Confiscation of dividends by the SFO: implications for investors *

United Kingdom - January 13 2012
Investing in companies embroiled in corruption may pose more risks than previously identified in light of recent developments in the SFO proceedings against Mabey & Johnson.

Co-authors: Alistair Graham, Allan Taylor, Charlie Monteith.

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UK Bribery Act now in force *

United Kingdom - July 1 2011
The UK Bribery Act comes into force today.

Co-authors: Jürgen Detlef W. Klengel, George J. Terwilliger, III, Alistair Graham, Charlie Monteith.

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Bribery Act guidance: a common sense, risk-based approach *

United Kingdom - March 31 2011
Further to our last client alert on the Bribery Act, the government has published its long-awaited "Guidance about procedures which relevant commercial organisations can put into place to prevent persons associated with them from bribing" and has confirmed that the Act will now come into force on 1 July this year.

Co-authors: Jürgen Detlef W. Klengel, George J. Terwilliger, III, Alistair Graham, Charlie Monteith.

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HM Treasury's announcement on the future of the new financial regulatory architecture *

United Kingdom - November 19 2010
In a welcome u-turn on 17 November, HM Treasury dropped its proposal to transfer the Financial Services Authority's ("FSA") powers of prosecution to the new Economic Crime Agency ("ECA").

Co-authors: Alistair Graham.

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Sigma Finance Corporation: substituting a commercial bargain through the guise of interpretation? *

United Kingdom - November 6 2009
The first appeal ruling from the newly formed UK Supreme Court concerned the construction of a clause setting out the distribution of assets in a collapsed structured investment vehicle ("SIV").

Co-authors: John Reynolds, John Higham QC.

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