Criminal Prosecution, UK, New Guidance

New SFO Guidance Unlikely to Drive Increase in Self-Reporting of Corporate Wrongdoing

WilmerHale on 5/8/2025

On April 24, 2025, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) released new guidance to encourage companies to self-report suspected corporate wrongdoing. The guidance emphasises that prompt self-reporting combined with full...more

UK Criminal Enforcement Update - Spring 2024

WilmerHale on 5/20/2024

Recent weeks have seen several notable developments in the UK criminal enforcement landscape...more

Decoding AFA’s Guide: A Comparison of Sponsorship and Charitable Donations in France, the US and the UK

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/13/2024

On March 26, 2024, the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) published a guide on how to engage in corporate sponsorship and charitable donation activities while appropriately mitigating corruption risks (the Guide)...more

UK Serious Fraud Office releases DPA guidance

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 1/12/2021

CEP Magazine (January 2021) - The United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office published new guidance related to deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs). The guidance, nested in the office’s internal SFO Operational Handbook,...more

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office Issues Guidance for Corporate Cooperation

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 8/9/2019

On 6 August 2019, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) released Guidance on what it expects from organisations seeking cooperation credit in the agency’s investigations. The long-awaited Guidance is a codified and clarified...more

Cross Border Investigations Update - July 2017

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/29/2017

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases and enforcement trends, including the new Criminal Finances Act 2017, increased regulatory scrutiny of Chinese companies...more