The two-month delay in naming the new Serious Fraud Office (SFO) director has been labelled flabbergasting, embarrassing and unsettling by some white-collar partners but there is confidence in the appointment.
Former FBI deputy general counsel (GC) Lisa Osofsky was this week (4 June) named the SFO’s new chief, bringing to an end months of speculation after the prosecution agency said in April it had found a new director, while refusing to name the successful candidate.
