John Smith spoke to Law.com International about how
the growing list of sanctions imposed on Russia is keeping lawyers
busy as they try to keep clients informed about what these
sanctions are and what they mean for corporations.
John said clients across the globe have been calling about what
countermeasures could be imposed by Russia, how to handle potential
sanctions violations, and how to quickly comply with those
sanctions.
"The most striking thing about these sanctions is not what
any one government is doing, including the United States, but
it's the fact that they have such a consensus that they're
getting governments around the world to join in," John said.
"As a 20-year veteran of the public sector, I will tell you it
goes beyond anything that you could ever imagine to have one of the
world's leading economies targeted by the U.S., the EU, the UK,
Switzerland, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New
Zealand, the list goes on and on."
