Former FBI lawyer Lisa Osofsky is to be the next director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Osofsky, an expert on money laundering, prosecuted more than 100 cases during a 30-year career. She has also worked in the private sector, including for Goldman Sachs. Robert Amaee, a former head of anti-corruption at the SFO and now partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, predicted Osofsky would steer the organisation ‘to be ever more aggressive in targeting proceeds of crime and suspected money launderers’ and would make use of ‘the new unexplained wealth orders and the upcoming public register of company beneficial ownership’.
07 June 2018
From the FBI to the SFO
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes
NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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