Sep 09, 2024 Tying good governance to good risk management By Moritz Pellmann Nicholas Schoch Camillo von Haugwitz As companies continue to navigate rough seas regarding the current economic realities, good governance remains crucial for company...
Aug 07, 2024 Belgium implements public country-by-country tax reporting By Nikolaas Van Robbroeck Bo Debreuck Applicable to financial years starting on or after 22 June 2024, large multinational companies and standalone companies with activities...
Jul 05, 2024 Global enforcement trends to tackle money laundering By Christopher Robinson Ali Sallaway David Sewell Daniel Travers Alicia Hildner Zara Merali Nikolaas Van Robbroeck Oliver Hamill Marcel Michaelis Silvia Van Dyck Laura Feldman +8 more... Show less Legislators, regulators and law enforcement authorities are increasing their efforts to detect and combat money laundering. Although this...
Jul 03, 2024 EU leadership shake-up: implications for business and policy By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Lea Bareil Jimena Gonzalez In the wake of the recent European elections, the EU27 Heads of State and Government have finalised allocating the influential EU top...
May 13, 2024 Update: The EU keeps the ball rolling in its battle against money laundering – next on the agenda: professional football By Jan Struckmann Marcel Michaelis Mathis Schwarze Professional football is not just an entertaining happening for millions of fans around the world; it is also a big money game. During...
Dec 14, 2023 Lundin Leading the Way? A (Re-)Assessment of Corporate Liability for International Crimes By Philip Kroner Lea Babucke Maxime Neuhaus Greater involvement and redemption for victims, new and broadened offences: On 1 November 2023, the German Ministry of Justice announced...
Nov 07, 2023 Economic crime and corporate transparency: Significant company law changes and new offences By Annie Whiteside The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 which received Royal Assent on 26 October is aimed at preventing the abuse of UK...
Oct 02, 2023 Pending Legislation May Extend the Application of Section 16 to Foreign Private Issuers and Their Insiders By Elizabeth Bieber Nicole Foster Lori Goodman Taryn Zucker Ethan Magid Regina Erie Elizabeth Fleming Ariana Negron +5 more... Show less For decades, Foreign Private Issuers (“FPIs”) and their insiders have been exempt from the reporting requirements of Section 16 (“Section...
May 30, 2023 Works council remuneration remains in spotlight in Germany By Flavia Lang Torsten Lauth In January of this year, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) ruled in on the unduly high remuneration granted...
Dec 08, 2022 Wirecard shareholder claims for damages rank behind all creditor claims in landmark insolvency ruling By Marcus Lerch Patrick Schroeder Shareholders are among the many who have lost money in the multi-billion euro insolvency of the former DAX30 payment provider Wirecard...
Nov 24, 2022 Updated with CJEU clarification: public access to UBO registers across the EU ruled invalid By Silvia Van Dyck Eva Schneider Marcel Michaelis Jan Struckmann +1 more... Show less In the past years, the EU legislator has gone quite far in its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorist financing (CTF) efforts....
Oct 27, 2022 Taxation of carried interest and management incentive plans part of proposed Belgian tax reform By Nikolaas Van Robbroeck As part of the governmental discussions on the 2023-2024 federal budget, the Minister of Finance has been instructed to prepare “the...