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- With U.S. and Canada stepping up sanctions, Miami lawyers are being tapped to help clients navigate issues related to the activity.
- Even as OFAC loosens sanctions on Cuba, banks could still over-comply and make it difficult for Cubans to reap the benefits of the new rules.
- Local lawyers are also still dealing with traditional work that entails fighting and avoiding sanctions.
Miami lawyers working within the world of sanctions have experienced an uptick in work recently. And while U.S. efforts to seize condos and mega yachts owned by Russian oligarchs might come to mind, local lawyers are seeing more work come from other trends.
With some of those seized condossitting in Miami, and an even longer history of Latin American assets being located in South Florida,the regionis a natural landing spot for that work. More recently, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control lifted some restrictions against Cuba in an effort to support private entrepreneurs and give further access to U.S. banks. But even amid loosening constraints, issues still pop up.
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