On Day 1 of the annual white collar crime conference organised by the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section, Partner Anna Bradshaw will be joining a panel discussion with the respective heads of the sanctions enforcement authorities in the US (Andrea Gacki, Director of OFAC) and in the UK (Rena Lalgie, Director of OFSI) as […]
We are proud to announce that we will be sponsoring the 5th Arab Lawyers Forum which is taking place on the 23rd and 24th of March 2020.
The London Tax Society will be holding a presentation about the CRS (Common Reporting Standard) at Peters & Peters on 4 November 2019. Graham Davies and David Smith, Senior Tax Policy Advisers at HMRC will be speaking. Please register here
Partner Anna Bradshaw is interviewed by the Keiran Beer, Chief Analyst at the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), as part of a podcast series on Financial Crime Matters. Anna discusses the anticipated impact of the UK’s departure on the EU’s present and future anti-financial crime efforts. The full episode is available to view […]
The slew of high profile crypto-frauds that have permeated the media, show that this type of crime is significantly on the rise. Cryptocurrency security firm CipherTrace, report that $1.2 billion has been stolen through various cryptocurrency-based frauds in just the first quarter of 2019, $356 million of which was exclusively looted through exchange hackings. Is […]
A proposed budgetary regulation would make European Union funding contingent on Member States complying with rule of law norms and values, with the prospect of Member State access to EU funding being suspended or withheld on the basis of identified deficiencies. Partner Anna Bradshaw comments in CNSNews on the potential implications of the initiative. Read […]
We are delighted to have hosted yet another successful party during the week of the IBA 2019 in Seoul.
The United States have imposed sanctions on two subsidiaries of the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) for allegedly carrying Iranian crude oil. Partner Anna Bradshaw tells Reuters, “For anyone not subject to U.S. sanctions jurisdiction it will ultimately come down to a question of risk appetite: Just because the U.S. authorities have the power to […]
The immediate impact of a no-deal Brexit is the subject of heated public debate, but there can be little dispute about the effect on criminal justice. Senior police officers, prosecutors and parliamentary committees have warned of the dramatic loss of operational law enforcement capability if we leave without a deal. Read more
Partner Anna Bradshaw is chairing the KNect 365 Global Sanctions Forum 2019 which is taking place at the Millennium Hotel Knightsbridge on 24 September. With speakers from regulators and industry, discussions and presentations will cover the post-Brexit sanctions framework as well as global trends in and predictions for sanctions policy and enforcement. Read more
