2/11/2026 11:55:30 AM Is your company critical? Prepare for Germany’s new KRITIS Umbrella Act! By Moritz Pellmann Anna Köhler Vinzenz Schulte-Markwort Germany is on the verge of a major shift in how it regulates critical infrastructure. With the new KRITIS Umbrella Act (KRITIS-Dachgesetz...
2/3/2026 7:19:58 PM Whistleblowing in Italy: new guidelines from ANAC By Luca Capone Federico Mercuri Matteo Tola Giovanni Fabris +1 more... Show less Introduction Further to the adoption of Legislative Decree no. 24/2023 (the Italian WB Decree), which transposed in Italy the EU...
1/19/2026 11:35:58 AM UK financial services enforcement in 2025 and looking ahead By Thomas Clark Sharon Grennan During 2025, the FCA continued to focus its enforcement efforts in familiar areas (such as financial crime and market abuse), whilst...
1/7/2026 1:34:45 PM Investigations: common challenges and how to address them By Holly Insley Chantelle Nicholas Katharine Asher HR and employment law teams often experience periods of heightened activity, and this is especially true during times when organisations...
12/16/2025 10:02:30 AM FCA publishes final rules on non-financial misconduct By Holly Insley Amy Rentell Chantelle Nicholas Rebecca Zech +1 more... Show less Following a policy statement and consultation in July 2025 (see more detail here), the FCA has published its final rules and guidance on...
12/16/2025 9:56:21 AM Corporate investigations: same facts, new law – would the 24 November 2025 Cassation ruling be the same under the Belgian Private Investigations Act? By Kevin Xhebexhia Today marks the first anniversary of the entry into force of the new Belgian Private Investigations Act (the 2024 Act), which has been a...
9/9/2025 1:06:19 PM Constitutional Court Judgment of 17 July 2025: first nail in the coffin of the Belgian Private Investigation Act? By Kevin Xhebexhia Satya Staes Polet Nathalie Colin Raphaël Narinx +1 more... Show less Less than a year ago, on 16 December 2024, the Belgian Private Investigation Act entered into force. It represented a landmark reform for...
6/11/2025 3:47:26 PM Navigating AML Risks in M&A: Implications of the New EU AML Package By Patrick Cichy Alexander Glos Jan Biermann Jan Struckmann Sara Dietz +2 more... Show less Anti-money laundering (AML) risk is no longer a peripheral concern in M&A – it’s a central deal issue. As enforcement ramps up across...
4/3/2025 12:20:12 PM Regulating regulators – The UK FCA’s first fine imposed on a Recognised Investment Exchange By Piers Reynolds James Smethurst Jermaine Francis Sharon Grennan +1 more... Show less In its first enforcement decision relating to a Recognised Investment Exchange, the FCA has published a final notice and imposed a...
3/26/2025 9:27:56 AM A Growing Branch of Supply Chain Risk: the Timber Regulations By Matthew Bruce Tahleel Lateef Charlotte Dunn Introduction In recent years, multinational corporations have been under growing regulatory pressure to manage the risks which arise from...
3/24/2025 8:26:55 PM New sanctions legislation targeting sanctions circumvention – what does this mean for financial institutions? By Xiao Zhang Alicia Hildner Alexander Glos Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU has drastically tightened sanctions against Russia. Preventing the circumvention...
3/13/2025 12:06:32 PM FCA publicity consultation: Back to where we started? By Lucy Clark The FCA yesterday announced that it will not be pursuing much of its controversial proposed policy on publicising investigations (which...