Pallas Partners files suits against Swiss regulator over Credit Suisse bond write-down
Pallas Partners is coordinating proceedings in the Swiss courts on behalf of around 800 Credit Suisse AT1 bondholders who held…
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Sponsored briefing: Turkey | Data protection during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends, Following the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization, increasingly restrictive measures…
Barclays acquittal draws flak for flawed SFO prosecutions despite record Airbus win
Thomas Alan assesses the fresh controversy around SFO tactics It claims it is a public service hamstrung by archaic laws…
Financial Regulation – Increased focus on culture raises question: is everything OK?
Our second one-day summit dedicated to banking disputes and regulatory actions returned in February with a host of sponsors, speakers…
Sponsored briefing: Surveillance capitalism
Jane Colston discusses how the legal world is wrestling with technology regulation As technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, making every aspect…
‘This raises serious questions’: More SFO failure as former Barclays execs escape fraud convictions
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is facing criticism after suffering another high-profile defeat in its only financial crisis prosecution after…
Sponsored briefing: Financial crime and criminal prosecutions in the UK
Richard Kovalevsky QC on the difficulties facing prosecutors of financial crime Following the Bribery Act coming into force on 1…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: GDPR contract amendment and remediation
Simplify, automate and expedite contract amendment and remediation (repapering) The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became effective on 25 May…
DPAs in spotlight as SFO ends long-running Rolls-Royce and GSK investigations
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today (22 February) ended investigations into two landmark cases involving Rolls-Royce and GlaxoSmithKline, prompting…
First big defeat for Osofsky as SFO fails in Tesco prosecution
Newly-installed Serious Fraud Office (SFO) director Lisa Osofsky has suffered her first major setback, as the agency’s prosecution of two…
Disputes Eye: ‘Draconian’ measures as SFO tackles privilege via the back door
Despite the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) opting in October not to pursue its much-publicised privilege appeal against ENRC any further,…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: Advanced technology for compliance
Andrew Pimlott of FTI Consulting discusses the current sanctions landscape A volatile political landscape makes compliance a challenge, especially…
Disputes round-up: SFO abandons privilege appeal as funder Burford raises £193m
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has cut its losses after last month’s landmark Court of Appeal privilege judgment, opting not…
Practice Area Spotlight: Competition and regulatory – leading experts and high-profile cases
Business transactions regularly require a careful analysis from a competition law point of view. We at Prager Dreifuss have excellent…
Welcome to the hurricane – Latam GCs struggle with corruption clampdown
It has been a turbulent few years for many of those in the upper echelons of Brazilian politics and business.…
Global investigations: Nowhere to run
The first session of the afternoon tackled key aspects of global investigations from an in-house and external adviser perspective. Clifford…
The new front
As expected – or feared – implementing the incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a mammoth task for some…
Beware the Black Swan
Imagine the worst: within the last 72 hours, your company has been hit by a major crisis. There may have…
Latham swoops on Quinn Emanuel for high-profile financial regulatory hire Berman
Latham & Watkins has appointed head of financial services and regulatory David Berman from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s London office, returning…
Fit to print – who’d want the lot of a media and publishing GC?
Controversy, upheaval and regulatory scrutiny – who’d want the lot of a media and publishing GC? In a world where…