The European Union's 20th and 21st sanctions packages against Russia mark a fundamental shift in enforcement strategy, moving beyond traditional designation lists to systematically target the financial infrastructure enabling Russia's war economy. Financial institutions now face heightened compliance obligations requiring them to identify how transactions, financing arrangements, and digital assets may indirectly facilitate sanctioned economic activity across payment channels, banking relationships, crypto-

The European Union's new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has released findings from its first EU-wide Roadshow, revealing critical insights into how regulators, supervisors, and financial institutions perceive...

The European Union's International Procurement Instrument has issued its first implementing measure, targeting Chinese medical device suppliers with total exclusion from EU public procurement contracts valued at €5 million or more. The Lyon Administrative Court's landmark ruling establishes that contracting authorities must conduct genuine diligence into bidders' commercial substance, even when registered in the EU, to determine their true origin and eligibility to participate in tenders.

The EU Council has adopted its 20th package of restrictive measures against Russia, introducing sweeping changes that include the first-ever use of the EU's anti-circumvention mechanism against a third country...

The EU has adopted its 20th package of sanctions in connection with Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine, resolving a prolonged internal political deadlock that had been caused by vetoes from Hungary and Slovakia.

As we discussed at length last year, deciding whether to voluntarily self-disclose corporate wrongdoing to DOJ is a complex exercise, marked by potential benefits that are difficult to anticipate and quantify.

The European Union has adopted its 21st package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, significantly expanding restrictions across finance, energy, crypto, and military-industrial sectors. This comprehensive package introduces 218 new designations, freezes the oil price cap, imposes stricter LNG controls, and closes loopholes while reinforcing measures to discourage third-party sanctions evasion. The sanctions also strengthen protections for EU operators and facilitate business exits from Russia.

The European Union has replaced its expiring steel safeguard measures with a permanent Steel Overcapacity Regulation, cutting duty-free steel imports by an average of 47% and raising the out-of-quota tariff from 25% to 50%. The new framework introduces a complex tariff-rate quota system distributed across 26 product categories, with country-specific allocations based on historical import shares and special treatment for FTA partners. A groundbreaking "melt and pour" traceability requirement will gradually s

The European Commission's Industrial Accelerator Act introduces sweeping changes to the automotive sector, establishing new "Made in the EU" requirements for electric vehicles and imposing conditions on foreign investments in battery manufacturing and critical raw materials.

The European Union has adopted its 20th sanctions package against Russia, marking the first-ever activation of the EU's anti-circumvention tool and introducing comprehensive measures across Russia's energy sector, military-industrial complex, and financial system. This unprecedented package includes 120 new asset-freeze and travel-ban listings, restrictions on LNG terminal services, shadow-fleet vessel designations, and enhanced legal protections for EU operators facing retaliatory proceedings.

On April 23, 2026, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted its 20th sanctions package against Russia.

The European Court recently dismissed a challenge to an EU sanctions designation, providing crucial clarification on how far the Council's power extends when targeting individuals who facilitate sanctions circumvention. The case centered on a fraudulent scheme to sell frozen shares through a subsidiary structure, raising fundamental questions about jurisdiction and the definition of circumvention. This judgment establishes important precedent for understanding what activities fall within the EU's sanctions