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Fraud and corruption in emerging markets - Legal Week Q&A in association with Kroll

In this video, Kroll managing director Zoe Newman and Boston Consulting Group general counsel Jeremy Barton talk to Legal Week director of research Des Cahill about fraud and corruption in emerging markets.
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SFO recruits Norton Rose Fulbright associate as bribery & corruption co-head

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has appointed a Norton Rose Fulbright senior associate as the joint head of its bribery and corruption division. Ben Morgan, previously based in Norton Rose Fulbright's business ethics and anti-corruption team, replaces Patrick Rappo, who stepped down from the role in April to join US firm Steptoe & Johnson as a partner.
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Ropes & Gray takes lead role on GSK probe into China bribery claims

Ropes & Gray has been appointed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to lead an internal investigation at the pharmaceutical giant, after Chinese officials alleged the company had engaged in bribery in China. Chinese authorities have claimed executives at GSK used a network of middlemen to bribe doctors in return for prescribing the company's drugs.
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Crown Prosecution Service London chief to replace Starmer as DPP

Alison Saunders, the chief of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in London, has been appointed to succeed Keir Starmer as the director of public prosecutions (DPP). Saunders becomes the first DPP directly appointed from within the CPS, and only the second woman in the history of the position.
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Kirkland secures trophy hire of SEC enforcement head Khuzami

Kirkland & Ellis has hired Robert Khuzami, former director of enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to the firm's government regulatory and internal investigations group. The move - for which Khuzami has reportedly been guaranteed $5m (£3.3m) a year for two years - represents a trophy hire for the Chicago-headquartered firm.
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Simmons and Macfarlanes advise as NYSE Euronext takes control of Libor

Macfarlanes and Simmons & Simmons have landed key roles in a process that has seen NYSE Euronext take over from the British Banker's Association (BBA) as administrator for scandal-hit Libor. Simmons retained its role as legal adviser to the committee selecting an administrator for the London interbank offered rate. The BBA approved the government-backed Hogg Tendering Advisory Committee's recommendation for NYSE Euronext to oversee Libor yesterday (9 July), which is set to come into effect in early 2014.
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Former Linklaters legal services supervisor faces fraud charge

A former Linklaters employee connected to a recent employment tribunal case is facing charges of defrauding the magic circle firm. Raza Kanval, 34, a former supervisor at Linklaters' London legal services centre, appeared at City of London Magistrates' Court yesterday (18 June). He appeared alongside 29-year-old Karim Rashid, who is accused of possessing £86,869.55 in criminal proceeds.
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International Edition

US-style plea bargains draw nearer as bill receives royal assent

Laws which will pave the way for deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in England and Wales have been given Royal Assent. Schedule 16 of the Crime and Courts Bill, which was passed into law last week (25 April), contains provisions for a prosecutor and defendant to reach plea-bargaining type settlements widely used in the US.
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International Edition

CPS begins search for new DPP as Starmer confirms end of tenure

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) director of public prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer QC is to step down from his role at the end of his five year term in October this year, it was announced today (24 April). The CPS said the search for a replacement would begin today, with the attorney general's office leading the recruitment process.
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SFO co-head of bribery and corruption joins US law firm's London base

Steptoe & Johnson has recruited the Serious Fraud Office's (SFO's) joint head of bribery and corruption as a partner for its London office. Patrick Rappo, who joins the US firm's white-collar criminal defence practice today (15 April), practised as a barrister for 12 years prior to joining the SFO in 2007. At Steptoe he will work across regulation, compliance and litigation.
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