Chambers Sanctions 2025: Ukraine featured in international guide for the second time

13/ 10/ 2025

Chambers and Partners, a leading international research company, has published its updated Sanctions 2025 guide. This is the second consecutive year that Ukraine has been featured in this authoritative international publication. At the invitation of the Chambers editorial team, the Ukrainian section was authored by VB Partners lawyers, who systematically handle high-profile sanctions cases and shape practice in this area. Key highlights of the review: 1) Trends Expansion of sanctions as a national security tool Introduction of restrictions on individuals and companies associated with the Russian Federation Potential criminalisation of sanctions violations 2) Regulation Mechanisms for enforcing sanctions and draft legislative changes The role of the Ministry of Justice and the High Anti-Corruption Court in confiscation procedures 3) Case law Key Supreme Court decisions on asset confiscation and appeals against sanctions Challenges related to the lack of transparency and complexity of procedures for removal from sanctions lists The participation of Ukrainian experts in Chambers Sanctions is an important step towards increasing the transparency of Ukraines sanctions policy and informing the international business community about national practices in the field of sanctions. The full text of the review is available at the link: https://gpg-pdf.chambers.com/sanctions-2025/

At the invitation of the Chambers editorial team, the Ukrainian section was authored by VB Partners lawyers, who systematically handle high-profile sanctions cases and shape practice in this area.

Key highlights of the review:

1) Trends

Expansion of sanctions as a national security tool
Introduction of restrictions on individuals and companies associated with the Russian Federation
Potential criminalisation of sanctions violations

2) Regulation

Mechanisms for enforcing sanctions and draft legislative changes
The role of the Ministry of Justice and the High Anti-Corruption Court in confiscation procedures

3) Case law

Key Supreme Court decisions on asset confiscation and appeals against sanctions
Challenges related to the lack of transparency and complexity of procedures for removal from sanctions lists

The participation of Ukrainian experts in Chambers Sanctions is an important step towards increasing the transparency of Ukraine’s sanctions policy and informing the international business community about national practices in the field of sanctions.

The full text of the review is available at the link: https://gpg-pdf.chambers.com/sanctions-2025/