Francisco J. Vélez
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Articles
New Executive Order Identifies National Security Risks for CFIUS to Consider When Assessing Foreign Investment in US Businesses
USA - September 15 2022 On Sept. 15, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) providing formal direction to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United…
Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Russia, Ukraine, USA - May 18 2022 On May 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced new sanctions against Russia, including a ban…
United States continues to escalate sanctions against Russia, targeting Putin personally and cutting off Russia from SWIFT
Russia, Ukraine, USA - March 1 2022 Beginning Feb. 21, 2022, the U.S. government began to issue sanctions on Russian officials in its continued response to the Russian invasion of…
United States issues significant bank sanctions and historic Export Controls targeting Russia
Russia, Ukraine, USA - February 28 2022 On Feb. 24, 2022, President Biden announced significant new export controls and sanctions against Russia in response to the Russian invasion of…
UK introduces economic crime legislation in wake of Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russia, United Kingdom, USA - February 28 2022 As anticipated in our previous GT Alert, the UK government is bringing forward its economic crime legislation in response to Russia's invasion of…
Kara M. Bombach, Cyril T. Brennan, Sonali Dohale, Jo Rickards, Annabel Thomas
