Compliance and crisis management
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Ranking, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Financing, Capital Markets, Compliance and crisis management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Dispute Resolution, Restructuring and Insolvency, Shipping Offshore, Competition law, Contract and Construction, Employment Law, Renewable energy and infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Commercial Property, Tax Law, Technology and digitalisation
2023
Wikborg Rein top ranked in Chambers Europe 2023
We are very pleased to announce that we have also in 2023 been top ranked in Chambers Europe, an annual ranking guide for Europe's leading law firms.
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International sanctions and export control, Compliance and crisis management
2023
Sanctions and money laundering on the agenda
On Thursday last week, we kicked off the first anniversary seminar of the year with our Sanctions and Money Laundering Day at the National Museum.
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Shipping Offshore, Compliance and crisis management, International sanctions and export control
2022
The year of sanctions – some lessons learnt
The massive and unprecedented sanctions imposed against Russia have required significant efforts to manage the risks and impact of sanctions, particularly in view of creative attempts to circumvent by some parties. In this article we explain why you should update your sanctions clause, and how to ensure that it is fit for purpose.
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Renewable energy and infrastructure, Sustainability, International sanctions and export control, Compliance and crisis management
2022
This is what we will do at Arendalsuka in 2022
New rules for wind power on land, Russia sanctions, and the consequences of the Transparency Act are items on the agenda when Wikborg Rein invites to three events at the country’s largest meeting point for politics and business life.
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Ranking, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Financing, Capital Markets, Compliance and crisis management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Dispute Resolution, Restructuring and Insolvency, Shipping Offshore, Competition law, Contract and Construction, Employment Law, Renewable energy and infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Commercial Property, Tax Law, Technology and digitalisation
2022
Wikborg Rein top ranked in Chambers Europe 2022
We are very pleased to announce that we have also in 2022 taken another step up in Chambers Europe, an annual ranking guide for Europe's leading law firms.
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Compliance and crisis management, Company Law, Sustainability, State aid and EU/EEA law
2022
Proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: extensive due diligence requirements
On 23 February 2022, the European Commission adopted its proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (the "CSDD Directive"). The proposal has been called a game-changer in the way companies operate their business activities throughout the global value chain, and sets out extensive sustainability due diligence requirements as well as introducing new corporate governance obligations for in-scope companies.
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Compliance and crisis management
2021
Implementation deadline for the EU's Whistleblowing Directive
17 December was the deadline for Member States of the EU to introduce domestic legislation to implement the requirements of the EU's Whistleblowing Directive. The Directive requires a majority of companies in the EU to implement whistleblowing procedures in line with the Directive's at times prescriptive requirements. In this article we assess the impact these requirements are likely to have on companies with offices in one or more EU Member States.
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Compliance and crisis management
2019
A responsible business life
We are fully aware of the fact that businesses may have great impact on environment, society and individuals. Still, the last couple of years we have seen a significant development regarding requirements and expectations for businesses to act responsibly. Increasingly more investors and companies are focusing on responsibility and sustainability – business and ethics coincide.
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Compliance and crisis management
2018
Guidance on drafting and interpreting contractual sanctions clauses
In this article, we discuss the first UK case dealing with the scope of a sanctions exclusion clause in the context of the re-imposed US sanctions on Iran and the EU Blocking Regulation. We also provide some pointers for in-house counsel drafting sanctions exclusion clauses.
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Compliance and crisis management
2018
Privilege in the UK – a landmark decision
A High Court decision limiting privilege in relation to advice prepared for a company regarding claims of fraud and corruption has recently been overturned by the Court of Appeal in London. The decision widens the scope of protection for disclosing documents created by internal investigations and should give comfort to organisations facing such allegations.
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International sanctions and export control, Compliance and crisis management
2018
What Do President Trump's Iran Threats Mean for Norwegian Companies?
At last month's State of the Union address, President Trump called on Congress to "address the fundamental flaws in the terrible Iran nuclear deal". Trump has been attacking the deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the "JCPOA"), since he began campaigning for the presidency. But this latest statement, made at one of Washington's most important political events and coming on the heels of Trump's January 12 threat to withdraw from the JCPOA, suggests that the president may be closer to taking action. If Trump does decide to end US participation in the JCPOA, how will he do it? And what will this mean for Norwegian companies considering business in Iran?
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International sanctions and export control, Compliance and crisis management
2018
Considerations for Norwegian Companies after the US Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal
On May 8, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, otherwise known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ("JCPOA"), and re-impose the sanctions that the US had lifted under the deal. This will have important ramifications for Norwegian companies as the United States will quickly revert to the sanctions regime that existed before the JCPOA.