Felix Helmstädter

For Russia, Sanctions Are Coming

European Union, Germany, Russia, USA - June 3 2019 Back in February, we told you about the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act, or “DASKA,” a bipartisan effort to impose new…

Saqib Alam, Panagiotis C. Bayz, John P. Carlin, Michael V. Dobson, David A. Newman, Kristofer G. Readling, John E. Smith, Jennifer S. Talbert

Foreign Investment Control in EU Becomes More Stringent

European Union - August 9 2018 Investing in the EU? Tighter foreign investment control is on its way as the new EU foreign investments control scheme takes shape while national…

Yulia Makarova, Oliver Rochman

Back to the Future: Helms-Burton Versus the Blocking Statutes. Who Will Prevail?

Cuba, European Union, USA - August 20 2019 Nearly a quarter century after its passage, the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 - commonly known as Helms-Burton…

Saqib Alam, John P. Carlin, Michael V. Dobson, David A. Newman, Kristofer G. Readling, John E. Smith, Nicholas J. Spiliotes, Jennifer S. Talbert

Closing the gap on concession contracts

European Union, United Kingdom - February 13 2014 In the European Union (EU), around 60% of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) are entered into on a concession basis. This represents an EU-wide market…

INSTEX and Europe’s “Legitimate Trade” with Iran

European Union, Iran, USA - February 21 2019 Three weeks ago, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (the “E3”) created INSTEX SAS (Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchanges, INSTEX), an entity…

Shruti Chandhok, Michael V. Dobson, Kevin Roberts, John E. Smith