A Financial Times Special Report on sanctions includes quotes by Partner Anna Bradshaw on the difficulties arising for companies as a result of the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran and the European Union’s retaliatory blocking regulation. Read more
On Wednesday 24 June 2020 , Partner Anna Bradshaw will be participating in a panel discussion on ‘Spotlight on Russia: the proposed new regime for dealing with Russian entities’ (Webinar Five). Sanctions Regulation and Compliance is an eight part webinar programme for financial crime and sanctions professionals offered by City & Financial Global. Details on […]
The most recent Crime Survey of England and Wales estimated that there were 3.8 million incidents of fraud between March 2018 to March 2019, an increase of 17% from the previous year. Why, then, did prosecutions for white-collar crime fall to a five-year low, according to a recent study by Thomson Reuters? The answer is […]
The comfort of a pleasant daily walk and a Netflix binge for solace has become the new normal in the midst of the Covid pandemic. Whilst some of us have been distracted by settling into the new TV series (or seven) others have been left wanting. One quintessentially British aspect of normal life has been […]
Yesterday, we hosted an Insight day in support of Access Aspiration. Access Aspiration is a charity organisation that aims to increase social mobility by providing Londoners from disadvantaged backgrounds (aged 16-18) with the confidence, skills and networks they need to progress to university and/or secure employment. We’ve previously supported the charity by volunteering in schools in […]
As a response to the pandemic, facial recognition has been deployed in various countries as a way to stem the rate of transmission. For example, it has been most controversially used to track quarantine evaders and to gauge elevated temperatures in crowds in states such as Russia and China. The UK has similarly jumped on […]
After 8 years, a deal has finally been reached in Airbus’ bribery and corruption investigation. It came via a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) between Airbus and UK, US and French regulators last month. But, looking beyond its substantial €3.6 billion price tag, what does it mean for multinational firms looking to globally settle disputes? Read […]
Partner Anna Bradshaw speaks to ITV News about the ability of the UK authorities to provide Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) sought by the US authorities in connection with the Epstein Investigation. Watch from 2:37
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder will begin a four-week extradition hearing in London today to determine whether he will he extradited to the U.S, where he faces trial for releasing classified documents. The case will start days after Assange’s lawyers alleged that President Donald Trump instructed a former congressman to offer their client a pardon if […]
