Partner Anna Bradshaw is quoted in MoneyLaundering.com on Unexplained Wealth Orders targeting the family of former Kazakh President

Brian McDonald March 17, 2020 0 Comments

Partner Anna Bradshaw speaks to the Association of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) about the wider implications of Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) obtained by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in support of investigations into property connected with Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), in the wake of legal challenges made to UWOs targeting London properties owned […]

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Peter FitzGerald is quoted in The Law Society Gazette discussing the implications of the Barclays acquittal for the SFO

Brian McDonald March 16, 2020 0 Comments

The acquittal of the former Barclays executives was a major setback for the Serious Fraud Office over its failure to secure high-profile convictions. Peter FitzGerald said the verdict was embarrassing for the SFO. “Their entire approach was flawed from the start” he said. “We got the impression that they approached the case with the assumption […]

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Partners Hannah Laming and Anna Bradshaw chaired the ABC and AML streams at the Infoline AML & ABC Forum 2020 in London on 10 and 11 March 2020

Brian McDonald March 12, 2020 0 Comments

The Infoline AML & ABC Forum 2020 is designed to enable the financial services industry to benchmark compliance processes and understand the impact of regulatory developments in anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-bribery and corruption (ABC).  Anna Bradshaw moderated the ‘Heads of Financial Crime Think Tank’ panel, and ‘Establishing efficient KYC & Utilising new technologies’ panel […]

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Head of International, Keith Oliver, serves as Contributing Editor to the First Edition of the CDR Essential Intelligence Series which is a comprehensive and detailed guide to the practice of Global Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery litigation. Together with Legal Researcher, Amalia Neenan, they discuss the latest developments impacting the sector in England & Wales

Brian McDonald March 12, 2020 0 Comments

It has been an eventful 12 months in the international fraud arena. Crowe’s ‘2019 The Financial Cost of Fraud Report’, indicates that fraud has cost the global economy £3.89 trillion in the last year, with losses having risen by 56% in the last 10 years. A key international contributing factor to this figure, is the […]

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Senior partner Michael O’Kane is quoted extensively across a range of media outlets on the acquittal of the three former Barclays bankers of fraud charges

Brian McDonald March 2, 2020 0 Comments

Bloomberg Financial News The Law Society Gazette The Telegraph City A.M. The Lawyer The Wall Street Journal Financial Times   

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Senior partner Michael O’Kane is quoted in the Financial Times on the acquittal of the three former Barclays bankers of fraud charges

Brian McDonald February 28, 2020 0 Comments

The Serious Fraud Office has suffered a crushing defeat in the high-profile seven-year case against three former top executives at Barclays, after they were all cleared of fraud charges relating to deals made with Qatar during the financial crisis. The three defendants – Roger Jenkins, Tom Kalaris and Richard Boath — were acquitted after a […]

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Partner Anna Bradshaw features in TRT World Nexus episode on the Julian Assange extradition case

Brian McDonald February 28, 2020 0 Comments

Partner Anna Bradshaw participates in a special episode of TRT World’s ‘Nexus’ programme, on the US charges against Julian Assange and his extradition proceedings in the UK. Listen from 3:14  

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Partner Anna Bradshaw is quoted in GIR on the UK government’s plan to abandon European Arrest Warrant post Brexit

Brian McDonald February 28, 2020 0 Comments

Partner Anna Bradshaw comments in the Global Investigations Review (GIR) on the government’s announcement that it would not seek to participate in the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) system, proposing instead to negotiate a mechanism similar to the EU’s Surrender Agreement with Iceland and Norway. “The EAW is hugely beneficial”, she said, adding that the warrants […]

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Head of International Keith Oliver, and Legal Researcher Amalia Neenan discuss battling cryptofrauds in Commercial Dispute Resolution

Brian McDonald February 27, 2020 0 Comments

The United Kingdom, much like Henry V, is leading the charge into battle- but this time against crypto-corruption. For a long time, we have been bombarded by a heavy stream of crypto-scandals splashed across the world’s media. Most recently, headlines warned that states are now using cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions. Nevertheless, whether they are genuine […]

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Partner Anna Bradshaw is quoted in The Economist on the prospects of Julian Assange’s extradition from the UK

Brian McDonald February 25, 2020 0 Comments

Partner Anna Bradshaw comments on the hearing in the UK of the US request for the extradition of Julian Assange in a special report by The Economist, discussing ‘Why Julian Assange’s extradition case will get political’. Read more

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