In the recent past, the role of in-house counsel has evolved from the traditional and, you would be forgiven to say, reactive one where the legal person or team sprung into action only when needed. That is to say, when there was a dispute or other legal ‘problem’ for the organisation to solve.
During the pandemic, white-collar experts have not been as busy as they used to before. Has this also been the case in Italy? G. Scassellati-Sforzolini: During the pandemic, enforcement authorities have mainly focused on combating fraud related to the health emergency and that did not come as a surprise. The restrictions implemented in Italy also …
Corporate governance has become an issue of increasing interest and importance in Saudi Arabia, as evidenced by the recent proliferation of corporate governance rules and the increasingly active involvement of regulators to ensure that the applicable rules are being applied. This article presents a general overview of corporate governance of the two most common types …
In the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is chiefly responsible for prosecuting white-collar crime. While white-collar enforcement significantly declined during the past presidential administration, current DOJ leadership has pledged to take a more aggressive approach. To that end, in September 2022, Deputy US Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced changes to DOJ’s corporate enforcement …
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As a federation of seven emirates, each with different leadership, economic circumstances and priorities as well as different (at least in part) legal and regulatory systems, the UAE presents significant complexity for government authorities and regulators when combatting money laundering (‘AML’) and other financial crime. In March 2022, the UAE was added by the Financial …
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Since the inception of corporate criminal liability in Mexico in 2016, federal and state prosecutors have been increasingly active in pursuing both national and foreign-owned businesses for crimes as varied as money laundering, tax evasion and bribery. The legislation that was initially vague and challenging to interpret has, in the hands of regulators and by …
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Introduction Understanding the fundamental legal principles and keeping up with continuous reforms are the primary challenges faced by every legal practitioner in the real estate business. Given the importance of a legal framework, this overview provides recent updates on the real estate business in Indonesia.
In its economic report about Colombia, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recognised efforts made by recent governments in the fight against corruption1. However, the perception on corruption being on the rise is still high: about 62% of Colombians believe that corruption levels have increased2.
In this article, the author shall present a specific issue in the legal regulation of real estate in the Republic of Slovenia, namely the sale of agricultural land, which is regulated by a mandatory legal regime. This regime is set forth in the provisions of the Agricultural Land Act (hereafter referred to as ‘ZKZ’) which …
Laurent Cohen-Tanugi Avocats is a Paris-based boutique law firm specialising in cross-border strategic assignments, including anti-corruption monitorships, transatlantic white-collar litigation, and other international regulatory compliance matters. The firm’s practice areas also include cross-border M&A transactions and international arbitration.