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Martyn Draper, Head of Finance Practice at Totum Partners, explains how the finance function in law firms includes an increasing set of responsibilities

Kathleen Harris, managing partner of Arnold & Porter’s London office and co-chair of the firm’s Anti-Corruption team, examines the potential rise in SFO whistleblower-led investigations

Following the announcement by the Serious Fraud Office that Amec Foster Wheeler Energy will pay a £103m penalty in a Deferred Prosecution Agreement to settle 18 years of corruption allegations, Alex Swan at BCL Solicitors examines the implications of these much-criticised agreements between regulators and companies.

Scott+Scott Partner Tom Southwell and Counsel James Hain-Cole explain the landmark High Court claim against TikTok, and parent firm ByteDance, over the illegal collection of, and profiteering from, children’s personal data.

Bratschi’s appointment of Sandra De Vito Bieri as managing partner marks a watershed for law firms in Switzerland

As more female partners are being appointed, ‘Swiss law firms that are too conservative will have no chance’

A combination of stellar lawyers and strong connections bodes well for Advestra – the most important spin-off in the Swiss legal market for a generation

Despite the Covid challenges, Swiss law firms continue to thrive. So how do they manage it?

Any publication daring to print the above headline would normally anticipate only one response: a writ for defamation, swiftly issued by solicitors acting on behalf of the man whom it describes. Unless, of course, those words told the truth.

Is it true that cheating quarantine rules could end in a prison sentence? John Binns, partner in the Criminal Regulatory practice at BCL Solicitors explores the real risks of breaching the regulations.