The 18th Russia sanctions package adopted by the European Union is one of the most large-scale and comprehensive sanctions packages over the entire period of the conflict so far. It includes tough energy, financial and trade measures aimed at weakening the Russian Federation's economic and military potential, as well as introduces new legal tools to protect the EU Member States from foreign arbitration awards and court judgments.

On July 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a settlement with Interactive Brokers LLC (IB), a major global electronic broker-dealer providing brokerage and investment services to millions of customers worldwide.

On June 3, 2025, i.e. two weeks after the adoption of the 17th package of the EU and UK sanctions against Russia, the Swiss Confederation Federal Council decided to implement the restrictive measures imposed by the EU.

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VERBA LEGAL’s Sanctions Practice team comprising Tatyana Neveeva, the firm’s Managing Partner, Counsel Marat Samarskiy and Associates Tatiana Zelenovskaya and Yulia Koroleva has put together a legal alert explaining in detail what really happened and pondering on whether the extension of the national emergency means that the hopes for a relaxation of the sanctions regime recently entertained by some Russians were vain.

Lawyers of the VERBA LEGAL Sanctions Practice managed to obtain another Belgian Treasury license to unfreeze assets.

VERBA LEGAL obtained 3 licenses from the Belgian Treasury in one day for release of securities and funds of Russian private investors in Euroclear. The assets amounted to more than €60,000,000.

The Belgian Treasury has rescinded its refusal to issue a license for unblocking the assets of a securities market professional participant and their clients.

For two clients who engaged VERBA LEGAL's sanctions practice to file an appeal with the Belgian Council of State regarding their license denial, the Belgian Treasury overturned the previous negative decision. The VERBA LEGAL team acted swiftly to prepare extensive appeals within a short timeframe.