The key issues PE deal teams are facing amidst rapidly changing global sanctions and guidance.

By Les Carnegie, Charles Claypoole, Tom D. Evans, David J. Walker, Ruchi Gill, Alli Hugi, Thomas Lane, and Catherine Campbell

Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine has created new headwinds for PE firms, as a matrix of sanctions and export controls pose legal challenges for portfolio companies and transaction targets. With sanctions regimes getting ever more complex and such complexity unlikely to reduce any time soon, deal planning and execution requires expert legal counsel and skilful navigation.