James Ford
Mayer Brown
Articles
Russia sanctions: UK expands professional services ban and UK trade sanctions
Russia, United Kingdom - December 19 2022 On 15 December 2022, the UK adopted the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2022 (the "Regulations") which implements new…
Business and Human Rights: further calls from investors for mandatory UK human rights and environmental due diligence legislation
United Kingdom - October 12 2022 Investors across the globe are increasingly putting pressure on legislators to mandate human rights and environmental due diligence (“HREDD“). The UK…
Compliance DIY: OFSI’s latest enforcement action and taking responsibility for your own sanctions risk
United Kingdom - October 3 2022 On 27 September 2022, HM Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) announced the imposition of a £30,000 civil monetary penalty…
NextGen Talks: Social Change and Innovation with Seng Choon Koh
Hong Kong, Singapore - September 29 2022 In the first Episode of Season 3 of our NextGen Talks podcast series, we were delighted to speak to Seng Choon Koh, founder of Dignity Kitchen, a…
Business and Human rights: Investors call on the UK Government to mandate human rights and environmental due diligence
United Kingdom - September 27 2022 The expectation for businesses to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence (“HREDD“) is increasingly becoming mandated by legislators…
