Baker McKenzie

With global acknowledgement of the spiraling negative impact of carbon emissions on the planet, many countries are swiftly launching efficient, low-cost hydrogen-based solutions for the future mobility industry and have agreed to accelerate zero-emission vehicles at the recent COP26 conference. The goal is to have climate-friendly techniques on road vehicles, synthetic fuels and, for the aviation...

New Cambodia Sanctions and Steve Bannon Indictment

This week's discussion will cover the following:  Managing Allegations of Workplace Wrongdoing: Independent Investigator's Report on Chicago Blackhawks Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

En el primer episodio de la segunda temporada del Podcast de Compliance de la oficina de Caracas de Baker McKenzie, nos vista Diego Castagnino, abogado y profesor venezolano con una amplia experiencia en temas corporativos y de arbitraje. En esta conversación, Diego nos presenta su perspectiva desde el sector privado y desde la academia para ayudarnos a entender los retos de la cultura de la...

This week's discussion will cover the following:  CFTC v. HDR GLOBAL TRADING LIMITED, ET AL Motion to Dismiss Unregistered Crypto Exchange Claims Control Person Liability Runs Into "Minimum Contacts"    House Committee on January 6 Attack Subpoenas Trump Advisors

Hailed as the solution to alleviate some of the challenges of on-the-ground transportation (infrastructure constraints, congestion and the like), eVTOLs - or electric vertical take-off and landing aircrafts - represent the next technological evolution in the sector of on-demand shared transportation through services like air taxis. With giant technological leaps being made in the sector and expect...

The third installment of our Future Mobility meets…series takes you on the road along with consumers who are now opting for clean, efficient and performing connected vehicles. At the core of future mobility developments, the connected car is without doubt one of the most exciting areas of innovation for the automotive industry. But of course, with innovation comes a combination of new legal requir...

In this second instalment, we take you around the world of Smart Cities and the exciting developments happening right now to ensure technology is put at the service of the urban citizen's well-being. Nicolas Kredel, Andrew MacKenzie, Yaeko Hodaka and Raffaele Giarda explore the commercial and legal aspects of a not-so-futuristic topic.

 Partners Nicolas Kredel, Anahita Thoms and John Watson set out the main questions the mobility industry should address to stay ahead of the sustainability curve, as well as the manner in which companies' legal departments can maximize the opportunities offered by this global trend.

This week's discussion will cover the following:  Details Behind The SEC Whistleblower Award That Pushed the Program Over $1 Billion in Whistleblower Payouts SEC v. DAYAKAR R. MALLU  - Tipper-Tippee Insider Trading Case - SEC Investigation Tactics and Trends Indictment of lawyer by Trump-appointed Special Counsel for lying to the FBI in Russia investigation.

This week's discussion will cover the Elizabeth Holmes Theranos trial. 

This week’s discussion will cover the following: Organized crime charges in new elder abuse case Novel SEC Insider Trading Action -- Shadow Trading --  SEC v. Matthew Panuwa Quick blurb on 18 year old and under crackdown on video game playing in China SEC v. MANISH LACHWANI  - The SEC's Enforcement Focus on Unicorns

This week's discussion will cover the following:  Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Report on Lessons of Corruption in AfghanistanNovel SEC Insider Trading Action -- Shadow Trading -- SEC v. Matthew Panuwa

This week's discussion will cover the following:  SEC brings charges unregistered crypto exchange: In the Matter of Poloniex, LLC The need to keep your auditor at arm's length -- SEC brings auditor independence case for audit bid-related misconduct against accounting firm, it's partners and the Chief Accounting Officer of public company: In the Matter of Ernst & Young LLP, et al. and In t...

This week's discussion will cover the following:  New DOJ opinion on Trump tax returns New DOJ policy on subpoenas to new organizations New DOJ memorandum on White House communications SEC Chair Gensler's Public Statement on Disclosures Required by Chinese Companies Listed In US

This week's discussion will cover the following: The Importance of Having Up-To-Date Automated Accounting Procedures, Effective Manual Accounting Procedures, and Trained Accounting Staff:  The SEC's Latest Accounting Case Against Tandy Leather Factory Inc. and its former chief executive officer Shannon Greene. Indictment of Trump Advisor Thomas Barrack Biden Executive Order on Promo...

This week's discussion will cover the following:• Manhattan DA's Indictment of the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg• New SEC Enforcement Director - New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal• SEC and federal criminal charges filed arising out of alleged fraudulent scheme to sell "insider trading tips" on the Dark Web- SEC v. Apostolos Trovias

• New Charges in 1MDB Case• FARA Reform Proposals• Possible New Russia Sanctions• Cyber SEC Enforcement: Latest SEC Disclosure Controls and Procedures Enforcement Case• A New SEC Cyber Enforcement Sweep

• White House strategy statement on corruption and national security • Belarus sanctions • Bulgaria sanctions • Executive Order on Western Balkans • Potential SEC ESG Disclosure Rulemaking and Materiality: Commissioners Allison Herren Lee and Elad Roisman Continue to Volley

Our podcast on Stabilizing Operations in Latin America: Restructuring and Divestment Strategies in the Energy and Mining sectors starts with a conversation with brief context of the main challenges and opportunities that energy and mining companies are experiencing due to the pandemic effects on their businesses. The conversation continues with recovery strategies that companies are anal...

Our podcast on Financial Relief Measures in Major Projects starts with an overview of a resilience stage about how major projects in Latin America have faced the pandemic effects due to the shutdown of operations or consumption downturn and how federal and state governments are reacting to provide financial relief measures to distressed companies. On a second and recovery stage, speakers...

Our podcast on Challenges and Solutions in EPC Projects in Latin America covers strategic points and legal issues one must consider in the planning stage prior to development, the most common reasons projects fail, new challenges brought on by the pandemic and how the crisis is impacting projects from a regulatory and contractual standpoint, solutions, perspectives on what the future wil...