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The UK Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA)1 introduced two fundamental reforms that dramatically broaden the potential exposure to UK criminal liability...

In a recent speech, David Green, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) stated that the agency would adopt a "sweep" approach, focusing on specific industries, to identify businesses which might be breaking the law.

Join Robert Hunt, Christine Young and Jonathan Mattout in the first of two episodes on how to deal with witnesses and suspects. This first episode is focused on employment...

As a result of the consultation, the government announced its intention to introduce a DPA system in Canada, which will bring us in line with key trading partners, including the U.S., U.K....

The conviction of Tom Hayes in the first UK LIBOR trial (click here to read more) is a watershed moment.

Herbert Smith Freehills' Corporate Crime and Investigations team has contributed to the Global Investigations Review.

The House of Lords Bribery Act 2010 Committee published its "post-legislative scrutiny" report on March 14, 2019.

Join Robert Hunt, Cameron Dunstan-Smith and Brian Spiro for the second episode of our investigations podcast series where they will be discussing dawn raids. This episode will explore key themes...

BCL senior associate Tom McNeill is interviewed discussing the shifting UK corporate criminal liability landscape and applying the regulatory approach to Mens Rea offences.

Under the new UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, organisations that are bodies corporate or partnerships will become criminally liable for the economic crimes of their senior managers.

With so much potentially at stake, the initial steps and strategic decisions taken in any company investigation are critical to setting the tone for a focused, credible and effective inquiry.

See Page 26 of the December issue of ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE for some thoughts on the asset recovery aspects of the new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill...

The new corporate offence of failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion came into force on 30 September 2017 under Part 3 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017.

On October 28, 2014, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") announced that it has issued criminal proceedings against Noel Cryan, a former employee at Tullett Prebon Group Ltd, for the manipulation of LIBOR, which brings the number of individuals facing charges brought by the SFO for LIBOR manipulation to thirteen.

On November 1, 2018, the U.K. FCA published the Final Notice (dated October 30, 2018) that it issued to a former employee of a major international bank ...

Every quarter our financial services regulatory team publishes the Financial Services Regulatory Timeline, a look ahead at key regulatory milestones ...

The UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the CFA) has been in force since 30 September 2017.