The U.S. Departments of the Treasury, State, and Commerce announced broad sanctions on Russian related entities on Friday, February 23, the eve of the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Click here for our latest Client Alert. Text is below. By Farhad Alavi, Partner,…
February 8, 2024. The U.S. government and allies last week began a crackdown on Iraqi organizations and nationals with ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (“IRGC”) Qods Force (“IRGC-QF”) and its proxy groups throughout Iran and parts of the Middle East. This action was…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to announce that it has once again contributed a chapter to the annual Global Investigations Review (GIR). This chapter, titled Parallel Civil Litigation: The U.S. perspective, addresses aspects of U.S. civil litigation that may ensue in the event of…
We are pleased to announce we will be attending the International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Paris this year October 29-November 3. Please contact Ms. Anna Dinh at info@akrivislaw.com or +1.202.730.1721 to schedule meetings with the attending partners.
We are pleased to announce that Akrivis Law Group, PLLC has authored a chapter in this year’s Global Investigations Review (GIR) Guide to Sanctions. The chapter, entitled Representing Designated Persons: A US Lawyer’s Perspective, was co-authored by Managing Partner Farhad Alavi (Washington, DC) and Partner Sam Amir Toossi (New York) and…
Akrivis Law Group is a proud sponsor of this year’s Global Investigations Review (GIR) Summit in Madrid from October 4-6. This three day event brings top experts in the white collar investigations and sanctions fields from around the globe, including governments and premier law firms,…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to announce that two of its clients, Andrey Golikov and Elena Titova, have been removed from the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the SDN List) administered by U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC has again authored a chapter in this year’s Global Investigations Review (GIR) Guide to Sanctions. The chapter, entitled Parallel Civil Litigation: The US Perspective, was co-authored by Managing Partner Farhad Alavi (Washington, DC) and Partner Sam Amir Toossi (New York) and covers key topics in civil litigation…
Partner Sam Amir Toossi (New York) was quoted by Global Investigations Review (GIR), a London-based trade publication in the article US eyeing Iran for Russian sanctions, export control evasion, which explores the role of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s role in assisting the Russian state…
By Farhad Alavi The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced scores of designations onto its List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the “SDN List”). These 25 individuals and 29 entities collectively had a nexus to 20…
