Background As a part of the fight against the terrorist organization that orchestrated the attempted coup – the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (“FETO”) – the Turkish Government, under the constitutionally granted authority, has announced a state of emergency and accordingly issued measures and effective legislation for the expeditious elimination of terrorist threats. Purposes Measures and legislation undertaken under the state of emergency include discharging certain members in state and private institutions; closing and seizing certain private…
27 – 29 September 2016 – London
3 & 4 November 2016 – Amsterdam
15 & 16 November 2016 – Santa Clara
For in-house legal counsel and compliance professionals
These conferences in Amsterdam, London and Santa Clara will provide a practical overview of significant developments in the Anti-Bribery and International Trade arena, and the implications for your company’s compliance programme and procedures. As usual, you will hear from our experts from across the globe.
Further details for each conference are provided below.
A notice (please see here) updating the HM Treasury’s Consolidated List regarding three entities listed under Council Regulation (EU) 267/2012, which imposes financial sanctions against Iran, was published yesterday. This notice removes the asset freeze against the below three Iranian entities, following Judgments of the General Court of the European Union (please see here and here for the relevant judgments): IRISL Club IRISL Multimodal Transport Company Leading Maritime Pte Ltd These three entities were initially listed…
On June 29, 2016 the President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 305 that extended the food embargo against specifically listed types of Western – origin food products until December 31, 2017. The 1-year ban on the importation of certain agricultural and food products originating in the countries that have sanctioned Russia was first introduced in the summer of 2014. In June of 2015 the embargo was extended to be effective until August 5,…