On 1 July 2019, significant amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism and Proliferation Financing (AML Law) came into force. The amendments supplement the AML Law with new subjects of beneficial owners’ (BO) disclosure obligation and new rights of the Company Register: to request supporting documentation on the BO of […]
Our Risk Management, Corporate Crime Investigations & Defence team helped Tallinn city government to formulate its new anti-corruption strategy. To outline the strategy, research was carried out from June 2018 to March 2019. This mainly covered three areas: review of the city’s internal policies and their legality; supervision of property transactions; and random inspection of […]
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On 8 December 2018, a report entitled “Structured Settlements for Corruption Offences: Towards Global Standards?” edited by the Anti-Corruption Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) was published. The report was produced as part of an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) project on structured settlement standards in global corruption cases. The objective of […]
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On 21 June during the graduation ceremony of Vilnius University Faculty of Law, Sorainen awarded the authors of the best master theses on the topic of criminal law. The best thesis was selected by a five-person commission representing Sorainen and the Law Faculty of Vilnius University. The author of the best master thesis was announced […]
Tallinn City mayor Taavi Aas has formed a working group tasked with developing an anti-corruption strategy for the city. The Sorainen white-collar investigation team, consisting of counsel Norman Aas, partner Carri Ginter and associate Merika Nimmo, has been invited by Tallinn City government to participate in the working group as external advisor. The Sorainen team […]