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New, wide-ranging U.S. presidential executive order on Iran

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • Iran, USA
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  • June 5 2013

The President has issued a new Executive Order to implement the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act that significantly expands the

Designations

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 10 2013

On May 31st, the Treasury Department took a series of related actions to disrupt Iran's efforts to evade sanctions imposed on the Iranian regime

OFAC amends Iranian transactions and sanctions regulations to implement executive orders 13622 and 13628 and new wind-down general license

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • USA
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  • January 15 2013

On December 26, 2012, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued a final rule (“ITSR Amendments”) to amend the Iranian Transactions and

The curious case of Elaf Islamic Bank and the Part 561 List

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 29 2013

The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") recently announced that it removed Iraq's Elaf Islamic Bank from its Part 561 List. Elaf became

EU and US amend Burmese sanctions

  • Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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  • European Union, Myanmar, USA
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  • April 30 2013

The European Union and United States have both taken steps to lift economic and trade sanctions applicable to dealings with Burma. These steps are

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Post election update

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 9 2012

The voters have now spoken in one of the most hotly contested and expensive races in American history, and the net effect of countervailing political winds was ironically to perpetuate the political status quo

2012 year-end sanctions update

  • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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  • Iran, Syria, USA
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  • March 13 2013

The year 2012 saw vigorous activity in the creation and implementation of increasingly restrictive sanctions, particularly with respect to Iran

New U.S. restrictions on foreign banks dealing with Iran

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2013

New restrictions against foreign financial institutions that engage in significant financial transactions with the Central Bank of Iran or SDN-listed

New law expands scope of Iran sanctions in new ways

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • Iran, USA
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  • February 14 2013

As the new year brings in a new term for the Obama Administration, the pace of Iran sanctions shows no sign of slowing. As we reported in October and