Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
FCPA Compliance Report: Death of CTA
The Terminator: The QPRT as a Wealth Transfer Strategy and CTA Updates
RoboCop: Overview of Corporate Basics and Compliance Filings
The Corporate Transparency Act
John Wick - What You Need To Know about the Corporate Transparency Act
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Companies and the Corporate Transparency Act
Examining FinCEN FAQs, Proposed Legislation and Other CTA Developments
Navigating the Corporate Transparency Act - Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
John Neiman on the Corporate Transparency Act
Webinar: Corporate Transparency Act
What Nonprofit Leaders Need To Know About the Corporate Transparency Act
Navigating Russia Sanctions
What Will the Corporate Transparency Act Mean for Your Business? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 30]
Gary Kalman on Corruption and Compliance Programs
Compliance Perspectives: Due Diligence and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO)
Episode 8 -- The Critical Importance of Beneficial Ownership to Compliance
New register of beneficial ownership of UK real estate
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 341, Brian Alster on the Problem of Beneficial Ownership
Many crypto-asset service providers will soon be required to start collecting detailed information about customers and transactions and report to their national tax authorities annually. Such businesses must obtain a...more
On 22 August 2025, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued a second circular (Circular) on the reverse hybrid entity rules, this time clarifying the exemption applicable to collective investment vehicles (CIV Exemption)....more
Global cryptocurrency regulation has shifted from theory to enforcement. The OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) and strengthened Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) standards are redefining oversight...more
China’s draft Amended Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Law1 (AML Law) was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) on September 10 for the second of what are generally three readings....more
In the rapidly evolving financial landscape, governments worldwide are intensifying their focus on compliance in Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) efforts for financial institutions. Trade-Based Money...more
Today’s world is increasingly divided between kleptocracies that benefit from corruption as well as financial crimes and governments committed to fighting those crimes. Despite aggressive anti-corruption enforcement in parts...more
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act) serves as the starting point for financial institutions and companies looking to understand what to expect from the Biden administration with respect to anti-money...more
2020 witnessed a flurry of anti-money laundering activity, with the issues and developments continuing to be global in scope. In the United States, suspicious activity reports, outlining transactions involving terrorism...more
On January 1, 2021, the National Defense Authorization Act became law after Congress overrode the President’s veto. As highlighted below, Congress enacted a variety of key provisions that create significant and sweeping...more
This article is produced by our European Tax team, which is part of our global Tax practice. Our series, "Understanding Tax", explores commercially relevant and recent changes to the international tax environment. The last...more
Beneficial ownership is a topic which presents significant challenges to compliance officers charged with untangling a web of ownership interests that span numerous international jurisdictions and ownership structures. ...more
On April 17, 2020, India announced a change to its foreign investment policy under which investments by “an entity of a country, which shares a land border with India or where the beneficial owner of an investment into India...more
I. Background - Sweden’s financial supervisory authority (“SFSA”) recently fined Swedbank AB a record 4 billion Swedish kronor (approximately $386 million) for deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (“AML”) processes...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury 2020 Strategy (National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing released on February 6, 2020) describes ongoing significant AML/CFT threats. ...more
First in a Two-Post Series - The U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) has issued its 2020 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing (“2020 Strategy”)....more
On 2/6/2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the 2020 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing (2020 Strategy). The purpose of the 2020 Strategy is to...more
This update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx), and their advisers. In particular,...more
The European Union (“EU”) recently has grappled with a series of massive money laundering scandals and strategized about how to more effectively combat international money laundering and corruption. Generally, the EU has...more
The Financial Action Task Force has published a Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on its ongoing work to fight money laundering and terrorist financing. The report summarizes the FATF's work...more
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more