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Jim Armitage: Green shoots are withering at the City’s Fraudbuster
The UK government's Serious Fraud Office has seen an eventful year thus far, topped by director David Green departing last month. Mark Thompson, the SFO’s COO during Green's tenure, was selected to...
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Laura Christiane Nienaber
Language English Laura Nienaber's practice focuses on white collar work, in particular in the criminal compliance and internal investigations fields. She defends and advises companies in domestic and...
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How confidential is a SAR?
fThe Criminal Finances Act 2017 ("CFA") extended the time available to UK law enforcement to act on any suspicious activity report ("SAR") following a refusal of consent to proceed with a transaction....
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Chris Brennan
Language English Chris Brennan is a partner in the Firm's Global Commercial Litigation Practice. Chris joined White & Case in 2018, having previously led the Regulatory Investigations &...
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Sanctions after Brexit – why UK businesses will face a greater compliance burden
fThe Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act, which received royal assent on 23 May 2018, creates a framework for the UK's sanctions and anti-money laundering regimes post-Brexit. Although the Act does...
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Carolyn Pelling Gurland
Language English Carolyn Gurland is a partner in the Global White Collar Practice Group and is based in the Chicago office. She focuses her practice on white collar criminal defense and complex...
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White & Case Opens Office in Chicago, Strengthens Corporate and White Collar...
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has opened an office in Chicago, Illinois. The White & Case Chicago office is led by Jason Zakia, a White & Case partner and head of the Firm's Disputes...
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Adoption of fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive
fThe fifth directive of 30 May 2018 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (the "Fifth AML Directive") was published yesterday...
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Federal Constitutional Court draws formal limits to the prohibition of...
fThe protection from seizure by law enforcement, which the client-attorney privilege affords to the findings gathered by lawyers who are commissioned with internal investigations at businesses, has...
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Law360 Names White & Case Number 1 in Global 20 List for Second Consecutive Year
For the second year in a row, legal news and analysis provider Law360 has ranked White & Case the number one global law firm in its annual Global 20 list of the 20 firms with the greatest global...
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Alice Baptista
Language English Alice Baptista is an associate in the Global White Collar and Regulatory Group and also in the Commercial Litigation Group of White & Case in Paris.She advises financial...
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FCA Enforcement - More cases, increased costs, fewer fines
fThe FCA recently published its Enforcement Annual Performance Account for 2017/18. For reasons unknown, the report comes in at half the length of previous reports and therefore includes far less...
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New Belgian law modifying criminal liability for legal persons
fA new Belgian law has been published on criminal liability for legal personsOn 30 July 2018, the bill of 11 July 2018 modifying criminal liability for legal persons entered into force (FR/NL).The most...
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Lena Hantschke
Language English Lena Hantschke's practice focuses on advising major companies in the social media business on dealing with legal requests referring to alleged violations of German criminal law and...
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The Case of Mr Burns: An important reminder for Senior Managers
fMr Burns was a director (CF1) for a firm called TailorMade Independent Limited ("TMI"). This is a tragic case which led to retail investors losing over £100m in pension assets as a result of a flawed...
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Bingna Guo Joins White & Case as a Partner in Beijing
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global White Collar Practice with the addition of Bingna Guo as a new partner in Beijing."There is a significantly increasing demand in China for...
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Bingna Guo
Language English Bingna Guo has extensive experience in international anti-corruption investigation and compliance matters, cross-border litigation, international commercial arbitration and mediation,...
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Publication of the Royal Decree on the UBO register
fThe Royal Decree on the operating procedures of the UBO register was published in the Belgian State Gazette last week.This much awaited Royal Decree describes the modalities and functioning of the UBO...
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Money laundering: the net closes in?
fMoney laundering remains a hot topic for the UK government, and further developments in recent months show the continuing efforts to reform and enhance the UK's anti-money laundering ("AML") regime....
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Jorge Mattamouros
Language English Jorge Mattamouros is a partner in the firm's International Arbitration Practice. Jorge acts as an advocate and advisor to clients in high-stakes, cross-border disputes under local and...
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