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 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…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to release a Persian language Client Alert on the impact of today’s implementation of the nuclear deal reached between Iran and the P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany). The article, titled تاثیر توافق اتمی…
As the world expects the imminent announcement of “Implementation Day” under the Iran/P5+1 nuclear agreement (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA), many questions have arisen as to what will happen on this day once the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) certifies that Iran…
Dubai-based Arabian Business magazine’s December 13, 2015 issue includes a lengthy commentary on Iran in 2016 written by Akrivis Law Group Managing Partner Farhad Alavi. The article as it appeared online can be found by clicking here: Pivotal Year for Iran in 2016. The article as it appeared…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Managing Partner Farhad Alavi will speak on U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) at the American Conference Institute’s 10th Annual FCPA Bootcamp Conference in Houston on January 26, 2015. Mr. Alavi will specifically be a panelist on a discussion regarding the application…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Managing Partner Farhad Alavi will speak on banking and anti-money laundering / Due Diligence matters at the annual Global Trade Development Week (GTDW) conference in Dubai on October 29, 2015. Mr. Alavi will specifically be a panelist on a discussion titled…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Managing Partner Farhad Alavi was on BBC Persian on Thursday, September 17 discussing the phasing of sanctions relief. The below appearance was in Persian.
Managing Partner Farhad R. Alavi was quoted in an article in the Washington Post on Friday August 21, 2015 regarding the limitations imposed by U.S. sanctions on dealings by U.S. persons with Iran. This article, titled While Congress argues over Iran, Europe rushes to do business…
Akrivis Law Group Managing Partner Farhad Alavi was again on China’s CCTV America on Thursday, July 23 discussing the Obama Administration’s efforts to domestically and internationally advocate in favor of the recent nuclear deal reached between the P5+1 and Iran. The clip can be watched…
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Managing Partner Farhad Alavi was interviewed last night on China’s CCTV (English service) on the legal intricacies of sanctions relief under the Iran / P5+1 nuclear deal that was agreed upon on July 14, 2015.