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In recent months, public statements by the Biden administration and senior officials from US enforcement agencies attest to a renewed focus on corporate wrongdoing in the areas of corruption, money-la...
Author(s): Eric Bruce, Daniel Cendan, Aaron Marcu, Olivia Radin, Adam Siegel, Kimberly Zelnick
On 13 December 2021 NatWest was fined £264 million for breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (MLR 2007). NatWest had previously admitted to failing appropriately to supervise a customer’s ...
Author(s): Christopher Robinson, Ali Sallaway, Eloise Cartwright
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has today handed down its first class certification judgment following last year’s UK Supreme Court judgment in Merricks v Mastercard.Although today’s decision does ...
Author(s): Ricky Versteeg
In 2019, the UK's FCA commissioned an in-depth review into defined benefit (DB) pension transfer advice. Since that time, there has been a package of measures aimed at improving standards in this area...
Author(s): Andrew Murphy, Lauren Jackson, Amy Rentell
UK financial services enforcement in 2021
European AML legislative package - An overview
FS market conduct #4: a look at insider dealing and trading on inside information
The rise of ESG disputes against financial institutions: 2021 update
Financial services: Emerging risks and strategic considerations – webinar materials
The ECB's bond purchase programme in the crosshairs of the German Constitutional Court
The Lie of the Land: Banking Litigation - Key cases in England & Wales so far this year
Banking Litigation cases to watch in 2019