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Treasury department unblocks Libyan government assets

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Libya, USA
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  • January 3 2012

On December 16th, the Treasury Department, in conjunction with action taken at the United Nations, issued General License No. 11, unblocking more than $30 billion in assets of the Government of Libya

Unblocking notices

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Libya, USA
  • -
  • December 5 2011

On November 23rd, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control ("OFAC") issued a notice unblocking the assets of 42 entities named in Executive Order 13566 of February 25, 2011, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya."

OFAC eases restrictions on transactions in Libya

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Libya, USA
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  • November 18 2011

In September, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (the “OFAC”), part of the United States Treasury Department, eased restrictions on trade with Libya through two revised general licenses that were published under the Libyan sanctions program

EU expanded sanctions against Iran and Belarus, and conclusions in relation to Libya and Syria, update on U.S. sanctions on Iran

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Belarus, European Union, Iran, Libya, Syria, USA
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  • October 12 2011

Today, the EU has added 29 persons to the list of those targeted by an asset freeze and a visa ban because of their involvement in human rights violations in Iran

U.S. eases economic sanctions on Libya

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • Libya, USA
  • -
  • October 10 2011

In August and September 2011, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued five new general licenses which now permit most transactions with Libya

Fast-moving developments in Middle East prompt changing trade sanctions

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Libya, Syria, United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 7 2011

Fast-moving developments in the Middle East and North Africa have resulted in the swift imposition of new U.S. and EU trade sanctions

United Nations, European Union, and the United States ease economic sanctions against Libya

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, Libya, USA
  • -
  • September 19 2011

On Friday 16 September 2011, the United Nations (UN) Security Council adopted Regulation 2009 (2011), which paves the way for further lifting of economic sanctions against Libya, most notably by removing the Libyan National Oil Corporation and Zuietina Oil Company from the sanctions list

Sanctions update: Libya and Syria

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Libya, USA
  • -
  • September 6 2011

This is an update on sanctions imposed against Libya and Syria

Unblocking notices

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Libya, USA
  • -
  • July 11 2011

On June 28th, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control ("OFAC") unblocked the assets of Shukri Mohammed Ghanem, the former Libyan oil minister whose property and interest in property had previously been subject to the federal government's Libyan sanctions

Libyan sanctions regulations

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Libya, USA
  • -
  • July 11 2011

On July 1st, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued regulations with respect to Libya that implement Executive Order 13566 of February 25, 2011