Insights
Insights.
Regime alerts, enforcement digests and practitioner analysis across OFAC, OFSI, EU and UN regimes. Written to be read and cited — a short, direct answer first, then the detail.
Six formats: Regime Alert · Enforcement Digest · Trend Note · Practice Briefing · Case Comment · Practitioner Note. A weekly multi-regime Sanctions Tracker is in preparation.
Regime Alert: how to read a new designation
A new designation is published; the first question is whether it touches you at all.
By J. M. Aldridge →Enforcement Digest · 2026-05-19Enforcement Digest: what a settlement tells you
A published settlement is a map of what a regulator cared about — the conduct, the aggravating factors and the mitigation.
By Renata Costa →Trend Note · 2026-05-26Trend Note: ownership and control across regimes
The same counterparty can be clear under the OFAC 50% rule and caught under the EU control test.
By Viktor Lindqvist →Practice Briefing · 2026-06-02Practice Briefing: building a screening programme
A defensible screening programme starts from a written risk assessment, not a tool.
By Henry Ashworth →Case Comment · 2026-06-05Case Comment: annulment actions before the General Court
An annulment action before the EU General Court turns on the adequacy of the stated reasons and the evidence behind them.
By Claire Dubois →Practitioner Note · 2026-06-09Practitioner Note: classifying before you ask for a licence
Classification comes before the licence question: an item’s ECCN — or EAR99 status — determines whether an authorization is needed at all.
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