We regularly advise and assist with applications to OFSI for licences to allow our clients to underake specified activities which would otherwise be prohibited by sanctions legislation.

Notable Experience

  • Representing the subsidiary of a Russian bank in the EU in a complex licence application involving the Bank's efforts to realise client securities due to its winding down of operations in the EU.
  • Representing a Cypriot subsidiary of a sanctioned Russian bank to realise client funds and securities that have inadvertently become a consequence of the asset freeze measures on the bank.

News & Insights

19.10.26

Matthew Wescott at the C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference in Miami

15.10.26

Chambers & Partners UK Guide, 2027 released today

13.10.26

Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2026

02.10.26

Matthew Wescott will be speaking at the ThoughtLeaders4 Financial Services Disputes Forum in London on 08 October 2026