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A&O Shearman Becomes First Long-Term Corporate Partner to UN Refugee Agency

The partnership will see the firm donate up to £500,000 of partner profits to the emergency fund over the next five years.
2 minute read

International Edition

White & Case Brought in as Mike Ashley Demands Boohoo CEO Role

The fast-fashion retailer is undergoing a strategic review, having earlier this week secured a £222 million debt financing agreement to help shore up its finances.
2 minute read

International Edition

Awash With Social Concerns: Why and Where the Law is Changing

Regulatory pressure on greenwashing is why a similar trend is emerging for social washing.
5 minute read

International Edition

Carrots vs. Sticks: How Companies Are Using Corporate Compliance Strategies to Fight Corruption in Latin America

Corruption in Latin America remains widespread, despite government efforts to curtail it, but businesses operating in the region are rising to the challenge. Data from a recent survey reveals that corporations are increasingly responding to elevated corruption risks and low levels of trust in state institutions by adopting sophisticated compliance strategies that mitigate risks and protect legitimate business operations. (Part 2)
5 minute read

International Edition

Carrots vs. Sticks: Corporate Compliance, Not Enforcement, Is Driving the Fight Against Corruption in Latin America

Corruption in Latin America remains widespread despite government efforts to curtail it, but businesses operating in the region are rising to the challenge. Data from a recent survey reveals that corporations are increasingly responding to elevated corruption risks and low levels of trust in state institutions by adopting sophisticated compliance strategies that mitigate risks and protect legitimate business operations.
5 minute read

International Edition

'Firms Fear the PR Hit, Not the Sanction': Big Law on Edge After Simpson Thacher AML Prosecution

The London office of another prestigious New York-headquartered law firm has expressed concern over the news this week that Simpson Thacher will face a U.K. tribunal for alleged AML shortcomings.
5 minute read

International Edition

General Counsel Should Help Prevent Greenwashing, Australia Securities Regulator Says

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has been very focused on greenwashing and is likely to launch more prosecutions.
5 minute read

International Edition

Gibson Dunn Guides UK Takeover Panel to Issuing Toughest Ever Punishment

The ten individuals have been punished for breaches to the code from over a decade ago.
2 minute read

International Edition

Shareholder Activism on the Rise: What Investors and Companies Need to Know

The practice made headlines recently when Disney fended off activist investors, writes an A&O Shearman Johannesburg lawyer.
5 minute read

International Edition

Latham's Elisabetta Righini on Why Brussels Is a Must for a Career in Antitrust 

Righini was one of the first WTO litigators in private practice in the late 1990s—an expertise that got her recruited by the European Commission, where she would spend over a decade. 
6 minute read

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