EQA Avocats Honoured at the Le Monde du Droit Awards 2025

Étienne Épron was invited by Régis Le Sommier to speak as part of the Grands Entretiens series hosted by OMERTA Media. This discussion provided an opportunity to shed light on the European Union’s restrictive measures and how they operate. 🎥 Watch the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KddA206fOWw

Étienne Épron, Managing Partner of EQA Avocats, will appear on the morning show of France 24 Morning Show, hosted by Philomé Robert, this Sunday, February 1, 2026, at 09:00 AM (Paris time). This appearance will provide an opportunity to shed light on the mechanism of U.S. and European sanctions and their impact on the rule… Continue reading Étienne Épron on the France 24 Morning Show

The EU is preparing to de facto confiscate Russian reserves. Before which courts and how can Russia challenge this confiscation? Alexandre Genko-Starosselsky, partner at EQA Avocats and member of the Paris Bar, sets out the situation in an article for RBC. Within a week, European Union leaders may approve the European Commission’s proposals to “pledge… Continue reading “Judicial storm warning”: what the Central Bank can invoke against the confiscation of reserves in the EU

For actions compromising or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, the natural or legal persons designated in Annex I of that Regulation are subject to a freeze of all funds and economic resources belonging to them. It is likewise prohibited to make funds or economic resources available to those persons, directly or… Continue reading Harmonisation and Clarification of the EU Sanctions Regime: Insertion of the Concepts of “Ownership” and “Control”