Sep 15, 2023 The cost of a £250 withdrawal: latest UK sanctions developments By Jonathan Kelly Simon Orton Rebecca Freedman The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) recently issued its first “disclosure notice” and, on the same day, updated...
Jun 21, 2023 A further expansion of the UK corporate crime enforcement toolkit By Ben Morgan Emily Knight Zaid Fathoala In a nutshell Recent amendments to the UK's Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill), announced on 15 June, could...
May 05, 2023 The EU keeps the ball rolling in its battle against money laundering – next on the agenda: professional football By Jan Struckmann Marcel Michaelis Professional football is not just an entertaining happening for millions of fans around the world; it is also a big money game. During...
Apr 26, 2023 The wait is over: UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill introduced to Parliament By Sharon Malhi Michele Davis Karen Slaney Justin Chen +1 more... Show less After months of waiting, the UK government has now introduced into Parliament the text of the hotly anticipated Digital Markets,...
Apr 06, 2023 A Speedboat for AML enforcement By Norbert Nolte Daniel Travers Marcel Michaelis In August 2022, Germany’s finance minister, Christian Lindner, announced a new federal agency, the Higher Federal Authority for Combating...
Jan 09, 2023 Employment, incentives and pensions: 10 things to look out for in 2023 By Amy Rentell 2022 was an extremely busy year for updates in the employment, incentives and pensions space. And as we move into a new year, there are...
Dec 21, 2022 Freshfields secures significant victory for Infineon in defence of competition damages claim and clarifies rules on limitation in England and Wales By Mark Sansom Daniel Hunt Jess Steele Adrian Wright Alisha Wright +2 more... Show less The UK Supreme Court has refused an application for permission to appeal a finding that a near-€500m competition damages claim brought by...
Nov 29, 2022 Litigation privilege revisited: has the Court of Appeal fundamentally changed the nature of litigation privilege? By Joaquin Terceño Christopher Robinson Tobias McKinnon The English Court of Appeal has recently handed down a significant decision on legal professional privilege (LPP), Loreley Financing v...
Nov 08, 2022 EC Leniency FAQs – Another attempt to boost applications? By Tobias Klose Dominic Divivier Already shortly after the entry into force of its current Leniency Notice in 2006, the European Commission (EC) suggested it might be a...
Oct 07, 2022 Worklife 2.0: International trends on workplace investigations By Kathleen Healy Rebecca Zech With the embedding of whistleblowing laws and policies in many jurisdictions around the world, employers are spending increasing amounts...
Sep 21, 2022 "The sum of all I can, I have disclosed": how to understand if something is within your "possession or power" By Francesco Palma Complying with an information notice from the UK's HMRC can be a delicate balancing act. After having spent weeks in informal...
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...