The corruption risks of the telecommunications sector are too often given cursory consideration as, historically, there has been a keener focus on the extractive and energy sectors. Those sectors are considered to have a much...more
On 1 November 2021, the independent Committee on Standards in Public Life published a report recommending sweeping changes to lobbying rules in the UK. The Committee’s 103-page report contains resounding criticisms of the...more
On 1 July 2021, the UK Bribery Act (the Act) – one of the world’s global bribery and corruption benchmark laws – turns 10. It’s been an eventful 10 years: the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Act’s primary enforcement agency,...more
ESG, short for environmental, social, and governance (ESG), refers to the practice of integrating ESG criteria into businesses, to bring about sustainable development outcomes. Coined almost two decades ago in 2004 by a group...more
On 24 December 2020, the UK and the EU reached a new Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The deal, which came into force on 1 January 2021, has important implications for white collar crime enforcement across Europe, and in...more
1/20/2021
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On 17 July 2020, a three-year Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and G4S Care & Justice Services (UK) Ltd (G4S) was approved. This DPA is the second arising from fraudulent conduct in...more
8/12/2020
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White Collar Crimes
The responsibility to "clean up" corrupt business practices in the developing world has more often than not fallen to foreign-based investors as opposed to the authorities in those countries....more
It's been almost seven years since the UK Bribery Act (the Act) came into force. The Act's reach is extra-territorial but on the Act's home soil, on 21 February 2018, we saw the first contested case of "adequate procedures."...more
For the most part, 2018 will see countries do more to enforce their anti-bribery and corruption laws. How authorities plan to do this — from cooperating with foreign counterparts to adapting others' regimes — differs by...more
Identifying Bribery and Corruption risk in the context of private equity investments (and M&A more generally) is key to ensuring the value of an acquisition. Companies will busy themselves with due diligence on tax,...more
Identifying Bribery and Corruption risk in the context of private equity investments (and M&A more generally) is key to ensuring the value of an acquisition. Companies will busy themselves with due diligence on tax,...more