The Legal 500

Legal Developments in the UK

• THE SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE: WAYS TO DEAL WITH IT

  Aziz Rahman explains how to respond to a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation in order to secure the best outcome.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• MAKING SURE YOU DO ENOUGH TO PREVENT MONEY LAUNDERING

  With money laundering coming under ever-closer scrutiny, Aziz Rahman explains why you need to make sure your preventative measures are good enough.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• EMISSIONS TESTING AND FRAUD

  Porsche is the latest car maker to be investigated over emissions test fraud. Syedur Rahman and Nicola Sharp explain the wide-ranging effects of workplace fraud and the way to eradicate it.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• FRC INVESTIGATIONS

  The Financial Reporting Council appears to be taking a tougher stance. Aziz Rahman explains what auditors must do to avoid falling fall of it.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• Cayman Islands Introduces Beneficial Ownership Register

  The Cayman Islands government has now introduced legislative changes which will require relevant companies (“Relevant Companies”) to prepare and maintain a register of beneficial owners (the “Register of Beneficial Owners ”).
  - Stuarts, Walker Hersant Humphries Attorneys-At-Law

• THE DANGERS OF CARTELS.

  Syedur Rahman and Nicola Sharp consider two recent cartel cases and examine why businesses must take care not to become involved in such behaviour.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• THE SFO AND SECTION TWO INTERVIEWS: WHY ROBUST DEFENCE IS NEEDED

  Aziz Rahman explains why the SFO’s insistence that solicitors cannot be present for interviews under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act can be and should be challenged.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• THE FOURTH EU ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING DIRECTIVE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR BUSINESS

  With the Directive coming into effect, Aziz Rahman examines its implications.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• THE HUGE COSTS OF BRIBERY

  Aziz Rahman looks at the case of Petrofac, explains how bribery can ruin a company and emphasises what must be done to prevent it.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• CROSS-BORDER INVESTIGATIONS

  The huge Petrobras bribery scandal has engulfed companies in many countries. Syedur Rahman and Nicola Sharp explain what needs to be done if your company is investigated in more than one country.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors