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

01.06.26

PCB Byrne Promotes Trevor Mascarenhas to Senior Partner and Appoints Bruce Macmillan as Operating Partner

26.05.26

PCB Byrne LLP will be participating in the Brick Court Chambers Dragon Boat Race on Thursday, 2 July 2026

13.05.26

PCB Byrne LLP will be participating in the London Legal Walk on Tuesday, 9 June 2026

08.05.26

PCB Byrne LLP are co-hosting two events at the London International Disputes Week