In 2025, global sanctions present increasingly complex and evolving challenges for GCs, board members, and directors. As geopolitical tensions rise and regulatory frameworks become more intricate, corporate leaders must navigate heightened legal, ethical, and reputational risks while ensuring compliance across diverse jurisdictions.
Throughout 2025 we will be continuing our conversation around sanctions.
Sanctions in focus
To manage sanctions in M&A deals, global insurers should remain flexible, perform thorough due diligence, and add essential contractual safeguards for compliance and deal success.
Global sanctions present unique challenges for General Counsels, board members and in-house legal teams. As we move through 2025, organisations of all sizes and across all industries face increased scrutiny. Compliance with global sanctions is challenging due to the complexity of the rules, the potential for conflicting regimes and the evolving nature of enforcement efforts.
The current sanctions regime creates a complex landscape for insurers who must negotiate their way around a web of restrictions, due diligence requirements, and reporting obligations to ensure compliance. One of those areas of regulation is The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022.