The UK Supreme Court has handed down its decision in El-Khouri (Appellant) v Government of the United States of America (Respondent).
Amongst other things, the judgement has overturned the often-criticised Court of Appeal...more
The UK's capital markets are a vital economic driver, and also a significant source of money laundering risk. This is a difficult area of risk for regulators and law enforcement to understand and tackle, but progress is being...more
1/29/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Capital Markets ,
Compliance ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Money Laundering ,
Risk Management ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
On October 4, 2023, United States Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a new Department of Justice (DOJ) Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor policy that encourages companies to self-disclose criminal misconduct...more
12/4/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Antitrust Division ,
Compliance ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
France ,
Germany ,
Mergers ,
Money Laundering ,
Poland ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Policy Statement ,
Popular ,
Remediation ,
Restitution ,
Safe Harbors ,
Spain ,
Voluntary Disclosure
The UK's second economic crime plan builds on the previous plan (2019-2022) and addresses issues that have risen to the fore i.e. the dramatic increase in fraud, the new sanctions landscape, reform of corporate criminal...more
There is no doubt 2022 has signalled a renewed focus on beneficial ownership transparency. White & Case partners Jonah Anderson and Anneka Randhawa, and associate Laura Higgins have collaborated with Hannah Lilley and Michael...more
4/5/2022
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Disclosure ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
FATF ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
UK