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Our specialist teams advise on compliance, investigations and claims, from the development and improvement of compliance controls and systems, including embedding those procedures into the corporate culture, through to investigating issues when they go wrong and defending clients before regulators, prosecutors and in civil proceedings arising from the same issues.”

Our team spans a number of key practice areas, including financial crime, employment, financial services enforcement, competition, data protection, health and safety, environment, sanctions and professional and clinical risks. Through CMS' extensive global network, we can also provide you with seamless advice on cross-border issues.

You can find out about how CMS can help you by visiting the pages below:

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03/06/2018
Highlights of our Experience in Risk & Investigations in the UK
A multi-national and rapidly growing technology company on establishing internal guidelines and controls to ensure that they did not breach sanctions and money-laundering rules. Coordinating a review...
01/01/2019
Risk & Investigations Service
Fraud, corruption, tax evasion and money laundering are issues high on the public, political and enforcement agendas around the world. Regulatory and trade bodies’ more stringent restrictions and transparency...

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24/01/2024
Risk Essentials: Dispute resolution clauses - more care, less abandon
Poorly drafted dispute provisions not only fail the primary objective of directing disputes into the agreed forum but can also add a layer of dispute before the real dispute resolution starts. In this...
14/12/2023
Bribery in the gambling sector: change,“non-leg­al­ity” and grey areas
For several years the UK authorities, including HMRC, have been investigating allegations of bribery in connection with gambling operations in or relating to Türkiye (the new official name of Turkey)...
27/11/2023
Video surveillance in personal injury cases - QBE UK Limited v Mark Raymond...
An individual who exaggerated his injuries following an accident at work has been found in contempt of court and sentenced to 10 months, following the use of surveillance footage by insurer, QBE.Back­groun­dOn...
27/10/2023
In overturning USD 11 billion award for fraud, High Court invites discussion...
On 23 October, in The Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process & Industrial Developments Ltd. [2023] EWHC 2638 (Comm), Mr Justice Robin Knowles found that an arbitration award for USD 11 billion had been...
30/08/2023
The English court has jurisdiction to hear a conspiracy claim against a...
SummaryThe Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a jurisdictional challenge in relation to a claim brought by a commercial bank in Uganda, Crane Bank Limited (“CBL”), and its shareholders against...
06/06/2023
Limitation periods in fraud claims: Court of Appeal clarification
IntroductionThe Court of Appeal (“CA”) has recently considered the application of s.32(1)(a) of the Limitation Act 1980 (“LA 1980”) which provides that where an action is based on the fraud of...
21/04/2023
Corporate failure to prevent fraud – a new era in UK law
Corporate Criminal LiabilityIt used to be that company law and criminal law had very little to do with each other.  From the nineteenth century onwards, what we might call the “classical” theory...
07/02/2023
HMRC update guidance on whether offshore unit trusts are required to register...
HMRC have updated their Trust Registration Service (“TRS”) manual to state that unauthorised unit trusts (such as JUTs and GUTs) will need to consider whether they are required to register trust details...
10/01/2023
Please release me - Court of Appeal clarifies how the scope of a settlement...
The Court of Appeal has given guidance on the construction of a settlement agreement that is expressed to release claims unknown to either party at the date of settlement, confirming that claims in conspiracy...
05/01/2023
Important deadline imminent for Economic Crime Act
Summary The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 has set up a new Companies House register for overseas entities that own certain property registered at the Land Registry in England...
22/12/2022
Supreme Court strikes out £116 million claim for breach of Quincecare duty...
The UK Supreme Court has handed down its judgment in Stanford International Bank Ltd (In Liquidation) (Appellant) v HSBC Bank PLC (Respondent) [2022] UKSC 34, striking out a significant claim (£116m)...
07/12/2022
English High Court grants summary judgment in cryptoasset fraud claim
The English High Court has recently granted summary judgment in favour of Mr Gary Jones, who brought claims against the First Defendant (the persons unknown who transferred Mr Jones’ crypto­cur­ren­cies...