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
Our partners attended the 2024 International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Mexico City.
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 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…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC partner Farhad Alavi was quoted today in an article on Venture Beat, a prominent online publication on high tech innovations and news. This article focused on the decision announced this week by Samsung to bar Iranian access to its online App Store. …
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is proud to announce that it is Silver sponsor of the Third Annual Fundraiser and Gala of the Iranian-American Bar Association Orange County, California Chapter. This event will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 5:30-10:00 pm on a dinner…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC will host an evening reception on Thursday, March 7, 2013 featuring: Critical Income Tax Controversy Issues Teresa N. Taylor, Counsel, Akrivis Law Group, PLLC, Washington, DC Which Investment Approaches are Right for You? Daniel Farid Yasharel, NWF Advisory, Los Angeles, California Ms.…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC partner Farhad Alavi was quoted this past week in an article on industry website MoneyLaundering.com in an article regarding clarification by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on the use of Middle East-based Money Service…