John Wick - What You Need To Know about the Corporate Transparency Act
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Companies and the Corporate Transparency Act
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Estate Planning and the Corporate Transparency Act
Examining FinCEN FAQs, Proposed Legislation and Other CTA Developments
Navigating the Corporate Transparency Act - Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
John Neiman on the Corporate Transparency Act
FCPA Compliance Report – Jonathan Wilson on The NSBU Decision
Webinar: Corporate Transparency Act
What Nonprofit Leaders Need To Know About the Corporate Transparency Act
Recent Developments in Anti-Money Laundering - The Consumer Finance Podcast
How Will the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and the Corporate Transparency Act Impact Banks’ Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Under the Bank Secrecy Act? A Discussion with Guest Matt Haslinger
What Will the Corporate Transparency Act Mean for Your Business? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 30]
The UK government introduced a major overhaul of its framework for addressing financial crime — and brought into force numerous significant changes — when the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act)...more
On January 1, 2024, the new Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements under the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) took effect. For the first time, many U.S. companies—including U.S. subsidiaries of UK...more
Below is a summary of recent developments and enforcement trends in the UK white collar crime space in the first quarter of 2024. I. New Legislation - The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA)...more
On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the "Act" or "EECTA") received royal assent and became law. The Act introduced a number of changes, some of which came into effect immediately and...more
The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 requires overseas entities which own, or wish to acquire, certain real estate in the UK to register with Companies House and to provide, and keep up-to-date,...more
Companies House, the UK’s official company register, has recently come under the spotlight due to a series of rogue filings that have affected over 190 companies, including several high-profile organizations such as...more
Companies House has been granted new powers to crack down on fraud, but whether it has the resources to take advantage of these and properly clean up the register of companies is questionable. Originally published by...more
On 4 March 2024, the second set of reforms to UK company law brought about by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ("ECCTA") came into force. These introduce a major expansion of the powers of the Registrar...more
The year 2023 will be remembered as a challenging one for private equity (PE), with complexities to navigate on many fronts. Traditional debt financing was expensive and scarce, expectations on valuations were tricky to...more
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, with the provisions of ECCTA to be brought in by secondary legislation in stages throughout 2024 and 2025....more
On 13 February 2024, Nick Ephgrave gave his inaugural public speech as the new Director of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO). With a background in law enforcement, including as assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan...more
The first set of company law changes implementing parts of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) are now in force. These changes include: - new rules for registered office addresses; - a...more
On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 became law. The new U.K. law is designed to fight corruption, money laundering and fraud, has major implications for businesses and will engender...more
The Director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Nick Ephgrave QPM, delivered his maiden public speech on February, 13, 2024, closely followed by visits to key financial centres in the United States to meet with...more
On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) became law in the UK. The Act represents a major overhaul of the UK government’s framework for tackling financial crime and has brought into...more
The recent passage of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 marked a significant moment in the UK government’s commitment to improving its economic crime legislative framework with the aim to deter and...more
Companies House plans to introduce the first changes being made by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 on 4 March 2024. What’s Being Introduced New rules for registered office addresses New requirement for...more
On 15 January 2024, legislation came into force that enhances the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) compulsory information-gathering powers and streamlines the investigative process whilst imposing fresh obligations on companies...more
Following government guidance that updates to UK Companies Registries brought about by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) would start to come into force over the course of 2024, the Companies House...more
Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DC pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings, and to support the legal update item on your next...more
Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DB and hybrid pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings, and to support the legal update item on...more
This briefing is the sixth in our series of briefings on corporate governance and is designed to provide a synopsis of topical corporate governance matters impacting companies in the United Kingdom. This briefing tracks the...more
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) introduces two new "pay away" exemptions to the principal money laundering offences in sections 327, 328 and 329 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA)....more
The UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), which will begin to come into force over the course of 2024, aims to prevent abuse of UK corporate structures and economic crime by improving the integrity of...more