04 Mar, 2024 The time for change is now: the new Belgian Criminal Code By Nathalie Colin Werner Derijcke Silvia Van Dyck Maximilien Arnoldy +1 more... Show less The new Criminal Code, approved by Parliament on 22 February 2024 to enter into force in 2026, will embody a shift in priorities and...
06 Feb, 2024 Transatlantic Troubles: How Congressional Investigations in the United States Can Lead to Problems for German Companies By Simone Kämpfer Andrew Dockham Lea Babucke Loren Terry +1 more... Show less In the evolving landscape of international business, German companies operating in the United States face unique legal challenges,...
14 Dec, 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...
06 Dec, 2023 The EU’s New ‘Ecocide’ Directive and Corporate Liability for Environmental Offences By Lea Babucke Philip Kroner On 16 November 2023, the European Parliament and the Council provisionally agreed on a new directive tackling environmental crimes....
30 Nov, 2023 Criminal Justice Bill: Further expansion of principle attributing criminal liability of senior managers to corporates By Annie Whiteside Hot off the heels of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) receiving Royal Assent, earlier this month the...
28 Nov, 2023 The increasing risk to corporate groups of criminal tax investigations across Europe By Sarah Bond Laura Western Corporates have long been exposed to the risk of potential criminal tax liability in certain jurisdictions – Italy, for example, where...
14 Nov, 2023 The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: the practical implications from a tax perspective By Sarah Bond Laura Western As our colleagues have discussed here, here and here , the recent enactment of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023...
13 Nov, 2023 Preparing senior managers for reformed corporate crime liability By Matthew Bruce Ben Morgan Ali Sallaway Laura Feldman +1 more... Show less As we have explored in our earlier blogs, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the “Act”) has introduced important...
07 Nov, 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...
26 Oct, 2023 UK corporate crime reform: two major changes impacting how companies may be held liable for fraud and other economic crimes By Matthew Bruce Ben Morgan Ali Sallaway Laura Feldman +1 more... Show less The UK Government has today introduced the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) to deliver wide-ranging reforms to...
18 Oct, 2023 Tax investigations and disputes across borders By Helen Buchanan Sarah Bond Laura Western We are continuing to see an increase in large-scale tax investigations and disputes across the globe. In light of the macroeconomic...
20 Jul, 2023 Sanctioning of companies for corruption offences under new EU draft directive By Lea Babucke Nathalie Colin Béatrice Collette Louise Couret Laura Feldman Florence Fruhling Thomas Kustor Federico Mercuri Marcel Michaelis Elena Salsi Daniel Travers Silvia Van Dyck Anne-Laure Vincent Marco Vogels +11 more... Show less The European Commission recently introduced a new package of anti-corruption measures, which it refers to as ‘milestone in the fight...