John Binns announced as a speaker at Cannabis Europa London 2019

John Binns announced as a speaker at Cannabis Europa London 2019

BCL partner, John Binns has been announced as a speaker at Cannabis Europa London 2019, discussing the legal issues facing the European cannabis industry today, analysing the developments of the last 12 months and looking at how medicinal cannabis has permeated the mainstream.

 

John Binns said:

“This is a fascinating time for the cannabis industry from a UK regulatory point of view, and I’ve been enjoying helping businesses in this sector work their way through the maze. It’s an honour to be speaking at the conference in June: I’m really looking forward to it.”

Cannabis Europa London takes place on the 24th and 25th of June 2019. You can find information and tickets on their website.

John Binns is a partner at BCL specialising in all aspects of business crime, with a particular interest in confiscation, civil recovery and money laundering under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“POCA”). His business crime experience includes representing suspects, defendants and witnesses in cases invoking allegations of bribery and corruption, fraud (including carbon credits, carousel/MTIC, land-banking, Ponzi and pyramid scheme frauds), insider trading, market abuse, price-fixing, sanctions-busting, and tax evasion. He has coordinated and undertaken corporate investigations and defended in cases brought by BEIS, the FCA, HMRC, NCA, OFT, SFO and others.