A Bloomberg commentary on the enforcement powers now available to the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), ‘UK Sanctions Boss Sees US Style Results in New Powers’, speculates on whether the UK agency will seek to emulate the approach to enforcement adopted by its US counterparts. In addition to OFSI’s Head, Dr Anna Bradshaw […]
Business Crime Associate, Rachel Cook, discusses the introduction of the ‘Annual Financial Crime Report’ (REP – CRIM), to be used by the Financial Conduct Authority to gather information on financial crime. All firms subjected to the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 will have to submit a REP-CRIME to the FCA. Read Rachel’s full article in the […]
Partner, Jonathan Tickner, is speaking at the ‘International Contentious Trusts and Fraud Conference: Show me the money’, in Barcelona this May. Jonathan’s discussion is titled ‘The Fraudulent settlor: obtaining information about and freezing the trusts assets‘, he is joined by John Machell QC (Serle Court) and Eleanor Morgan (Mourant Ozannes). This conference is hosted by Boodle […]
Head of International, Keith Oliver, is the chair of a presentation on day two of this three day conference, ‘Innovation in Litigation – Prepared for 2027’. Keith is the chair of the presentation titled, ‘How to adjust to Brexit’ – Confused? You will be after the next episode of Brexit….back to the future of Europe – the sage […]
Business Crime partner, Hannah Laming recently spoke at this conference, her presentation titled “Lessons learnt from the Bribery Act 2010 implementation and similar initiatives” covered: Similarities between the s7 UKBA offence and ss 44 & 45 of the Criminal Finances Bill Relevant FCA rules re systems and controls Analysis of failings identified by the FCA categorised […]
UK authorities have so far balked at the suggestion of introducing significant US-style financial rewards for whistleblowers. Business crime partner, Hannah Laming asks if it is time for a rethink in a recent article published by The Banker. Hannah is also quoted in a piece published by the Financial Times, ‘Foreign banks in UK to follow new rules on […]
Senior Partner, Michael O’Kane, is presenting a workshop – ‘Sanction blueprint: How to be prepared’, on day one of the TXF Amsterdam conference in Amsterdam. Michael’s practical workshop will help you to map out a plan for making sure you’re compliant with current sanctions in place. It will help you understand the best ways to get deals […]
Indiatoday reports that Vijay Mallya is likely to challenge his extradition to India from the UK on the grounds that the charges against him are politically motivated, Business Crime partner, Jasvinder Nakhwal states. Mallya was arrested on fraud allegations which triggered an official extradition process in the UK extradition court. Jasvinder explains the grounds on […]
Peters & Peters is delighted to share with you that during the financial year 2016/17 we raised a total of £17,706 for our chosen charity, Contact the Elderly. We set a fundraising target of £16,000, so we are thrilled to have exceeded this. We would like to extend our thanks to all of our friends […]
Partner, Jonathan Tickner is co-chair of the 3rd Annual C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery conference. Jonathan to share his opening remarks on Day two, see the full conference agenda here.
