Following February 2022, unprecedented sanctions were imposed on Russia. When advising clients seeking to challenge sanctions, members of the BGP Litigation team analyse the reasons, background and sources of information that served as the basis for imposition of such sanctions; draft and implement a roadmap for repositioning and nullifying the original reasons and grounds for the sanctions imposed; represent clients before the EU Council in relation to administrative lifting of the EU restrictions; submit petitions to OFAC under 31 CFR 501.807 for administrative reconsideration in order to seek removal of US blocking sanctions.
Where representation before courts of Western jurisdictions is required, BGP Litigation might recommend dedicated attorneys and coordinate the challenge to sanctions in the EU Court, the US District Court for the District of Columbia, and the federal courts of Canada and Australia.
To date, our Compliance and Sanctions Law Practice has contributed to various stages of four successful cases when sanctions were lifted by the US, EU and Canada. Nine matters are ongoing, including in the US, EU, UK, Canada and Ukraine.