Since our previous update on 21 March 2022, the US and UK have implemented additional sanctions in response to Russia's continued military aggression against Ukraine, and Norway has aligned its regime with the latest EU sanctions. Russia has responded with additional countermeasures. We outline the main points of these developments below.

On 11 March 2022 the EU, US and G7 made a coordinated announcement of additional sanctions against Russia in response to Russia's military aggression against Ukraine.

Since our previous update on 4 March 2022, the EU, UK and US have announced additional sanctions against Russia and Belarus in response to Russia's military aggression against Ukraine.

Company Law

Senior Associate

Bendik works with M&A, and contract law issues.

He provides advice in a number of M&A-related areas, including implementation of capital increases, mergers and demergers. In addition, he assists companies with transactions and drafting of shareholders agreements. He also provides advice in relations to contract law, including in connection with disputes before the courts.

Bendik is particularly interested in the intersection between company law and tort law, and he wrote his master's thesis on so-called "direct claims" for shareholders, i.e. what rights the shareholders have to personally assert their proportional loss against the company's wrongdoer.

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Bendik works with M&A, and contract law issues and provides advice in a number of M&A-related areas, including implementation of capital increases, mergers and demergers.