Meshkat Law helps clients engage strategically with OFAC and related U.S. government stakeholders on high-stakes sanctions issues that fall outside routine compliance, licensing, or available regulatory procedures. This OFAC Advocacy includes targeted advocacy, information-gathering, and pre-designation efforts designed to shape outcomes before they escalate sanctions risk or harden into enforcement or designation actions.
Clients use these OFAC advocacy services to address potential designations through proactive agency engagement, obtain information in government hands, clarify the scope of existing sanctions programs, and highlight unintended impacts of sanctions programs on lawful business, financial flows, and humanitarian activity.
The services below reflect some of the most common ways we assist clients in engaging with OFAC, though there are many other circumstances in which proactive outreach to the agency may be appropriate.
We assist clients facing a credible risk of OFAC designation or other adverse sanctions consequences based on incomplete, outdated, or misleading information available to OFAC or other U.S. government agencies. Our work focuses on gathering and organizing exculpatory facts, addressing alleged risk indicators, and preparing targeted advocacy aimed at correcting the record before sanctions risk escalates into a formal OFAC designation action.
We prepare and manage Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to obtain records in the possession of OFAC and other U.S. government agencies about our clients’ activities, other parties, or matters otherwise relevant to the administration of OFAC sanctions programs. Because many categories of information are subject to FOIA exemptions and may be withheld in full or in part, we work with clients to target likely sources, define the scope of requested records, and advocate for the maximum appropriate disclosure consistent with applicable law.
As part of our OFAC advocacy services, we assist clients in presenting issues to the agency when existing licenses, general licenses, or FAQs do not fully address operational, commercial, or humanitarian realities. This includes seeking potential clarifications or refinements to existing authorizations and guidance under OFAC sanctions programs.
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Pre-Designation Risk Advocacy