Financial Crime

Can understanding insider risk help to prevent fraud?

BCL partners Anoushka Warlow and Tom McNeill team up with our friends Sarah Keeling, Julia Arbery, and Lucy Cryan at StoneTurn to explore the details of the proposed new corporate criminal offence – Failure to Prevent Fraud and Money Laundering, and explain what the proposed changes are and the actions organisations can take now to help protect themselves.

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Gender Diverse Boards May Reduce Corporate Fraud Risk – Anoushka Warlow & Suzanne Gallagher write for Law360

BCL’s Anoushka Warlow and Suzanne Gallagher write for Law360 examining the impact of diversity at senior management and board level — and an organisation’s culture and values as a whole – for reducing the risk of corporate wrongdoing, particularly fraud.

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BCL Solicitors top ranked in Chambers and Partners HNW Guide 2023

BCL Solicitors is very proud to have once again been top-ranked (Band 1) as a firm in Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals – UK in the new 2023 edition of Chambers and Partners High Net Worth (HNW) Guide, with the addition of seven of our partners identified as leading individuals in the area.

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Confiscation Reform: Has the Law Commission Got It Right?

In a 640-page final report on the topic in November 2022, the Law Commission has made 119 recommendations to reform the process and substance of the regime related to confiscation orders in England and Wales; a draft bill to implement those recommendations is reportedly imminent. BCL partner, John Binns analyses the report’s background, its recommendations and the possible implications for criminal investigations in the future.

 

“Broadly speaking, its suggestions are practical and sensible in connection with the broader procedural aspects of the regime, but less so in connection with the substance of how the values of such orders are calculated.”

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Sanctions compliance – John Binns speaks to The Law Society Gazette

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has thrust sanctions compliance up the agenda for law firms of all sizes. BCL’s John Binns spoke to Katharine Freeland for her article in The Law Society Gazette explaining the need for law firms to demonstrate the appropriate screening process of all clients and suppliers.

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