Partner Farhad Alavi discusses Amazon on CGTN America’s Global Business
Farhad Alavi discusses Amazon’s decision to set up its second headquarters in the Washington, DC and New York metropolitan areas.
Client Alert: Reintroduction of Iran Sanctions following US withdrawal from the JCPOA
November 6, 2018. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to issue its latest Client Alert, titled U.S. Completes Reintroduction of Post-JCPOA Iran Sanctions. The United States completed its phase-in of sanctions against Iran following the decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Joint…
Akrivis to Co-Host Trade-Based Financial Crimes Symposium in Washington
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to be co-hosting a Trade-Based Financial Crimes Symposium on Thursday, September 28, 2017 with the George Mason Antonin Scalia Law School’s Journal of International Commercial Law. This event will bring together practitioner panelists, who will discuss bank fraud and…
Farhad Alavi on NPR’s All Things Considered on Boeing’s Intended Sales to Iran
Managing Partner Farhad Alavi appeared on National Public Radio’s (NPR) All Things Considered today, September 20, 2017, on a piece concerning the potential impact the Trump Administration’s Iran policy could have on commercial aircraft manufacturer Boeing’s intended sales to that country. Mr. Alavi regularly advises clients…
Farhad Alavi Quoted by New York Times on Iran-Renault Agreement
April 14, 2014. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Managing Partner Farhad Alavi was quoted in an article in The New York Times regarding the deal announced on August 7 between French automaker Renault and Iran Khodro Co., Iran’s largest automotive manufacturer. This article, titled Iran Reaches…
Akrivis Scores Major Victory in Massive Sanctions Penalty Case
Federal appellate court rules in a case of critical significance to the trade compliance community Click here for a PDF version of this alert. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled today in favor of our client Epsilon Electronics, Inc., in a…
Farhad Alavi Speaks at Iran Conference in the University of Copenhagen
Managing Partner Farhad Alavi was an invited speaker at a two-day conference titled Implications of the Nuclear Agreement with Iran held at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) Faculty of Law. Mr. Alavi presented on The Iran Sanctions Regime and Remaining Challenges: The US Perspective on a…
Commentary in Arabian Business by Akrivis Managing Partner
A commentary by Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Managing Partner Farhad Alavi titled Iran, Trump, and the nuclear deal in 2017 was published by Dubai-based Arabian Business today on its website. This piece covers the basics of the Iran nuclear deal, commonly referred to as the Joint Comprehensive Plan…
Client Alert: United States implements significant relaxation of Cuba Sanctions
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to release its latest Client Alert, titled United States implements significant relaxation of Cuba Sanctions, co-written by Managing Partner Farhad R. Alavi and Senior Counsel Eric N. Ubias. This Client Alert concisely details some of the key changes to…