July 31, 2017
Publication: Law360
Just as the UK’s Serious Fraud Office begins to deliver on its promise to join the U.S. Department of Justice as a threat to obtain big-money deferred prosecution agreements and secure high-profile white-collar convictions, its fate is in doubt — a prospect that would hobble UK domestic enforcement and lead to further expansion of the DOJ’s already-robust role in policing London markets and UK corporates. Roger Burlingame and Rachel Goldstein discuss what would happen if the SFO were disbanded and the potential DOJ expansion that could result.