Global Investigations Review

Serious Fraud Office general counsel Sara Lawson KC will step down from the role in early 2025. https://lnkd.in/euEGVhds

Join co-chairs Kim Rosenberg, Partner, Freshfields and Lauren Talerman, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, at GIR Live: Annual Investigations Meeting MENA 2025 (https://lnkd.in/eTzGKy7J). The third iteration of this event has been designed to cover a broad range of vital updates in investigations, across the Middle East and North Africa region. Secure your ticket today. Private practitioners can register at the super early rate until 11 December 2024. In-house counsel and government representatives are welcome on a complimentary basis. Thank you to our sponsors: Gold sponsor: Docket Navigator Supporting organisation: Lexology #GIR #Investigations #WhiteCollarCrime

Former prosecutors said the President-elect’s new pick for attorney general has enough experience, but some were troubled by her fierce loyalty to Trump and echoing of his election falsehoods. They generally expressed confidence in his picks for other leadership roles at the agency. https://lnkd.in/ec9-iCH2

Join Lexology & GIR Live: ESG 2025 (https://lnkd.in/esHHeDwJ) on 13 March to explore the rise of ESG investigations and enforcement! Legal experts will discuss key ESG issues like greenwashing, supply chain due diligence, corporate criminal liability, and crisis management. Gain practical insights to help mitigate ESG-related risks for your business and clients. In-house counsel and compliance representatives can register on a complimentary basis. Secure your spot here: https://lnkd.in/ehpKHwYU #LexologyLive #GIRLive #LEXGIRESG25 #ESG

One of the UK’s largest banks will pay £40 million after ending its effort to contest findings that the bank’s conduct during the 2008 global financial crisis was “reckless and lacked integrity”. https://lnkd.in/eJA9ZKMh

US experts believe a fall in the number of enforcement actions announced by the country’s civil sanctions agency – running at their lowest level since 2003 – can be explained by the number of complex, long-running Russia investigations on the enforcer’s books. https://lnkd.in/eZbfBiqB

Join co-chairs Robert Luskin and Aisling O'Shea at GIR Live: Annual Investigations Meeting DC 2025 (https://lnkd.in/edEAgrf2). The conference has established itself as the investigations event gathering Washington’s leading in-house counsel, private practitioners and government officials. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/edEAgrf2 Thankyou to our sponsors: Venue partner - Paul Hastings Gold sponsors: Docket Navigator & Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Supporting organisations: The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators & Lexology #GIRLive #GlobalInvestigations

https://lnkd.in/es2D5m88 The fully revised ninth edition of the Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations is now live on Global Investigations Review. I was lucky enough to speak to editors Judith Seddon of Ashurst, Eleanor Davison of Fountain Court Chambers, Luke Tolaini and Celeste Koeleveld of Clifford Chance and Winston Y. Chan of Gibson Dunn about some of the biggest changes in enforcement since the last edition – especially in the wake of the US election – under-the-radar regulators or prosecutors to watch and practical takeaways for those in the investigative cross-hairs.

Three defendants, including a former oil minister in Nigeria, have pleaded not guilty to corruption charges in the UK stemming from the award of lucrative oil and gas contracts. https://lnkd.in/eirEi_ts

Breaking news from Global Investigations Review this afternoon - The SFO says Güralp Systems has breached its DPA and has asked for a court hearing on the matter. https://lnkd.in/gTd7gABN