Region: South Africa

In the latest counsel watch, GIR looks at the white-collar lawyers acting for cryptocurrency company Binance, and those involved in recent cross-border bribery settlements and the US case against crypto company FTX’s founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

05 January 2023

ABB’s demonstration of intent to self-disclose bribery misconduct before a media report broke helped the repeat FCPA offender obtain a parent-level DPA, the principal associate deputy attorney general said.

07 December 2022

The SEC levied a $75 million civil penalty on ABB, a Korean data company has been debarred from the World Bank, and Mexican bribery charges have been added to the DOJ’s case against Javier Aguilar.

05 December 2022

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In the latest roundup, Swiss lender Credit Suisse has brought in a new chief compliance officer after her predecessor was in the role for just one year, while several law firms have announced promotions to partner level.

03 November 2022

30 September 2022

South Africa’s central bank has fined Nedbank 35 million rands ($2.1 million) after an inspection beginning in early 2019 identified various problems in its compliance with anti-money laundering legislation.

15 August 2022

South African lawyers say the arrests of the Gupta brothers in Dubai on Monday are a real “milestone” but warned that it could take years for the pair to face trial over their alleged role in widespread corruption in South Africa.

09 June 2022

In the latest people news roundup, a former SFO prosecutor has joined Greenberg Traurig following a flurry of appointments and departures in the firm’s London office, while Nardello has hired an ex-CIA analyst.

11 May 2022

Experts said the Anti-Corruption Authority of South Africa would be hamstrung by the public prosecutor’s poor financial crime track record.

10 January 2022

05 January 2022