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Firm News 23 results

Firm News | 3 min read | 02.18.25

Chambers Ranks Crowell & Moring Practices and Lawyers in 2025 Global Guide

Washington – February 18, 2025: Chambers and Partners has ranked 12 Crowell & Moring practice groups and 17 individual lawyers in the Chambers Global 2025 guide.

Firm News | 3 min read | 12.05.24

Crowell & Moring Notches Tenth Straight Year on “GIR 100”

Global Investigations Review has named Crowell & Moring’s Investigations and White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement groups to this year’s GIR 100, an annual guide to the world’s leading cross-border investigations practices.

Firm News | 4 min read | 11.19.24

Erik Woodhouse, Former Department of State Sanctions Official, Returns to Crowell & Moring

Erik Woodhouse, formerly the deputy assistant secretary for the Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions at the U.S. Department of State, has returned to Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s International Trade and Financial Services groups.  

Client Alerts 173 results

Client Alert | 6 min read | 05.27.25

U.S. Departments of State and Treasury Issue Immediate Sanctions Relief for Syria

On May 23, 2025, the U.S. Departments of State (“State”) and the Treasury (“Treasury”) took actions that resulted in immediate sanctions relief for Syria. Specifically, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License 25 (“GL 25”) pursuant to the Syrian Sanctions Regulations (“SySR”), the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations (“NPWMD”), the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations (“IFSR”), the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (“GTSR”), and the Foreign Terrorist Organization Sanctions Regulations (“FTOSR”). In parallel, Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and State took supporting actions outlined below.
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Client Alert | 6 min read | 03.04.25

Coalition of the Willing: EU and UK, but Not the US, Impose New Russia Sanctions

As they have on each previous anniversary, the EU and UK released new sanctions against Russia on February 24, 2025, to mark the three-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. For the first time, the United States did not do the same, electing to issue a limited set of Iran-related sanctions on the anniversary instead. The EU package was more fulsome than the UK package, including new port and airport restrictions, additional trade restrictions (including an aluminium ban), enhanced military end-user restrictions, and additional asset freezes and vessel designations.
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Client Alert | 6 min read | 02.07.25

“Maximum Pressure” on Iran Is Back: What This Means for Sanctions and Export Controls

On February 4, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-2) on “Imposing Maximum Pressure on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Denying Iran All Paths to a Nuclear Weapon, and Countering Iran’s Malign Influence.” NSPM-2 directs U.S. government agencies to take a range of measures to reimpose “maximum pressure” sanctions on Iran. 
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Press Coverage 40 results

Press Coverage | 06.09.25

Trump Weighs More Russia Sanctions. What’s Left?

Dow Jones Risk Journal

Publications 6 results

Events 1 result

Event | 01.30.13, 12:00 AM UTC - 12:00 AM UTC

L2 - Export Controls, Economic and Trade Sanctions: The Challenges and Risks

The United States maintains a complex system of controls over the export of U.S.-origin goods, services, software and technology, which create challenges and heighten compliance risks for companies with global business models.
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Webinars 17 results

Webinar | 05.21.25, 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

IFI's Sanctions & Export Controls Masterclass: Adapting to a Changing Regulatory Landscape

Hosted by the Institute for Financial Integrity (IFI), this expert-led masterclass examines the current global framework for sanctions and export controls - and looks ahead to what's on the horizon.

Webinar | 04.04.24, 1:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT

Countering Sanctions and Export Controls Evasion in the Financial Services Industry

As regulators on both sides of the Atlantic increase their focus on sanctions and export control evasion, their attention has often turned to the financial services industry.  Join a panel discussion with Crowell, Kharon, and Bank of America regarding these expectations and how to integrate them with the information and tools to which banks realistically have access in today’s global banking ecosystem.  
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Webinar | 12.14.22, 3:00 PM UTC - 3:30 PM UTC

Imposing Price Controls on a Skeptical Global Market: The Russian Oil Price Cap Experience After its First 10 Days

Join Crowell's Michelle Linderman and Dj Wolff on December 14, 2022, 13:00 UTC for a BIMCO 15 + 15 webinar (15 min presentation, followed by a 15 min Q&A). They will talk about the price cap on Russian oil exports, whereby the G7, along with the European Union and Australia, have agreed to implement a price cap on Russian oil and oil products in order to reduce Russia’s revenues which are funding its war efforts in Ukraine while seeking to ensure energy security.  The price cap is designed to allow companies to provide shipment and insurance of Russian oil and oil products provided that the purchase price is below the agreed price cap, but how has it begun to work in practice, and what are the practical issues being experienced by the different actors in the supply chain?
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Speaking Engagements 37 results

Blog Posts 45 results

Blog Post | 05.02.25

New UK Sanctions on Russia Targeting Technology, Software and Additional Strategic Goods

Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law

Blog Post | 03.31.25

Firms at Risk of Monetary Penalty for Breaches of UK Financial Sanctions Imposed on Russia

Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law

Podcasts 9 results

Podcast | 06.06.25

Global Trade Talks: Tariffs-IEEPA Litigation Update

Continuing to focus on the Trump Administration tariffs, in this session, Crowell hosts Nicole Simonian and Dj Wolff, Co-Chairs of the International Trade Group, talk with Daniel Wolff, Crowell’s Litigation and Trial partner, as they review and consider the impact of the Court of International Trade's recent decision on the tariffs imposed pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Global Trade Talks is a podcast that shares brief perspectives on key global issues on international trade, current events, business, law, and public policy as they impact our lives.
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Podcast | 05.15.25

Global Trade Talks: Tariff Relief: Update on the U.S. – China Tariffs

Considering the impact of U.S. – China tariffs on our economy and the global supply chain, Nicole Simonian and Dj Wolff, Co-Chairs of the International Trade Group, talk with Alex Schaefer, International Trade partner, as he helps us understand the details and impact of the recent U.S. – China tariffs deal, as well as what is on the horizon. Global Trade Talks is a podcast that shares brief perspectives on key global issues on international trade, current events, business, law, and public policy as they impact our lives.
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Podcast | 05.14.25

Global Trade Talks: Newly Announced Section 232 Investigation into Commercial Aircraft and Parts

With so much fast-moving activity on the tariffs front, Crowell hosts Nicole Simonian and Dj Wolff continue their conversation with Crowell attorney Dan Cannistra in this episode discusses the newly announced Section 232 Investigation focusing on commercial aircraft and parts, including a summary review of 232 investigations, why this one came as a surprise, how it fits in with other current Section 232 investigations, and how it may impact the industry. Global Trade Talks is a podcast that shares brief perspectives on key global issues on international trade, current events, business, law, and public policy as they impact our lives.
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