Hannah Laming, a partner at law firm Peters & Peters who used to work for the FCA, said the sentencing was a “timely reminder of the good that can come from the FCA’s powers”. “The defendant took advantage of elderly victims in a boiler-room scam that led to the loss of nearly £3m. This type […]
The European Commission has published proposals to strengthen the EU framework of prudential and anti-money laundering (AML) supervision for financial institutions. Partner Anna Bradshaw predicts that these initiatives will result in increased sensitivity to AML compliance throughout the European banking sector. Read more.
The forum will consider the legal and practical challenges faced as a result of enforcement agencies’ increased focus on holding senior officers to account, as well as considering the competing interests of corporates and their employees, the gradual erosion of client-attorney privilege, and whether compliance is the answer. Read more.
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Business Crime 2019 covers common issues in business crime – including criminal law enforcement, courts structure, corporate criminal liability, limitation issues, investigations and procedures for gathering information – in 29 jurisdictions. Read more.
“The Court of Appeal has placed reliance on the factual context and on the beliefs of key individuals within the organisation,” she says. “It is possible that grey areas may arise in some cases where an investigation evolves over time as new facts emerge or where it is unclear at what point the specific risk […]
Keith Oliver discusses unexplained wealth, AML, financial intermediaries and the risk of being sued at the 36th International Symposium on Economic Crime in Cambridge. Anna Bradshaw discusses the limits to transparency and responsibility for other people’s wealth and what might the future offer. Read more.
Anna Bradshaw comments on the differences US and EU economic sanctions against Syria and the potential obstacles to enforcing both. Read more.
Anna Bradshaw, a partner at Peters & Peters, is quoted in an article in Payments Compliance on the difficulties of establishing a separate payments channel to support continuing EU business with Iran following the withdrawal of the US from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran (JCPOA). Read more.
Anna Bradshaw comments on US proposals to sanction professional services providers in the Times, expressing concerns about the implications for sanctions compliance and human rights. Read more.
Another high-profile foreign dispute, this time related to a stake in a Russian fishing company valued at more than a billion pounds, has opened in the High Court – though the relevance of England and Wales as a jurisdiction has again been called into question. Read more.
