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Inward investment into the United Kingdom: the legal considerations

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 10 2012

The UK has a long history of international trade

UK and EU sanctions against Syria

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Syria, United Kingdom
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  • September 28 2011

Since anti-government protests began in Syria in March, unrest has continued and spread across the country

Libya sanctions update

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, Global, Libya, United Kingdom, USA
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  • March 25 2011

This memorandum briefly updates our March 3, 2011 summary of international economic sanctions directed at the Libyan regime of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi

Treasury makes asset-freezing measures

  • Dentons
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  • Egypt, Tunisia, United Kingdom
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  • March 25 2011

Treasury has made regulations implementing asset freezes in respect of Egypt and Tunisia (both with effect from 6.00pm on 22 March

Treasury updates asset-freezing and sanctions lists

  • Dentons
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  • Egypt, Libya, United Kingdom
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  • March 25 2011

Treasury has issued updates under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc Act renewing and ceasing final designations and updated the sanctions lists in respect of Al Qaida and the Taliban, Libya, Guinea and Egypt

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

New North Korea sanctions: import ban; new SDN; advisory from the United Kingdom's HM Treasury

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • North Korea, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 19 2011

While primary sanctions focus remains on Libya and Iran, there have been some recent updates to sanctions targeting North Korea

Temporary suspension of sanctions against BurmaMyanmar

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Myanmar, United Kingdom
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  • May 16 2012

On 14 May 2012 the Council of the EU finally adopted the Regulation required to implement its Decision of 26 April 2012 to suspend, for one year, the bulk of the restrictive measures applied to BurmaMyanmar in various forms since 1996

FSA fines for sanctions controls failings

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 6 2010

FSA has fined companies in the RBS Group £5.6 million for not having in place adequate systems and controls to prevent breaches of UK financial sanctions

FATF publishes report on the money laundering vulnerabilities of free trade zones

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global, United Kingdom
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  • April 13 2010

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published a report entitled "Money Laundering Vulnerabilities of Free Trade Zones"