By Rhys Groen | U. Ottawa Faculty Of Law, CA
UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese was added back to the list of sanctioned persons by the US Department of the Treasury on Wednesday, according to…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
Swiss Federal Supreme Court clarifies the evidentiary threshold triggering asset freeze and reporting obligations under Art. 15 para. 1 and Art. 16 para. 1 of the Ukraine Ordinance
By Philippe Reich (Switzerland), Kaspar Projer (Switzerland), Samantha Salsench (Switzerland), Anna Zellweger (Switzerland)
Judgment 4A_537/2025 of 28 April 2026 In its recent judgment 4A_537/2025 of 28 April 2026, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the Commercial Court of the Canton…
Dispute Resolution Blog
How OFAC’s Latest Guidance Changes the Sanctions Compliance Landscape – Part I
By Nikhil Varshney, Kritika Angirish
Summary: Part I examines OFAC’s Advisory and the fundamental shift it signals in sanctions compliance — moving from a mechanical application of 50% ownership rule towards a substance-over-form analysis. It…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
Swiss Government partially implements the 20th EU sanctions package
By Philippe Reich (Switzerland), Kaspar Projer (Switzerland), Samantha Salsench (Switzerland), Anna Zellweger (Switzerland)
On 22 May 2026, the Swiss Federal Council announced the expansion of its sanctions lists against Russia and Belarus (see press release here). With this step, Switzerland has partially implemented…
Cleary Foreign Investment and International Trade Watch
Trump Administration Begins to Implement New Cuba Secondary Sanctions Regime Targeting Business With Cuba
By Samuel H. Chang, Chase D. Kaniecki, Catherine Johnson, Ana Carolina Maloney, Kerry Mullins
Over the past few weeks, the Trump administration marked the latest phase in its escalation of sanctions against Cuba, the subject of the longest running U.S. sanctions program. On May…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
OFAC Issues General License 58 Authorizing Certain Services to the Government of Venezuela Involving Potential Debt Restructuring
By Paul Amberg (Spain), Patrick De Lapérouse (US), Jasmine Elmasry (US)
On May 5, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC“) issued General License No. 58 (“GL 58“), authorizing transactions ordinarily incident to the provision…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
UK Expands Russia Sanctions Regime and Issues New General Licences for LNG Maritime Transportation and Processed Oil Products
By Ben Smith (UK), Kelvin Hong (UK), Sophie Armstrong (UK)
On 19 May 2026, the UK Government published the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/543) (the “Amendment Regulations“), introducing numerous amendments to the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit)…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
OFSI expands “prior obligations” licensing ground and updates UK Financial Sanctions FAQs
By Tristan Grimmer (UK), Michael Amberg (UK), Samuel Ashford (UK)
The UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has introduced The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2026 (the “Regulations”), which came into force on 13 May 2026. The Regulations…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub
UK imposes new Russia sanctions – mirroring of EU position on the maritime transport of LNG and refined petroleum products derived from Russian crude
By Leigh T. Hansson, Alexander Brandt, James Willn, Ray-Shio Ho, William Young, Tan Albayrak, Stephan Johansen, Finlay Donaldson, Dimitris Athanasopoulos, Danai Kandilorou, Ciara Elson, Banu Hilalqizi
Key takeaways Ban on the import of CN 2710 products derived from Russian crude and refined in third countries – subject to diesel and jet fuel exceptions. Prohibition on the…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub
UK issues General Trade Licence for import of diesel and jet fuel derived from Russian crude oil
By James Willn, Finlay Donaldson, Leigh T. Hansson, Alexander Brandt, Ray-Shio Ho, William Young, Tan Albayrak, Stephan Johansen, Dimitris Athanasopoulos, Danai Kandilorou, Ciara Elson, Banu Hilalqizi
On 19 May 2026, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) issued General Trade Licence GBSAN0004 (the Licence), authorising the import into the United Kingdom of certain processed oil products…