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Taking robust security over warranty and indemnity insurance policies

This article addresses the legal and practical issues for lenders on leveraged buy-outs in relation to taking security over warranty and indemnity insurance policies.This article first...

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Deepened UK-U.S. collaboration: Celebrating the first anniversary of the OFAC–OFSI partnership

October 2023 marked the first anniversary of the enhanced partnership between the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the United...

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U.S., EU, and UK expand sanctions to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Following the death of political activist Aleksey Navalny and to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States, EU and UK adopted a series of...

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UK trade sanctions: a new enforcement body and “tougher” monetary penalties

The UK is creating a new Office for Trade Sanctions Implementation, which will sit within the Department for Business and Trade and will be responsible for the civil enforcement of the...

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A comparative overview of EU and UK Russia Sanctions reporting obligations

The EU and UK have introduced novel and increasingly complex sanctions restrictions targeting Russia, which pose a myriad of new compliance challenges; amongst these are complying with...

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UK sanctions focus: High Court judgment roundup

Recent judgments have provided valuable insight into the English court’s interpretation of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, otherwise known as the “UK Russia...

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UK FCA consultation on multi-occupancy buildings insurance: the end of the line for commission-sharing?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper on the levels of insurance commissions and the practice of brokers sharing commissions with landlords and/or...

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Frozen assets report due 11 November for UK Persons holding or controlling frozen assets

On 2 September 2022, HM Government – through the Treasury – exercised its power to request information by issuing a financial sanctions notice requesting that all persons...

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Solving the cyber insurance capacity crunch

According to the UK National Cyber Security Centre's annual report, there were three times as many ransomware attacks in the first four months of 2021 as there were in all of 2019. This ...

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