On 16 October 2024, the Swiss Federal Council announced the adoption of further measures included in the EU’s 14th package of sanctions against Russia of 24 June 2024, which entered into force on 17 October 2024 (the official media release is available here). This marks the second, and for now last, round of measures adopted in alignment with the 14th EU package, with certain limited measures having already entered into force on 27 August 2024…
On Thursday 3 October, our Amsterdam office will host our flagship “Trade Day” event for senior in-house legal professionals. This year, we will be joined by over 15 of our Baker McKenzie colleagues from across Europe, the US and Asia who will share their insights on significant developments across: For more information and to register please see: Amsterdam Trade Day 2024 | Insight | Baker McKenzie. Please note that space is limited and registration is…
On 29 June 2024, the EU adopted a new Belarus sanctions package by amending Council Regulation (EU) 765/2006 (the “EU Belarus Sanctions“), effective from 1 July 2024. The amending regulation can be found here. The new package increases the alignment of the EU Belarus Sanctions with the EU’s sanctions against Russia (including those contained in Regulation (EU) 833/2014 (the “EU Russia Sanctions“), as recently updated), in order to address the risk of circumvention. The new…
On June 27th, colleagues from Baker McKenzie’s Rome, London, and Washington DC offices will host a webinar focused on the latest US, EU, Italian and UK sanctions and export controls developments in an environment of ongoing geopolitical disruption. As part of our series of insights from senior officials, Baker McKenzie’s team will also be joined by Giovanni Brignone, Embassy Counsellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Armament Materials Authorization Unit, as well as Filippo Mancuso,…