The U.K. government expands its crackdown on tax evaders and the persons who assist them, by targeting businesses who fail to prevent tax evasion....more
12/22/2016
/ Corporate Liability ,
Criminal Fascilitation ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Due Diligence ,
Employee Training ,
Foreign Tax ,
Fraud Prevention ,
Fund Managers ,
HMRC ,
Indemnity Agreements ,
Investors ,
Risk Assessment ,
Senior Managers ,
Tax Evasion ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act ,
White Collar Crimes
A new French law titled “Transparency, the Fight Against Corruption and Modernization of the Economy,” which was published in the French Official Journal on December 10, 2016 (known as Sapin II, as it was named after the...more
12/21/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Code of Conduct ,
Compliance ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
France ,
Remediation ,
Risk Assessment ,
Sanctions ,
Sapin II ,
Transparency ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies
On September 20, 2016, Skadden presented a seminar titled “Government Enforcement Investigations – Trends and Perspectives from the UK, US and China” in London. The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Director of Enforcement...more
10/3/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Investigations ,
Market Abuse ,
Money Laundering ,
Popular ,
Sanctions ,
Self-Reporting ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Whistleblowers ,
Yates Memorandum
On June 23, the UK electorate took the historic decision to leave the European Union, a process that has never been undertaken by any member state. While the vote itself does not trigger the process of exit from a legal...more
6/28/2016
/ Anti-Avoidance ,
Article 50 Treaty of the EU ,
Bilateral Agreements ,
Conflicts of Laws ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Data Protection ,
David Cameron ,
Debt Financing ,
Dispute Resolution ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Free Movement ,
Global Economy ,
Hague Convention ,
Immigration ,
International Arbitration ,
International Labor Laws ,
International Tax Issues ,
Referendums ,
Scotland ,
Stamp Duty Land Tax ,
State Aid ,
Treaty of Lisbon ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT) ,
Withholding Tax ,
WTO