The year 2019 has been something of a mixed bag for the UK’s criminal and regulatory authorities. While the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) and Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) appear to have taken involuntary sabbaticals...more
12/23/2019
/ Alstom ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Forfeiture ,
Freezing Order ,
GlaxoSmithKline ,
Insider Trading ,
Rolls-Royce ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Tesco ,
UK ,
UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 ,
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) ,
White Collar Crimes
The UK and the US signed a new data-sharing agreement on 3 October designed to facilitate the exchange of evidence and enhance co-operation between the two countries and their respective investigatory authorities. The first...more
10/30/2019
/ Bilateral Agreements ,
Corporate Investigations ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cross-Border ,
Data-Sharing ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT) ,
Personal Data ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK
On 7 February 2019, the UK National Crime Agency (“NCA”) announced that it had, for the first time, successfully used its powers of account freezing orders (“AFOs”) to forfeit over £400,000 from three UK bank accounts...more
Speaking at The Lawyer’s Managing Risk and Litigation 2018 Conference recently, Matthew Wagstaff, Joint Head of Bribery and Corruption at the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), outlined the agency’s current priorities and future...more
In recent years, the rise of multi-jurisdictional investigations and corresponding multi-jurisdictional settlements has changed the enforcement landscape. Notable examples include the tri-lateral settlements of Odebrecht and...more
2/12/2018
/ Cooperation ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cross-Border ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
Financial Crimes ,
France ,
International Litigation ,
Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Settlement ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Criminal Finances Act 2017