Straight talk: criminal defence and compliance in AML cases | PARK Wirtschaftsstrafrecht White-collar crime

Quotes: ‘Money laundering is for drug dealers and terrorists. We do not have any exposure’; ‘We have never checked against AML lists. Competitors don’t do it. Why would we?’; ‘Lawyers just don’t understand business. That’s just scare tactics’; ‘Yeah, we do have compliance. They don’t generate any revenue’; ‘We here in compliance can preach. But …

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Digital maturity for legal departments | Wolters Kluwer

The term ‘digital transformation’ has become a buzzword in the corporate world, although the meaning is open to interpretation. For some organisations, digital transformation simply means incorporating the latest app into existing infrastructure. Yet, another interpretation involves the implementation of technology, to change the way organisations conduct business. That’s where digital maturity comes into play …

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Corruption, procurement and self-cleaning in Denmark | Kammeradvokaten/Poul Schmith

In 2015 Denmark’s image as one of the world’s least corrupt nations came under scrutiny as Atea A/S, the Danish subsidiary of the Norwegian IT supplier Atea ASA, came under investigation for bribing several public officials employed in IT departments of various Danish public authorities, including the national police and the regional authority, Region Zealand. …

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2020 vision: minimising financial crime risk in US/UK M&A | Greenberg Traurig

The spread of criminal and regulatory laws into the corporate world has been underscored by a string of cases in the US and, more recently, the UK sparked by M&A activity. As a result, our transatlantic white collar crime defence and investigations group has seen an uptick in advising buyers and sellers on corporate transactions …

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The assessment of bad faith in French trade mark proceedings | Lavoix

Recent case law has shown that bad faith is a continually evolving concept whose assessment can lead either to the cancellation or to the transfer of trade mark applications registered in bad faith. In 2019, French courts notably cancelled important French trade marks such as ‘Vente-privee‘ and ‘Laguiole‘ on the basis of their applicant’s bad …

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The future of mediation in Scottish civil justice | Brodies

Over the past year, the appetite to make changes to the Scottish civil justice system has increased, particularly in the case of mediation. Although at an early stage, there are various legislative reforms being proposed that give mediation a more prominent position in all civil litigation matters. But what exactly are these proposed changes, and …

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All speak the same language | Stewarts

As its commercial disputes practice celebrates ten years, Alex Wade talks to Clive Zietman and Philippa Charles of Stewarts about litigation as a passion as well as a vocation What have been your personal highlights in ten years of the commercial disputes practice at Stewarts?  Clive Zietman (CZ), partner and head of commercial litigation: We’ve …

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The deal is done – what happens next? | Eversheds Sutherland

In the third of their series of articles on corporate reorganisations, Robin Johnson, Christian Mense and Nicola Evans of Eversheds Sutherland consider what to do once an agreement is signed When a company buys a business or group of companies, a lot of work, time and cost goes into due diligence of the target. Due …

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M&A and financial crime | Greenberg Traurig

Leading specialists from Greenberg Traurig answer questions on the state of the market and key financial crime developments in the mergers and acquisitions space Paul, what is the state of the US/UK M&A market and what are your predictions for 2020? 2019 has continued to throw up challenges for the cross-border M&A market, from the …

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The Milbank interview – Taking the plunge | Milbank

In its 40th anniversary in London, Milbank London co-heads Suhrud Mehta and Julian Stait talk about the dramatic development of the Wall Street leader’s City business The office has made a series of bold lateral hires in the last three years. What is behind this? Suhrud Mehta (SM), co-London managing partner, Milbank: At one level …

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