On 24 April 2025, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued new guidance to encourage companies to self-report suspected corporate wrongdoing. The guidance states that self-reporting, combined with full cooperation with the...more
Nick Ephgrave QPM, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), recently marked the end of his first year in office. Ephgrave has brought a renewed energy, sense of purpose and proactive approach to the SFO, opening six...more
10/9/2024
/ Bribery ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Liability ,
Federal Funding ,
Financial Crimes ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
On 15 January 2024, legislation came into force that enhances the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) compulsory information-gathering powers and streamlines the investigative process whilst imposing fresh obligations on companies...more
The new SFO Director, Nick Ephgrave QPM, marks his first 100 days in post this month after succeeding Lisa Osofsky in September 2023. Ephgrave has overseen a dynamic start to his tenure with the announcement of three new...more
On 9 December, to mark International Anti-Corruption Day, the OECD launched the snappily-named 2021 Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (“the...more
12/21/2021
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Official ,
Government Investigations ,
International Standards ,
OECD ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Supply Chain ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
The year 2019 has been something of a mixed bag for the UK’s criminal and regulatory authorities. While the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) and Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) appear to have taken involuntary sabbaticals...more
12/23/2019
/ Alstom ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Forfeiture ,
Freezing Order ,
GlaxoSmithKline ,
Insider Trading ,
Rolls-Royce ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Tesco ,
UK ,
UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 ,
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) ,
White Collar Crimes