Jun 19, 2023 Reliability of ESG ratings? How the EU plans to regulate ESG rating providers By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Natalie Pettinger Kearney Elisabeth Schemmer +1 more... Show less On 13 June 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for regulating ESG rating providers. This draft EU Regulation (the...
Jan 06, 2023 German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act kicks off in 2023: Legal battlegrounds for implementation By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske The German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz; the Act) entered into force on 1 January 2023 for the...
Oct 11, 2022 AML update: Germany needs to pick up speed By Alicia Hildner Daniel Travers Moritz Pellmann It is said to have been one of the hottest summers in Germany since weather records were kept - the heated atmosphere in the money...
Jul 07, 2022 ESG investigations – new subjects, same means? By Christoph H. Seibt Norbert Nolte Daniel Travers Marlen Vesper-Gräske +1 more... Show less With the growing legal significance of ESG topics for corporate management the question arises whether ESG investigations should be...
Aug 19, 2021 Dutch banks combine forces to combat money laundering and terrorist financing By Marcel Michaelis Alexander Glos Janina Heinz Anne Wellstein +1 more... Show less Combating money laundering and terrorist financing remains very much the focus of enforcement authorities worldwide. For example, the...
Jul 05, 2021 Fast-forwarding German compliance practice: the effects of the new corporate human rights duties By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske The adopted German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act ('the Act') has attracted a lot of attention from the legal and business worlds. What...
Jan 19, 2021 Freshfields hosted online panel on International Human Rights Day: “Human rights due diligence - What challenges do global companies have to face?” By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Mina Aryobsei Iris Hammerschmid Marius Scherb +2 more... Show less On the International Human Rights Day in December 2020, our German-speaking offices hosted an online panel discussion with key executives...
Jan 14, 2021 EU compliance outlook for 2021: what should GCs and compliance officers be aware of? By Norbert Nolte Moritz Pellmann Daniel Travers Marcel Michaelis +1 more... Show less EU lawmakers have significantly stepped up their game when it comes to compliance. Nowadays, EU directives and regulations strongly...
Jan 23, 2020 SFO guidance on evaluation of corporate compliance programmes: some insights but no real practical guidance on adequate procedures By Caroline Doherty de Novoa The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has issued new guidance for its prosecutors on evaluating corporate compliance programmes (the...
Jan 06, 2020 SDN on the dotted line: court cancels OFAC penalty for interacting with SDN executive at non-SDN company By Mark Goldberg On December 31, 2019, Judge Jane Boyle of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas canceled (PDF) the 2017 penalty...
Mar 21, 2019 New Spanish legislation on trade secrets By Raquel Flórez On 13 March 2019, the new law on trade secrets (secretos empresariales) came into force. This Spanish law is (late in) implementing...
Oct 16, 2018 Between sanctions exposure and commercial liability: do you have the protection you need? By Jonathan Kelly Many contracts contain clauses excusing parties from performance by reference to international sanctions. The High Court’s very recent...