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 this year’s Global Investigations Review (GIR) Guide to Global Investigations, entitled Parallel Civil Litigation: The US 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.
We are pleased to announce that Akrivis Law Group, PLLC has authored a chapter in this year’s Global Investigations Review (GIR) Guide to Sanctions. The chapter, entitled Representing Designated Persons: A US Lawyer’s Perspective, was co-authored by Managing Partner Farhad Alavi (Washington, DC) and Partner Sam Amir Toossi (New York) and…
Partner Sam Amir Toossi (New York), Head of Investigations and White Collar at Akrivis, was quoted this past week by Law360 on recent developments in the U.S. Department of Justice’s prosecution of former Trump advisor Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress in failing to appear…
Akrivis Law Group is proud to announce that its client Mushko Electronics (Pvt) Ltd. (Mushko) has been officially removed from the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security’s (BIS) Entity List. The change took effect on June 28 and will be published in…
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…
