Compliance Perspectives: Due Diligence and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO)
Axiom Law: BigLaw's Friend or Enemy?
As of Jan. 1, 2024, wide-reaching new regulations require many businesses and corporate entities created or registered to do business in the United States to report information regarding their owners, officers and other...more
Pursuant to the adoption of comprehensive revisions to the U.S. anti-money laundering statutes as part of the Defense Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “Defense Act”), on September 30, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement...more
Key Points - The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), implemented primarily through a rule published by FinCEN on September 30, 2022, the Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule (“BOIR Rule”), becomes effective...more
Beginning on January 1, 2024, many U.S. legal entities and foreign entities registered to do business in the U.S. will be required to report information about themselves, their beneficial owners, and their company applicants...more
Pursuant to the adoption of comprehensive revisions to the U.S. anti-money laundering statutes as part of the Defense Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “Defense Act”), on December 8, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement...more
While the Corporate Transparency Act largely applies to foreign-owned shell companies, domestic companies should carefully read the definition of “reporting company” to ensure they fall within one of the exceptions to the...more
The National Defense Authorization Act for 2021 enacted on January 1, 2021 contains Title LXI, the Corporate Transparency Act (“Act”). It institutes new reporting requirements for legal entities with few employees and limited...more