2017 was an important year for the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”). The Government’s plan to merge the SFO with the National Crime Agency was scrapped, seemingly securing the SFO’s future as an independent investigator and prosecutor. 2018 looks set to be equally important. Director of the SFO, David Green, is due to step down, […]

The following (by way of example) are putting corporate leaders under more pressure than ever to fall foul of investigations and prosecutions of alleged wrongdoing; a new report has found. Cyber incidents, data privacy, rising regulation, litigation funding, and shareholder activism An analysis published by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty claimed that directors and officers […]