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[Event] 18th Annual Conference on Anti-Corruption - June 18th - 19th, London, United Kingdom

Hosted by the C5 Group, the 18th Annual Conference on Anti-Corruption London will bring together the brightest minds in anti-corruption and compliance to review the most pressing multi-jurisdictional enforcement updates...more

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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 receives Royal Assent

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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the “Act”) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, having received its first reading in Parliament over a year ago and more recently having been the object of a series...more

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Client Alert: Failure to Prevent Fraud – What Do You Need to Know About the New Corporate Offence?

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On 11 April 2023, the UK Home Office tabled an amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill), which is currently making its way through the UK Parliament. The amendment introduces a much...more

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Construction 2020: United Kingdom

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Foreign pursuit of the local market - If a foreign designer or contractor wanted to set up an operation to pursue the local market, what are the key concerns they should consider before taking such a step? Originally...more

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Bribery Act review: economic crime and failure to prevent offences

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The government published in May 2019 its responses to two Committee reports on financial crime. First,  the House of Commons Treasury Committee on 8 March 2019, published its report on “Economic Crime – Anti-money laundering...more

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UK Bribery Act Receives Glowing Report While Other Areas of Economic Crime Prevention "Could Try Harder"

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The British Parliament has recently published two important post-legislative assessments of the effectiveness of the UK’s financial crime legislative framework, as well as an insight into future areas of focus....more

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Corporate Criminal Offence: Failure to Prevent Facilitation of Tax Evasion

The Criminal Finance Act 2017 received Royal Assent on April 27, 2017, making its way onto the statute book before the halting of Parliamentary business ahead of this year’s general election. As well as giving enforcement...more

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An overview of the OECD's Phase 4 Report on the UK's implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention

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“The UK has made significant improvements to its ability to detect foreign bribery, but could still do more by reforming out-of-date legislation and better utilizing existing resources.” On 23 March 2017, the...more

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Blog: It’s #Brexit (for now). What you need to know about corporate criminal law in less than 500 words

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In this post, our UK white collar crime partner, Louise Delahunty, considers the potential impact of a possible #Brexit on the UK’s implementation of the 4th Anti-money Laundering Directive; the UK government’s proposed...more

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Thematic Review by FCA of Asset Managers in the UK

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The Financial Conduct Authority has now completed its thematic review of Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Bribery and Corruption Systems and Controls: Asset Management and Platform Firms (TR13/9). The review of 22 wealth and...more

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