The Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (“Act”) received Royal Assent on 12 February 2019. The Act allows UK law enforcement agencies including the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), HMRC and the Financial Conduct Authority to apply for a court order with extra-territorial effect (an Overseas Production Order or “OPO”) to…
The Financial Intelligence Centre Act of 2001 (“FICA”) was amended by the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Act of…
Recent amendments to the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap. 65A) (the…
President Jair Bolsonaro signed three bills that belong to the anti-crime and anti-corruption package proposed by Justice and Public Security Minister, Sergio Moro. The anti-crime and anti-corruption package propose amendments to fourteen different laws, including the Criminal Code, Criminal Process Code, Criminal Execution Law, Heinous Crimes Law, and Electoral Code.…
Cooperation agreement between Brazil and Chile In April 2019, Brazil’s Office of the Comptroller General (CGU) and Chile’s…
The Criminal Code was amended through Organic Law 1/2019 (the “Law”) to incorporate certain EU Directives, specifically Directive…
Following the adoption of amendments to the Code on Public Health and Healthcare System, which introduced for the first time in Kazakhstan certain standards for ethical business practices with regard to the promotion of pharmaceutical products and medical devices, the Ministry of Healthcare recently published rules for ethical promotion of…
Ahead of the Baker McKenzie African Transactional Summit taking place in Johannesburg in May 2019, Baker McKenzie lawyers based…
On April 30, 2019, the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Brian Benczkowski, announced…
Despite geopolitical shifts, uncertainty and various factors that seem to affect numerous sectors, the global luxury and fashion industry has tripled in the last 20 years to approximately $300 billion and continues to grow rapidly. But with that broadening and diversification comes a whole new set of business challenges to…