The AML Resolution introduces a number of significant enhancements to the UAE AML regime including: (a) the introduction of the “risk-based approach” to AML regulation, whereby FIs and DNFBPs are required to assess a client’s money laundering risk (“ML risk”), assign an ML risk level to each client, and carry…
Greater scrutiny into financial crimes The newly enacted Federal Law No. 20 of 2018 on Anti-Money Laundering Law…
Over the past week, various reports from news outlets and other sources have suggested that some of the…
Across the globe, tax is at the top of the agenda in newsrooms and boardrooms alike, owing to a marked rise in the number of cases being contested. New research Baker McKenzie recently conducted shows that the amount of tax globally under dispute is so large that it wipes out…
October 2018 The state of United States (US), European Union (EU), and other sanctions regimes is in flux…
We are pleased to invite you to our workshop on “Managing Risk: Compliance in the Healthcare Sector in the Middle East” that will take place in our offices in Dubai on February 26, 2018.
Building on the success of 2016’s “EMEA Corporate Liability Handbook,” we are pleased to present you with the first global edition that collates and describes in detail the corporate liability and corporate crime regimes of countries in Asia, EMEA and the Americas.
We have summarized the results of the compliance studies of the past 12 months and summarized the results in this post. Find out how you measure up against the benchmark.
We are very pleased to present you the latest edition of our Global Overview of Anti-Bribery Laws Handbook, updated with detailed information about key legislative and enforcement activity in the anti-bribery and corruption sphere.
Transparency International has launched its latest 2016 Corruption Perception Index. China’s ranking continues to improve, moving up by four places from last year’s rank of 83 to a rank this year of 79. Find out more about the other highlights.