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    United Kingdom: Extended powers for the Insolvency Service to investigate and sanction former directors of dissolved companies introduced
    2021-12-20

    In brief

    The Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act ("Act") received royal assent on 15 December 2021.

    The Act extends the scope of powers available to the Insolvency Service to address the issue of directors dissolving companies to avoid paying their liabilities.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, White Collar Crime, Baker McKenzie, Coronavirus, Serious Fraud Office (UK)
    Authors:
    Bevis Metcalfe , Priyanka Usmani , Matthieu Hucker
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Baker McKenzie
    United Kingdom: Extended powers for the Insolvency Service to investigate and sanction former directors of dissolved companies introduced
    2021-12-20

    In brief

    The Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act ("Act") received royal assent on 15 December 2021.

    The Act extends the scope of powers available to the Insolvency Service to address the issue of directors dissolving companies to avoid paying their liabilities.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Baker McKenzie, Coronavirus, Serious Fraud Office (UK)
    Authors:
    Bevis Metcalfe , Priyanka Usmani , Matthieu Hucker
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Baker McKenzie
    State AG Updates: November 8-12, 2021
    2021-11-29

    Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

    Monday, November 8, 2021

    Antitrust

    Filed under:
    USA, Company & Commercial, Competition & Antitrust, Environment & Climate Change, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, Real Estate, White Collar Crime, Crowell & Moring LLP, Medicaid, Cybersecurity, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (USA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 1996 (USA)
    Authors:
    Toni Michelle Jackson , Holly A. Melton
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Crowell & Moring LLP
    Case Update: Second Circuit Breathes New Life Into Madoff Trustee's Efforts to Recover Ponzi Scheme Payments
    2021-11-15

    In In re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 12 F.4th 171 (2d Cir. 2021), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit revived litigation filed by the trustee administering the assets of defunct investment firm Bernard L. Madoff Inv. Sec. LLC ("MIS") seeking to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in allegedly fraudulent transfers made to former MIS customers and certain other defendants as part of the Madoff Ponzi scheme.

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Private Client & Offshore Services, White Collar Crime, Jones Day, Due diligence, Ponzi scheme, Trustee, Second Circuit
    Authors:
    Mark G. Douglas
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Jones Day
    UK REIT Horizon Scanner Q4 2021
    2021-10-18

    UK REIT Horizon Scanner Q4 2021

    UK REIT Horizon Scanner Q4 2021

    Key Issues

    Key issues coming up for UK Main Market REITs in corporate, financial regulatory, planning, real estate, securities law and regulation and tax1 in England (including retained EU law2).

    Issue/status/timing: New developments since our March 2021 edition are shown in green text. Impact: urgency/impact rating for REITs admitted to London Stock Exchange Main Market (including the Specialist Fund Segment3)

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Competition & Antitrust, Employment & Labor, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Planning, Public, Tax, White Collar Crime, Taylor Wessing, Corporate governance, Brexit, Libor, Modern slavery, Climate change, Electric vehicle, Supply chain, Money laundering, Mediation, Gender pay gap, ESG, Coronavirus, Commercial tenant, Anti-money laundering, Cladding, SPAC, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), UK House of Commons, Competition and Markets Authority (UK), House of Lords, Bank of England, European Securities and Markets Authority, MiFID, Modern Slavery Act 2015 (UK), American Rescue Plan Act 2021 (USA)
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Taylor Wessing
    Thought Leaders - GIR 2021: Nick Wood
    2021-09-30

    “He can always see where a deal can be cut to secure recoveries cost effectively” “Nick is a very well-known and highly successful practitioner” “He has a thorough, encompassing and determined approach to cases”

    Questions & Answers

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, White Collar Crime, Who’s Who Legal
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Who’s Who Legal
    Thought Leaders - GIR 2021: Samuel D Ouriach
    2021-09-30

    “He has extensive offshore experience that is invaluable in understanding the structures that we are often dealing with” “Sam is enormously bright, very hard working and a super-pleasant fellow” “Sam combines sound technical knowledge with a great demeanour and client manner”

    Questions & Answers

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, White Collar Crime, Who’s Who Legal, Corruption
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Who’s Who Legal
    State AG Updates: August 23-27, 2021
    2021-09-02

    Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

    Monday, August 23, 2021

    Medicaid Fraud

    Filed under:
    USA, Environment & Climate Change, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Crowell & Moring LLP, Medicare, Medicaid, Climate change, Cybersecurity
    Authors:
    Toni Michelle Jackson
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Crowell & Moring LLP
    China legal update
    2021-07-30

    Ⅰ TOPICS

    今後のセミナー等の情報

    ◆AMT グレーターチャイナセミナー

    当事務所では、中国メインランド、香港、台湾について、各専門家が各分野のトピックについて解説を行うシリーズ 講座(オンラインセミナー)を開催しております。今後数回の予定は次の通りです。具体的なテーマ及び日程には 変更が生じる可能性がありますので、正確な情報は直近のメールでのご案内をご覧ください。なお、本セミナーは 本ニュースレターの受信を頂いている皆様方を中心にご案内させていただいております。  第 8 回(中国メインランド):2021 年 8 月 26 日(木)14:00  外資企業の中国進出にかかる実務的検討~外商投資法施行後の影響を踏まえて~ 講師:アソシエイト弁護士 尾関 麻帆 上海オフィス顧問 銭 一帆

     

    Filed under:
    China, Hong Kong, Japan, Arbitration & ADR, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Leisure & Tourism, Patents, Tax, White Collar Crime, Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune, Patent infringement
    Location:
    China, Hong Kong, Japan
    Firm:
    Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune
    Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q2 2021
    2021-07-29

    This quarterly civil fraud update provides a summary of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period April - June 2021.

    CONTEMPT OF COURT

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Kingsley Napley, Bribery, Injunction, Fiduciary, Abuse of process, Mediation, Contempt of court, HSBC
    Authors:
    Mary Young
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Kingsley Napley

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