Category:Legislative and Regulatory Developments

By: Michael Ruck, Rosie Naylor, Petr Bartos, and Laura Scott

On 15 May 2025, the UK government published a policy paper summarising findings from a cross-government review of sanctions implementation and enforcement. The aim of the review was to identify further steps to improve and facilitate compliance, increase and harness deterrence, and invigorate the cross-government toolkit.

By: Michael Ruck, Rosie Naylor, and Laura Scott

In its first-ever threat assessment of the UK legal sector, the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has highlighted key findings surrounding suspected sanctions breaches involving UK legal services providers since February 2022 (the Assessment).