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A coalface view on the US market regulator's no-guilt deals
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No apologies - a coalface view on the US market regulator's no-guilt deals

The Securities and Exchange Commission's no-guilt deals can be a boon to in-house lawyers, writes Corporate Counsel's Sue Reisinger...
18 minute read

International Edition

Lawyers as gate-keepers - a return to ethics?

The business pages tell us corporate leaders, perhaps cowed by reactions to exec pay and the more general desire to rebuild the legitimacy of capitalism, are increasingly interested in ethics. An interesting question is whether this change, if it is real, will permeate into the way lawyers advise their clients.
6 minute read

International Edition

FSA managing director Cole announces exit from regulator

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced that managing director Margaret Cole is set to leave the regulator later this year. Her departure comes ahead of the Government's 'twin peaks' overhaul of the FSA, which from 2 April will see the regulator split into two, with one arm focusing on prudential regulation and the other on conduct.
3 minute read

International Edition

Double jeopardy - finding a balance in enforcement actions for companies

Peter Herbel, Beat Hess and Massimo Mantovani on the need for a 
balance between anti-bribery enforcement and unfairly duplicated proceedings
6 minute read

International Edition

Separating out legal and compliance functions – the view from America

The Securities and Exchange Commission's new whistle-blower programme could cause headaches for GCs
5 minute read

International Edition

Legal education review under scrutiny as profession awaits first progress report

"Even if the research team manages to make recommendations in time for the 2012 deadline, I am sure the regulators will drag their heels when it comes to implementation" - Cynics call for more progress on the review of legal education...
6 minute read

International Edition

A&O adds partner to new Washington office with O'Melveny hire

Allen & Overy (A&O) has added another O'Melveny & Myers partner to its recently-launched Washington DC base, as the firm moves to beef up its banking regulatory capabilities in the office. The magic circle firm has recruited US financial services regulatory partner Bill Satchell for the new DC base, where he will join his former O'Melveny colleagues Barbara Stettner, Chris Salter and Charles Borden.
2 minute read

International Edition

Orrick to launch City regulatory team with senior in-house duo

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is launching a regulatory practice in the City with the hire of two in-house lawyers from London-based liquidity provider Liquid Capital Markets (LCM). The US firm is set to bring in LCM's head of legal, Sam Millar, and fellow legal counsel Tony Katz as partners next month. Millar initially joined LCM from Jones Day in 2008, with Katz following in 2009 from the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
2 minute read

International Edition

BBC Trust names Bakers as sole legal adviser after competitive tender

Baker & McKenzie has been appointed as the sole legal adviser to the BBC Trust on regulatory matters following a competitive tender exercise. The Trust, which acts as the broadcasting company's governing body, has instructed Bakers in this capacity since its inception in 2007, but re-tendered earlier this year after the appointment of Lord Patten – a former Cabinet minister and chairman of the Conservative Party – as its chairman. The competitive tender process involved half a dozen UK law firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Simmons & Simmons and Field Fisher Waterhouse.
2 minute read

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