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HMT reissues direction to cease business with Iranian banks

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Iran, United Kingdom
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  • November 21 2012

Daniel Hudson, Nichola Peters and Jeremy Sher comment on HM Treasury’s (“HMT“) decision to reissue its direction to UK financial institutions to cease business with Iranian banks

Eu strengthens sanctions against iran with particular impact for oil and gas sector and financial institutions

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Iran
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  • October 17 2012

On 15 October 2012, the Council of the European Union announced that it had decided to strengthen significantly the EU's restrictive measures in respect of Iran - increasing the action being taken by the international community against Iran

US expands sanctions against Iran

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • August 16 2012

The Act comes at a time of heightened enforcement of US sanctions and export control laws

US imposes sanctions on PRC financial institutionenacts new sanctions against Iran

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Iran, United Kingdom
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  • August 3 2012

On July 30, 2012, the US imposed sanctions on a PRC financial institution, Bank of Kunlun, for violating US sanctions against Iran

Corporate crime update - July 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany, Iran, North Korea, Spain, Syria, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 16 2012

The SFO has announced that it has obtained a civil recovery order against Oxford Publishing Ltd (OPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oxford University Press (OUP

EU sanctions against Iran - extended for insurers, reinsurers and brokers

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Iran
  • -
  • April 2 2012

The EU's on-going concern about Iran's nuclear program has led to the implementation of further measures designed to bring economic pressure to bear upon the Iranian regime

EU implementing regulations for Iran oil embargo

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Iran
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  • March 26 2012

On 23 January 2012, the European Council adopted Decision 201235CFSP, setting out a range of new sanctions on Iran, including an oil embargo

Financial and trade sanctions against Iran strengthened

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Iran
  • -
  • January 30 2012

Three measures against Iran adopted on 23 January 2012 by the EU's Foreign Affairs Council add yet another layer to the extensive Iranian sanctions regime, which will need to be carefully considered by any EU business involved in any enterprise in Iran, or with Iranian persons and entities

New sanctions against the Iranian financial sector

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Iran, United Kingdom
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  • November 22 2011

HM Treasury on Monday 21 November 2011 imposed new financial prohibitions on dealings with the Iranian banking sector, the Financial Restrictions (Iran) Order 2011 (20112775) (the "Direction"

Iran - update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Iran
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  • April 28 2011

The Council of the European Union has adopted Council Regulation (EU) No 359201 (the Regulation), which came into force on 14 April 2011