Partner Neil Swift and Associate Miranda Ching are representing Dr Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge University professor at the centre of the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data scandal.

Brian McDonald April 26, 2018 0 Comments

Partner Neil Swift and Associate Miranda Ching are representing Dr Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge University professor at the centre of the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data scandal. Kogan gave evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee this week as part of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s inquiry into fake news.

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Partner Nick Vamos gives evidence to the EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee

Brian McDonald May 4, 2018 0 Comments

Nick Vamos, Partner at Peters & Peters and former Head of Extradition at the CPS, recently gave evidence to the EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee looked at a range of issues related to post Brexit extradition and the challenges for negotiating a security treaty with the EU, and discussed the ‘awkward squad’ of countries […]

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Partner Anna Bradshaw comments on proposal to compel UK overseas territories to adopt public ownership registers

Brian McDonald May 4, 2018 0 Comments

Partner Anna Bradshaw tells ACAMS moneylaundering.com that introducing public registers in the overseas territories may prove only marginally helpful to banks when screening clients or transactions for illicit activity. “You can’t rely on information obtained from public registers as a substitute for your own due diligence,” Bradshaw said. “At most they’re helpful as an additional […]

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Partner Anna Bradshaw gives evidence to the House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee as a member of the Law Society’s EU Committee

Brian McDonald May 8, 2018 0 Comments

The inquiry will examine the practical and legal challenges for negotiating a security treaty with the EU, and what such a treaty might cover. Read more.

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Mara Lemos Stein at The Wall Street Journal will be chairing a panel session on sanctions risk with Senior Partner Michael O’Kane and Justine Walker of UK Finance

Brian McDonald May 10, 2018 0 Comments

Foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies have six months to leave Iran, according to U.S. government guidance released alongside President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to exit the nuclear agreement. The Iran agreement lifted some U.S. and international sanctions in exchange for Tehran freezing its nuclear program but Mr, Trump called it “defective at its core” during […]

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Partner Anna Bradshaw comments on Iran nuclear deal

Brian McDonald May 11, 2018 0 Comments

Anna Bradshaw is quoted on the practical difficulties in connection with the implementation of the Joint Common Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran, as a result of parallel anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards produced by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).  Anna notes, “Trade with Iran is ostensibly encouraged, in recognition of the key […]

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Partner Anna Bradshaw is quoted in ACAMS moneylaundering.com article on AML cooperation and prudential supervision

Brian McDonald May 17, 2018 0 Comments

Commenting on a letter from the European Commission to the European Supervisory authorities calling for ‘collective reflection’ on how to improve AML cooperation and prudential supervision, Anna observes that increased AML supervision at the EU level could see banks lose their licenses before national regulators take action. “While it is too early to predict what […]

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Partner Hannah Laming joins the panel at the Krakow IBA Transnational Crime Conference

Brian McDonald May 17, 2018 0 Comments

Partner Hannah Laming discusses the risks and implications of money laundering, asset freezes and civil forfeiture in international criminal investigations on the panel at the Krakow IBA Transnational Crime Conference. Read more.

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Anna Bradshaw discusses global sanctions compliance after the demise of the Iran nuclear deal in The Times Brief

Brian McDonald May 18, 2018 0 Comments

Partner Anna Bradshaw is quoted on the prospect of EU blocking legislation and the broader repercussions of the US withdrawal from the Joint Common Plan of Action (JCPOA) for global sanctions regulation. Read more.

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Partner Nick Vamos is quoted in The Independent discussing the potential effect of Brexit on pre-trial detention following extradition from the UK

Brian McDonald May 21, 2018 0 Comments

Britons may be at risk of languishing for years awaiting trial in a foreign jail if a crucial protection within the EAW scheme is lost after Brexit. Nick Vamos, former head of extradition at the Crown Prosecution Service, told The Independent that the price for securing a new criminal justice deal with EU could be […]

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