The new SFO Director, Nick Ephgrave QPM, marks his first 100 days in post this month after succeeding Lisa Osofsky in September 2023. Ephgrave has overseen a dynamic start to his tenure with the announcement of three new...more
On 9 December, to mark International Anti-Corruption Day, the OECD launched the snappily-named 2021 Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (“the...more
12/21/2021
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Official ,
Government Investigations ,
International Standards ,
OECD ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Supply Chain ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
Ten years have passed since the introduction of the UK’s primary anti-corruption law, the Bribery Act 2010 (“the Act”). This article examines the extent to which the Act has lived up to its billing as the international “gold...more
5/25/2021
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cross-Border ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement ,
FOIA ,
Internal Controls ,
Jurisdiction ,
Law Enforcement ,
OECD ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act