Dr Anna Bradshaw speaks to the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) about the proposals in the recently published Bill on post-Brexit legislation on financial and trade sanctions, and post-Brexit legislation on money laundering and terrorist financing. Read here.
Stuart Scott, former HSBC Holdings PLC’s Head of Currency Trading faces his extradition hearing this week, in which he is contesting extradition to the U.S over allegations that he used insider knowledge to “front-run” a currency deal. Bloomberg reports that Stuart Scott’s former boss (who is currently on trial in the US and faces the […]
Business Crime Partner, Jasvinder Nakhwal took part in a White Collar Crime hypothetical exercise with a focus on investigations on day two of the ABA’s White Collar Crime Institute. “Using a case study involving a multinational public corporation and allegations of healthcare offenses, anti-competitive practices, bribery, money laundering, securities fraud, and insider trading by its […]
Earlier this week officials announced the plan to open a “state-of-the-art” court in the City of London to replace the Mayor’s and City of London county court and magistrates’ court. The Old Bailey is set to remain, however there is speculation whether Southwark Crown Court’s workload will shift to this new establishment. Discussing the location […]
Of Counsel Anna Bradshaw will present at the IMX Client Conference in London on Tuesday 10 October, covering recent legislative and regulatory developments relevant to the UK’s implementation of 4MLD and the broader the impact of the AML/CTF regime. Should you want to find out more about this presentation, please contact Anna to discuss.
Of Counsel Anna Bradshaw participated in an expert workshop on 6 October organised by the UN University and the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, to discuss options for strengthening procedural safeguards in UN sanctions regimes. For more information, please contact Anna.
Jason wrote “Disclosure by another name?” for the Solicitors Journal. His articles details why “SARs will remain a valuable tool in a litigator’s armoury and should be a fist port of call in many types of litigation”. Read his full article here. This article was first published by Solicitors Journal on 5 September 2017, and is reproduced by […]
Jason took part in a panel discussion on the risks of doing business in Central and Eastern Europe in Bucharest, Romania. The event was hosted by Kinstellar’s Compliance, Risk and Sensitive Investigations group and covered: Asset tracing and recovery Cyber security Reputational risk Best practice when dealing with third parties If you would like to […]
Head of International Keith Oliver is moderating the session titled “The Never Ending Story of “Blade – a Nautical Affair’’ on the second day of this conference starting at 9:30am. Keith will speak about a complex, multi-jurisdictional case alongside two other advocates, Saverio Mignone of Studio Legale Farina and Damien Degiorgio of Fenech Ferrugia Fiott […]
Anna will speak on the challenges of identifying ultimate beneficial owners and some of the pitfalls that can arise in practice, with particular reference to the risk posed by Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML). For the full program, see here.
