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UK Serious Fraud Office Issues New Self-Reporting and Corporate Cooperation Guidance

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On 24 April 2025, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued new guidance to encourage companies to self-report suspected corporate wrongdoing.  The guidance states that self-reporting, combined with full cooperation with the...more

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Eye on Economic Crime: SFO Releases New Guidance on Corporate Cooperation and Enforcement

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On 24 April 2025, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) launched new guidance for corporates on self-reporting, cooperation and deferred prosecution agreements (“DPAs”). Among other things, the new guidance states that, if a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Serious Fraud Office Releases New Guidance on Self-Reporting, Cooperation and Deferred Prosecution Agreements

On 24 April 2025, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) released new guidance on corporate self-reporting, cooperation and deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs)....more

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Key Takeaways From the SFO’s New Corporate Guidance

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The updated guidance puts a heavy emphasis on self-reporting and clarifies how corporates under investigation can earn cooperation credit from UK prosecutors....more

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SFO's new self-reporting guidance: A new deal or a departure from justice?

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On 24 April 2025, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued new guidance signalling a notable shift in its approach to corporate criminal enforcement. For the first time, the SFO has stated that if a company self-reports...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Further Guidance from the SFO on Deferred Prosecution Agreements ("DPAs")

The Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) has recently updated its Operational Handbook to include a chapter on DPAs (the "Updated Handbook"). For companies under investigation, the question of whether or not to cooperate with the...more

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Sarclad Bribery Acquittals: Self-reports to SFO and agreeing a DPA

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On 16 July 2019, three individuals were acquitted of conspiracy to corrupt and conspiracy to bribe. On the basis of the same evidence, their employer, Sarclad Limited, had previously admitted corporate criminal liability and...more

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SFO Director Attacks Privilege Ahead of Corporate Guidance on Cooperation

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The Director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Lisa Osofsky, has promised to provide companies with concrete guidance on cooperation with the SFO. Based on her recent comments, this guidance is likely to encourage...more

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The Bribery Act 2010 - Where Are We?

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This is the first of a series of articles on the House of Lords Select Committee’s recent report, entitled “The Bribery Act 2010: post-legislative scrutiny”, in which members of BCLP’s White Collar team review the report. ...more

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SFO Update: Lisa Osofsky’s First 50 Days

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New SFO Director reaffirms her intentions and priorities for the agency. Fifty days have passed since Lisa Osofsky took over at the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), pledging to be a “different kind” of director....more

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Blog: Skansen Interiors Limited: The UK’s first contested prosecution under S7 of the Bribery Act

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The recent conviction of UK company Skansen Interiors Limited (SIL), for the corporate offence of failure to prevent bribery has caused controversy. This is the first conviction under S7 of the Bribery Act after a contested...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

UK Jury Verdict Clarifies “Adequate Procedures” Under UK Bribery Act

In an important decision given on February 21, 2018, a jury in English court proceedings has considered for the first time what “adequate procedures” should be for the purpose of a defense to the corporate offense of failing...more

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Businesses face unlimited fines for failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion

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Introduction - As part of a global crackdown on tax evasion, the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the Act) introduced a new offence. From 30 September 2017, an organisation commits a criminal offence if an employee or...more

Jones Day

Significant Reform Signalled for Australia's Foreign Bribery Regime

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On 6 December 2017, the Commonwealth Government announced its intention to significantly reform Australia's existing anti-foreign bribery regime. The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2017, now...more

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Criminal justice: How best to stop economic crime

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Speaking at the 35th annual Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, Robert Buckland QC MP, the Solicitor General for England and Wales, and David Green QC, Director of the SFO, addressed the question, “Preventing...more

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The UK’s second DPA: a hopeful judgment

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The approval of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and XYZ Limited (XYZ) by Leveson LJ on 8 July 2016 has generated much breathless commentary, not least because it is only the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The UK Bribery Act: SFO Procedures and DPA Process

A couple of recent articles about the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) caught my attention. One was on thebriberyact.com, entitled “Opinion: DPA’s must show greater benefits. We discuss the Criteria & Process for a DPA set out...more

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SFO Spells Out What It Means By "Cooperation"

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In a speech on 18 May 2016 Matthew Wagstaff, Joint Head of Bribery and Corruption at the Serious Fraud Office, spoke about what the Serious Fraud Office regards as proper cooperation. Michelle de Kluyver, Counsel at Allen &...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for April 2016

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Dorsey Anti-Corruption Digest - April 2016

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Welcome to Dorsey & Whitney’s monthly Anti-Corruption Digest. In this digest, we draw together news of enforcement activity throughout the world and aim to reduce your information overload. Our London, Minneapolis, New York...more

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A transatlantic consideration of recent developments in corporate self-reporting

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More carrot, less stick? On 5 April 2016, the Fraud Section of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division issued an Enforcement Plan and Guidance (the DOJ Guidance), setting out the steps that it is taking to...more

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First DPA in the U.K. Signals Britain is Serious About Bribery & Corruption

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Late last year, ICBC Standard Bank Plc, a U.K.-based financial institution with operations around the world, agreed to pay a $37 million fine and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with British financial...more

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Takeaways From UK's 1st Deferred Prosecution Agreement

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In a judgment published on Nov. 30, Lord Justice Brian Leveson approved the first deferred prosecution agreement in the U.K., which was negotiated between the Serious Fraud Office and ICBC Standard Bank PLC. Lord Justice...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

First UK Deferred Prosecution Agreement Agreed by SFO

At a hearing on November 30, 2015, Southwark Crown Court approved the first deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in the UK. DPAs have been available for use by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) since February 2014, following...more

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The Future of U.K. Enforcement of Financial Crimes: Four Clues for 2015

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The legal and compliance landscape is changing quickly—it’s up to organisations that do business in the U.K. to strengthen their compliance programmes to meet these new challenges. In this whitepaper, Andrew Foose, vice...more

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