Michal Chajdukowski
Michal Chajdukowski focuses his practice on a range of regulatory and trade related matters. Drawing on his experience in financial regulation, he guides national and multi-national clients through the complexity of the UK and EU sanctions regimes and export controls, with a keen eye to cross-border commercial transactions.
New UK Securitisation Framework | Regulators Publish Final Rules
By Ranajoy Basu, Priya Taneja, Vlad Maly, Kevin Cummings, Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan, Fausto Giacomet, Michal Chajdukowski and Laura-May Jones on May 17, 2024
Posted In United Kingdom
On 30 April 2024, the FCA and the PRA published their respective policy statements (PS24/4 [1] by the FCA and PS7/24[2] by the PRA) in response to feedback received on their proposed draft rules on securitisations, which were presented in 2023 (CP23/17[3] and CP15/23[4]). The new UK securitisation framework seeks to repeal and replace retained EU law in the...
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European Union Criminalizes Violations of Sanctions
By Sabine Naugès, Raminta Dereskeviciute and Michal Chajdukowski on May 2, 2024
Posted In Sanctions & Export Control
As announced in our last Quarterly Sanctions Update, on April 12, 2024 the Council of the European Union adopted a directive criminalizing sanctions violation at the European Union (EU) level. In this post, we provide a summary of the key provisions of this directive, to be followed by a second post focusing on its potential...
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Quarterly Sanctions Update | Q1 2024
By Raminta Dereskeviciute, Sabine Naugès and Michal Chajdukowski on Apr 8, 2024
Posted In Sanctions & Export Control, Trade Control & Customs
The EU and the UK continue in their efforts of tightening sanctions against Russia, particularly in the context of the second anniversary of the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sudden death of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. In this Quarterly Sanctions Update, McDermott Sanctions and Export Controls team summarizes the most recent and...
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