March 2020 Issue
Q&A: Managing third-party risks: due diligence and decision making
FW moderates a discussion on managing third-party risks with due diligence and decision making between Pete Woglom and Joann Arweiler at BDO.
Welcome to 2020 – the year of digital risk
With holiday season a distant memory, most of us are currently either in annual planning mode or in the early days of executing risk plans. This year feels different – and it is not simply because of current events affecting the UK, including Brexit. 2020 has been…
How to be sanctions compliant in a shifting sanctions landscape
International Compliance Association A recent tweet by US secretary of state Mike Pompeo announced new sanctions against entities in China, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which did business with Iran. “Maximum pressure on the Iranian regime…
Gibbs Giden Picture any large-scale transaction, whether it be a commercial lease, construction project contract or licensing agreement. The parties have negotiated the deal for months and spent thousands of dollars in legal fees. Finally, the day has come to sign on…
Financial services: in the focus of the competition authorities, with new challenges ahead
Baker Botts Few sectors have attracted more attention from the antitrust agencies in recent years than the financial sector. The last five years have seen unprecedented enforcement activity with multibillion-dollar fines and civil damages actions against the world’s leading…
Utilising the IRS streamlined compliance programme to manage US tax risk
Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C. United States (US) taxpayers living abroad who have not filed US tax returns should take steps now to minimise their tax risk before it is too late. Presently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides various options to correct one’s taxes in the form of disclosure…
CONTRIBUTORS
Baker Botts
BDO
Gibbs Giden
Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C.
International Compliance Association