Emanuel Ghebregergis

Jul 1, 2024 | lexology.com | David Lorello |Jonathan Gimblett |Emanuel Ghebregergis |Georg Stigelbauer

On 24 June 2024, the Council of the European Union (the “Council”) adopted a new package of economic sanctions against Russia. This 14th package of sanctions introduces a broad range of new prohibitions, including new export and import sanctions, new services restrictions, new sanctions designations, and further measures targeting the Russian financial and energy sectors.

Mar 28, 2024 | lexology.com | Sarah C. Bishop |Hannah Edmonds Camara |Daniel Feldman |Candido Garcia Molyneux |Emanuel Ghebregergis |Paul Mertenskötter | +3 more

There have been significant developments on two key EU files relevant to business and human rights (BHR): the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the Regulation on Prohibiting Products Made with Forced Labour on the Union Market (Forced Labour Regulation, or FLR). In this alert, we provide an overview of the current status and basic elements of these proposed laws, and outline key takeaways for companies.

Dec 21, 2023 | lexology.com | David Lorello |Emanuel Ghebregergis |Thomas McGuire

On 18 December 2023, the Council of the European Union (the “Council”) adopted a new package of economic sanctions against Russia. As we had outlined in our previous alert, this12th package of sanctions includes a range of new measures such as the wind down of an existing exemption allowing the provision of restricted business services to subsidiaries of EU companies, new export and import sanctions, an import ban in relation to Russian diamonds and new asset-freezing designations.

Jul 3, 2023 | lexblog.com | David Lorello |Emanuel Ghebregergis |Thomas McGuire

On 23 June 2023, the Council of the European Union (the “Council”) adopted a new package of economic sanctions against Russia. In addition to new asset-freezing designations, this eleventh package of sanctions includes new trade, transport and financial restrictive measures.

Feb 14, 2023 | lexology.com | Jennifer Saperstein |Steven E. Fagell |Nancy Kestenbaum |Eric Carlson |Benjamin Haley |Gerald Hodgkins | +26 more

What You Need to Know:The number of resolved enforcement actions and the amount of monetary sanctions recovered in 2022 approximately doubled in the United States compared to 2021. International coordination is as strong as it ever has been—all of the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ” or the “Department”) corporate enforcement actions in 2022 (excluding declinations) involved parallel resolutions with foreign enforcement authorities.