Akshay Sewlikar and Dmitriy Gelfand examine the growing intersection of economic sanctions and international arbitration in a new article published by Global Legal Post. In “‘The impacts can be substantive’: Arbitrating in a sanctions led environment,” they explore how sanctions can affect key stages of the arbitration process, from contract drafting and tribunal constitution to procedural issues, merits defenses, and enforcement of awards. With coordinated sanctions regimes expanding globally, Akshay and Dmitriy highlight the practical and strategic challenges parties may face in cross-border disputes and explain why sanctions risk assessment and enforcement planning should be treated as an ongoing process rather than a one-time compliance exercise.
