Sentences with phrase «including civil asset»

Marcela has experience representing a wide range of Latin American and other foreign clients in the United States as well as domestic clients in international transaction and litigation matters, including civil asset forfeiture defense, regulatory compliance and financial services.

Raised in Colombia, Marcela has experience representing a wide range of Latin American and other foreign clients in the United States as well as domestic clients in international transaction and litigation matters, including civil asset forfeiture defense, regulatory compliance and financial services.

Not exact matches

Advisers who presently are fiduciaries may be especially likely to fully satisfy the PTEs» Impartial Conduct Standards before January 1, 2018, in the ERISA - plan context, because advisers who make recommendations to plans and plan participants regarding plan assets, including recommendations on rollovers or distributions of plan assets, are already subject to standards of prudence and loyalty under ERISA and a violation of the Impartial Conduct Standards would be subject to claims for civil liability under ERISA.

FATF, civil society and private sector representatives met for a constructive discussion on key issues which included combatting de-risking, digital identification and crypto assets.

Transactions related to 1MDB are under investigation in six countries including the United States, where the Department of Justice has launched civil cases to recover assets linked to the fund.

The Enrollment Program also authorizes a superior court to have jurisdiction over enrollees by allowing it to «appoint a receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court for a defendant or the defendant's assets,» as well as authorizes the Commissioner of Business Oversight to «include in civil actions claims for ancillary relief, including restitution and disgorgement, on behalf of a person injured, as well as attorney's fees and costs, and civil penalties of up to $ 25,000» for up to four years after the purported violation occurred and «refer evidence regarding violations of the bill's provisions to the Attorney General, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury, or the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who would be authorized, with or without this type of a reference, to institute appropriate proceedings.»

If Mr. Adams knowingly hid income from the COIB, however, he could face fines or worse: according to a city statute, «failure to file, failure to include assets or liabilities, and misstatement of assets» is a misdemeanor that can lead to a fine of up to $ 1,000, a prison sentence of up to a year, or a civil penalty.

Although a civil agency, their enforcement tools include civil penalties (fines), the power to go directly to federal court to freeze corporate and personal assets, obtain injunctions, and return money to victims.

In April 2008, the Serious Crime Act 2007 transferred the civil recovery powers formerly vested in the Assets Recovery Agency to a number of agencies including the SFO.

He is regularly instructed on disputes concerning civil fraud and asset tracing, banking and other financial litigation, and company law disputes of one sort of another (including shareholder disputes or claims against directors).

These include shareholder and partnership disputes; the investigation and pursuit of civil fraud claims against directors, employees and third parties; international asset tracing; professional negligence claims (including against office holders); Company law claims such as minority shareholder petitions (Section 994 Petitions) and specialist applications in relation to the conduct and control of companies; contract disputes; challenges to share sale consideration; and directors» disqualification proceedings.

He has considerable experience of civil fraud and asset tracing, having acted in a number of major disputes in this area in the last 5 - 6 years, including experience of interim applications such as freezing orders, pre - and post-judgment receivers, Norwich Pharmacal and other disclosure orders in the asset - tracing context, and committal applications.

We are experienced in all manner of civil claims based on dishonesty, including those based on misrepresentation or on accessory liability for a breach of fiduciary duty, both at the corporate and individual level; and in the various techniques of asset recovery, including tracing, the imposition of constructive trusts, claims against third parties who have participated in or received proceeds from the fraud and piercing of the corporate veil.

Our expertise in the pursuit and defence of civil fraud claims, particularly in the commercial context, extends from the early advisory stages and the obtaining (or resisting) of urgent freezing and search order relief (including dealing with the cross-jurisdictional issues that may arise and enforcement through applications for contempt and other measures), through to trial and the tracing and recovery of assets both in the UK and internationally.

Art and cultural property; Asset finance and leasing; Aviation; Banking litigation: investment and retail; Commercial litigation; Commercial property; Commodities: physicals; Corporate crime (including fraud, bribery and corruption); Fraud: civil; Investment funds: listed funds; Financial services (contentious); Flotations: small and mid-cap; Fraud: white - collar crime; M&A: mid-market, # 50m - # 250m; Pensions; Professional negligence; Rail; Shipping; VAT and indirect tax; Trade finance

Last but not least, juridical culture must be changed, including formal basic / changes in part of criminal procedure and civil procedure legislative, to allow prosecutors and judges to engage private professionals, lawyers and attorneys to represent them in asset recovery cases, international legal assistance matters and international enforcement of court verdict and decisions.

Company, commercial, equity and financial (including civil fraud) disputes, including: business disputes; company and share acquisitions and valuations; shareholder disputes; disputes with and between directors; rights and disputes over corporate assets and opportunities; fiduciary obligations; charges and other security interests; financial transactions; securitisation arrangements; disputed asset disposals; civil and criminal asset recovery claims; general commercial, banking and finance contracts; commercial agency; evidence gathering for claims overseas; joint ventures; and partnerships.

Extraordinary remedies, including Anton Piller orders (civil search orders) and Mareva Injunctions (freezing assets)

Simon Bushell specialises in international commercial litigation and arbitration, including civil fraud and asset tracing.

China's government has signaled that it is warming up to digital currency with a new proposed civil law that may recognize people's legal right to own virtual assets, including digital currencies.

Furthermore, China's government recently signaled that it is warming up to blockchain and digital technologies with a newly proposed civil law that will recognize people's legal right to own virtual assets, including digital currencies.

Sogand \'s representative cases include preparation and enforcement of premarital agreements, highly contested divorces with significant assets, alimony disputes, debt, preparation of parenting plans, domestic and international custody disputes with jurisdictional complexities, post-divorce custody modification, civil protection orders, contested step - parent adoption, and complex and contested foster - parent adoptions.