Two former Supervisory Board members of PJSC Otkritie Financial Institution have been removed from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the SDN List)
Partners Farhad Alavi and Sam Amir Toossi authored a chapter in the 2023 Global Investigations Review (GIR) Guide to Sanctions, reflecting new developments and insights gained in the past year
We are proud to announce that Akrivis has been ranked by Chambers in White Collar in Florida, noting partner Walter Norkin (Miami) has also been ranked in this category.
We are proud to announce that Akrivis client Mushko Electronics (Pvt) Ltd. (Mushko), a leading PC sales and service distributor in Pakistan has been officially removed from the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security’s (BIS) Entity List.
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to announce that it is representing internationally recognized Iranian tennis umpire Adel Borghei pro bono in his attempt to serve as an umpire in the upcoming U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Mr. Borghei had been invited by…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC was mentioned in the New York Times on an article regarding the impact of sanctions on the rescission of an employment offer by the US Tennis Association (USTA) to an Iran-based tennis referee. The article, which quotes firm partner Farhad Alavi,…
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Akrivis Law Group, PLLC was mentioned and Partner Farhad Alavi was quoted in an article in Thursday’s Financial Times. In this article, titled “West increases penalties for business with Iran” (a similar article was also published with the headline “Iran faces tighter sanctions”), Mr. Alavi…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Principal Farhad Alavi was quoted in Abu Dhabi-based The National, the leading English-language daily, with quotes in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, July 3. Mr. Alavi was quoted in two articles addressing the latest round of U.S. sanctions that went…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Partner Farhad Alavi has been elected to the national Board of Directors of the Iranian-American Bar Association (IABA). Mr. Alavi previously served on the same Board in 2008 and 2010 as well. The IABA was founded in 2000 in Washington, DC as…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Partner Farhad Alavi was quoted in the World Export Control Review (World ECR) newsletter regarding the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control new General License D for Iran, which enables U.S. persons to export a host of…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Partner Farhad Alavi was quoted in an article on Moneylaundering.com, a website published by the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) regarding potential new U.S. sanctions against Iran. Mr. Alavi spoke about the impact such laws could have on third country…