Financial Services & Tax

Articles

The pressure on Western universities to divest in fossil fuels: navigating legal complexities and environmental responsibilities

Ben Standing, a partner specialising in environmental law at Browne Jacobson, discusses the legal, ethical and financial issues related to the divestment in fossil fuels by Western universities

The FCA annual report and reflections on enforcement

Emma Probyn, Partner, and Sharon Grennan, Knowledge Lawyer, from Freshfields’ financial institutions disputes practice, share their thoughts on the latest annual report from the Financial Conduct Authority

Nick Ephgrave’s first year as SFO Director

Lloyd Firth, counsel, and Fred Saugman, senior associate, in WilmerHale’s UK white collar defence and investigations team, reflect on the first year of Nick Ephgrave’s tenure at the Serious Fraud Office

Financial remedy: Do we still share and share alike after Standish?

Katharine Bundell, Barrister at 4PB, dissects the ruling in Standish and what it means for fairness in terms of the division of marital assets

Latest annual report shows significant uptick in the FCA’s interventions in regard to authorised firms

Pete Chapman and Tim Thomas from Richardson Lissack make sense of the regulator’s latest annual report and accounts

Some unanticipated consequences of the new senior managers offence and what law firms should be doing about them

Steve Smith and Deborah Williams from the financial services disputes and investigations team at Eversheds Sutherland discuss the unanticipated consequences of the new senior managers offence introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, with a particular focus on law firms

Crypto regulation starts to de-crypt

Following the conviction of John Ross Rennie for his involvement in a cryptocurrency robbery and the seizure of such assets by the courts, Tom Walker, Legal Director and Barrister at Blake Morgan LLP, looks at the regulation of crypto-assets and the range of interventions available

The Payment Systems Regulator’s proposal to lower the APP fraud reimbursement limit

Dan Wyatt, Partner at RPC, shares his thoughts on the unexpected consultation by the UK Payment Systems Regulator on whether the proposed reimbursement limit concerning authorised push payment fraud should be reduced