Managing Partner Farhad Alavi was interviewed and quoted in a Bloomberg article titled Did Donald Trump’s Executives Violate the Cuban Embargo? The article covers repeated travel to Cuba by affiliates of the Trump Organization where potential hotel and golf course sites were scouted on the island…
Akrivis wishes its clients and friends a very joyous and blessed Eid / Bayram holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Managing Partner Farhad Alavi was interviewed by Al Jazeera Arabic on June 2 regarding US sanctions on Syria. Specifically, the issue surrounded a speech via Skype by Buthaina Shaaban, Media Advisor to Syrian President Bashar Assad to a U.S. group yesterday…
Akrivis Managing Partner Farhad Alavi led two discussions on U.S. sanctions this month in Abu Dhabi. The first discussion, on May 10, 2016 was at The Delma Institute, an independent think tank. This discussion was off the record and focused on the U.S. Sanctions Regime…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Managing Partner Farhad Alavi appeared on the BBC World Service on April 16, 2016 discussing EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini’s visit to Iran and issues concerning the reestablishment of banking ties with Iran and the reentry of international business to Iran following the January 2016 implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the P5+1 (United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany) over that country’s nuclear program.
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC co-hosted its third annual compliance seminar with UAE-based law firm Al Tamimi & Co. The seminar, titled Economic Sanctions after the Iran Nuclear Deal – US and UAE Perspectives, featured Akrivis Managing Partner Farhad Alavi and Andrew Hudson, Senior Associate Financial Crime…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is proud to announce that it will be co-hosting its second annual breakfast seminar in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on U.S. regulatory compliance issues on Wednesday, February 24 with Al Tamimi & Co, the largest law firm in the Middle East.…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Managing Partner Farhad Alavi appeared on Al Jazeera English on Saturday, January 16 discussing the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal between that country and the P5+1 (United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany). The clip can be seen…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to publish its latest Client Alert titled How does the Nuclear Deal Affect Personal Transactions Involving Iran?. This piece, written by Akrivis Managing Partner Farhad Alavi follows many questions on the impact of yesterday’s announcement of the real of nuclear-related…