We are pleased to welcome Walter M. Norkin as a partner, where he will head our new Miami office while also being based in our New York office, where he will head the International Crime Defense practice, while also focusing on representing white-collar clients.
Partners Farhad Alavi and Sam Amir Toossi authored a chapter in this year’s Global Investigations Review (GIR) Guide to Sanctions, entitled Representing Designated Persons: A US Lawyer’s Perspective.
Sam Amir Toossi, Head of White Collar Defense and Commercial Litigation at Akrivis, authored the headline article in WorldECR's July edition. The article outlines US sanctions enforcement involving cryptocurrency, an increasingly relevant subject in light of recent events.
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.
The U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, and Labor on May 23 issued an advisory for US businesses operating in Sudan, highlighting the growing risk to US businesses and individuals associated with conducting business with Sudanese State-Owned Enterprises (SOE), which are entirely controlled by Sudan’s…
Sam Amir Toossi, Partner, New York Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States quickly imposed sweeping sanctions on Russian entities and individuals, which the Biden Administration immediately began to take steps to aggressively enforce. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the formation of the…
The U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) yesterday issued a joint advisory (the “Advisory”) on North Korean information technology (IT) workers informing the business community of the sanctions risks associated with recruiting and hiring individuals such as freelance…
Akrivis Partners Farhad Alavi (Washington) and Sam Amir Toossi (New York) led a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) webinar hosted by the Practising Law Institute (PLI) on Russia sanctions issue, an ever important area in the international trade compliance field. The one-hour webinar, titled Overview of…
Akrivis Law Group Partner Sam Amir Toossi was interviewed by Law360 regarding the DOJ’s case against Bijan Rafiekian, a former business partner of Michael Flynn, for alleged FARA violations. After trial in 2019, the court set aside the jury’s guilty verdict, a decision that subsequently overturned…
As a potential invasion of Ukraine by Russia appears increasingly likely, many are speculating about the potential for U.S. sanctions. Our Client Alert, written by Akrivis Law Group partners Farhad Alavi (Washington) and Sam Amir Toossi (New York), provides some key insights as to what…
February 2, 2022 – Washington, DC based boutique law firm Akrivis Law Group, PLLC, known primarily for its economic sanctions and export controls practice, announced its expansion into New York with the opening of a new office in Manhattan. The firm’s New York office will…
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry & Security yesterday added 34 entities (43 entries in total) to its Entity List, placing those parties under a near blanket ban on U.S. origin goods and technologies. Our Client Alert, which summarizes the decision and provides…
