News & Insights

22Feb2023

BCL’s John Binns speaks at English Law Day Conference in Istanbul 2023

22nd February 2023

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Sanctions and Export Controls

BCL partner, John Binns will be joining the expert panel of speakers at the English Law Day Conference in Istanbul organised by The Eurasian CIS Legal Professionals’ Forum, in association with The Bar Council of England & Wales, taking place on Thursday 09th March 2023.

20Feb2023

BCL Solicitors LLP named in the 2022 GIR 100 top global investigations firms

20th February 2023

Karen Peacock

Commendations, News & Insights

BCL Solicitors LLP are delighted to be named in the Global Investigations Review (GIR) top 100 investigations firms 2022– a guide to the world’s leading firms for corporate investigations.

20Feb2023

Richard Reichman speaks to The Guardian on greenwashing

20th February 2023

Karen Peacock

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

BCL partner, Richard Reichman has been quoted in The Guardian’s article on greenwashing, discussing the potential fines that UK companies could see for misleading claims.

20Feb2023

”UK sanctions—a year in review” John Binns writes for LexisNexis

20th February 2023

Karen Peacock

Corporate Crime, John Binns, News, News & Insights

To say that this has been a game-changing year in UK sanctions would be an understatement. Almost a year since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, BCL partner John Binns writes for LexisNexis reflecting on what the last year has taught us about how sanctions regulation and enforcement has developed and what to expect in the future.

17Feb2023

ESG harms and supply chain due diligence – is the UK falling behind?

17th February 2023

Karen Peacock

Insights, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

Novel claims for alleged environmental and human rights harms in the operations and supply chains of household name companies are mounting. They highlight a gap in the UK’s regulatory regime and the risk of falling behind where it once proclaimed its lead.

17Feb2023

Richard Reichman writes for City AM discussing how ground-breaking claims for alleged environmental and human rights harms in the operations

17th February 2023

Karen Peacock

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

BCL partner, Richard Reichman writes for City.AM discussing how ground-breaking claims for alleged environmental and human rights harms in the operations and supply chains of household name companies and a string of recent high-profile supply chain concerns highlight a gap in the UK’s regulatory regime and the risk of falling behind.

13Feb2023

Anoushka Warlow and Suzanne Gallagher write for The Global Legal Post discussing the US DoJ’s a revised approach to corporate self-reporting

13th February 2023

Karen Peacock

Anoushka Warlow, Corporate Crime, News, News & Insights, Suzanne Gallagher

New US Department of Justice Policy demonstrates a commitment to pursuing individual wrongdoing, but will the UK’s Serious Fraud Office follow suit? BCL’s Anoushka Warlow and Suzanne Gallagher write for The Global Legal Post examining the new policy and its potential impact for the UK.