The Charity Commission has appointed current head of legal compliance Aarti Thakor as its new director of legal services. Thakor is replacing long-standing legal director Kenneth Dibble, who announced plans to step down at the end of last year to take up a role on the board. Dibble was chief legal adviser and legal director […]
Linklaters’ former Asia head of financial regulation is joining Latham & Watkins’ London office, The Lawyer can reveal. Carl Fernandes has been a partner at Linklaters for 11 years, having joined the magic circle firm as an associate in 2001. He moved from London to Hong Kong in 2005, where he was made up to partner and […]
The hunt for David Green QC’s replacement as director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has come to an end, with former FBI deputy general counsel Lisa Osofsky set to take charge, The Lawyer understands. Osofsky is currently the EMEA investigations head at governance and compliance organisation Exiger. Green’s tenure came to an end on […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) has developed a new online platform in the wake of impending derivatives regulations.
Clifford Chance head of international compliance Bahare Heywood is the magic circle firm’s first chief risk & compliance officer as the firm looks towards the looming deadline of GDPR.
David Green QC will not step down next year as the last to fill what some describe as the most feared watchdog job in the UK. But who is fit for the task?
The complexities of sleeping on the job and the perils of loose talk are among the subjects tackled by this week’s experts.
The panel of experts discusses using data to horizon scan, identifying key legal issues through management information and how their firms are helping clients reduce costs related to legal risks.
Romania’s government is making some progress on corruption but a cut to the VAT rate and a new investor-friendly Fiscal Code should help reverse a dip in foreign investment.
This week’s top briefings writers from TheLawyer.com cover the regulatory and competition sectors, including how philanthropic fundraising through crowdfunding can clash with insurance claims, new UK public procurement rules, and Ukraine sanctions law.
Cross-border work and political tensions are dominating this year’s entries for Finance Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards. A complex sanctions and regulation landscape in Europe underpins many of the finance and banking work throughout the past year, with transactions impacted by international disputes and stringent regulatory requirements. This year, some of the […]
A study published recently by PwC looking at the global state of information security shows that many organisations lack both clear leadership and strategies for tackling the security threats they face. Indeed, not only do many fail to know how many security breaches they suffer, but the annual survey of business executives reveals they feel […]
Given the growth in the amount of data businesses create and store, it’s a good point in time to determine how companies and law firms are working with eDiscovery and computer forensics. in association with The Lawyer Research Service and Grant Thornton teamed up to survey over 300 private practice lawyers and in-house counsel in […]
A new breed of lawyer is smoothing the path for companies entering emerging or unstable jurisdictions Risk is the commercial buzzword of our times. Health risk, reputational risk, data risk; the word means different things to different sectors, but even those with the healthiest appetite for risk will be looking for ways to mitigate it […]
By Karl Anders and Lucie Bryan On 6 April 2018 HMCTS publicly announced the launch of a new online service to allow members of the public and businesses to issue money claims, resolve disputes and access mediation via a new online claims service. Known as Civil Money Claims, and available for money claims with a […]
By Stuart McBride New guidance entitled “Dress codes and sex discrimination – what you need to know” was published by the Government Equalities Office last week. It follows the 2016 online petition started by a woman who was sent home from work when she refused to wear high heels. The petition led to a Parliamentary Enquiry […]
On 6 March 2017, in New York, delegations of both countries signed, before the United Nations’ Secretary-General and Portugal’s former Prime-Minister, António Guterres, the “Treaty Between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and Australia Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea”. The new maritime boundaries between the two countries represent, after almost 50 years, Australian’s […]
Law No. 7/2018 was published on 2 March and created a legal regime for the conversion of unsubordinated credits into capital in commercial companies, or companies adopting a commercial form, incorporated under the Laws of Portugal. The new law entered into force on the day after its publication and clearly aims to provide an extrajudicial […]
Lithium minerals have seen a rise in demand and price since 2011, which became even greater in 2016, and the expectation is that this rise will continue along with the growing demand for electric vehicles. Lithium supply security has become a top priority for technology companies in the United States and Asia and, worldwide, lithium […]
Presidential Decree no. 86/18 was published on 2 April. This Presidential Decree approves the Rules and Procedures for Tenders to Acquire the status of Associate of the National Concessionaire and for Procurement of Goods and Services in the Petroleum Sector. Like Decree no. 48/06 of 1 September, which is now repealed, this new piece of […]
The Companies Amendment Act, 2018, which is deemed to have come into operation on 21 March 2018, amends the Companies Act, 1981 as regards the filing of information contained in bye-laws and applies to all Bermuda companies having a share capital. Under transitional provisions, all such companies will have a period of six months from […]
This article is to discuss legal issues that may arise under Polish civil law in connection with the conclusion of a preliminary sale agreement and payment by the purchaser prior to execution of the final sale agreement of the amount which may be classified, depending on the parties’ decision, either as an earnest money (in […]
As of 30 April 2018, a package of five legal acts adopted on 6 March 2018 aimed at facilitating business activity entered into force in Poland. The legal acts are: Entrepreneurs Law Act; Act on Ombudsman for Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurs; Act on the rules for participation of foreign entrepreneurs and other foreign persons in […]
By Patrick Shee Self-Invested Personal Pensions, or SIPPs, have been under HMRC’s microscope for a number of years, but in a recent decision the First Tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) ruled against HMRC, finding that Relief at Source (RAS) for non-cash or in-specie contributions should be given to individuals. In Sippchoice Limited v HMRC [2018] UKFTT 12 the […]
By Adrian Mansbridge New Definitive Sentencing Guidelines for health and safety offences came into force on 1 February 2016; since then, there has been a significant increase in fines. What is clear from our analysis is that efforts by government to deregulate and reduce the burden of health and safety compliance have, from a financial […]
By Sonia Reis and Neylla Gulamhussen Decree no. 51/2017 of 9 October was approved as a result of the new challenges of Compulsory Social Security and seeks to adapt it to the current social situation. To achieve this, the Decree approves the Compulsory Social Security Regulations and came into force on 8 January 2018. The new […]
