September 21st, 2026
Accrediting bodies and regulators hold the key to making Mutual Recognition Agreements work. Discover the practical role they play in ensuring professional cross-border mobility.
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September 21st, 2026
From 2027, UK organisations can take part in Erasmus+ once again. It's welcome news for universities, colleges and professional educators and a reminder that the wider question of recognising qualifications across borders is still being worked out.
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September 17th, 2026
Services are the theme at the WTO Public Forum in Geneva this week, and legal and professional services will certainly feature in the 113 sessions. When they do, the framing will probably be the familiar one – trade negotiators on behalf of a profession trying to get its people into new markets, blocked by domestic […]
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September 1st, 2026
The International Conference of Legal Regulators (ICLR) will become a membership association from September 2026, creating a year-round platform for legal regulators worldwide to collaborate, share expertise and address common challenges.
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May 5th, 2026
If your compliance programme has been built around the UK Bribery Act, that foundation will no longer be sufficient for clients with EU exposure. In April 2026, the EU adopted a new Anti‑Corruption Directive, marking a significant step towards a more uniform criminal law framework across Member States. The EU approach follows a fundamentally different […]
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April 23rd, 2026
Das neue EU‑Paket zur Bekämpfung der Geldwäsche und Terrorismusfinanzierung bringt weitreichende Änderungen der derzeitigen geldwäscherechtlichen Pflichten der Anwaltschaft. Ab dem 10. Juli 2027 unterliegen Anwaltskanzleien in der EU deutlich strengeren Sorgfalts- und Meldepflichten sowie erhöhten Anforderungen an das Risikomanagement. Betroffene Kanzleien sind verpflichtet, Risikomanagementsysteme zu unterhalten und erweiterte kundenbezogene Sorgfaltspflichten sowie umfassendere Dokumentationspflichten zu erfüllen. Der neue geldwäscherechtliche Rechtsrahmen wird die Anforderungen an die rechtliche Pflichtenkontrolle sowie die interne Leitungs- und Aufsichtsstrukturen und damit den Arbeitsalltag in Kanzleien grundlegend verändern. Auswirkungen über die EU hinaus […]
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April 17th, 2026
Over the course of this series, we have made the case that legal regulators need a structured, annual risk outlook. So why don’t more of them produce one? The answer is not that regulators disagree with the concept. It is that several practical barriers stand in the way. The Barriers These barriers are real. But […]
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March 27th, 2026
This article is part of a series looking at risk strategy and risk outlook. In the first article in this series, we described the forward-looking gap where many legal sector regulators lack a systematic process of scanning the external environment and translating what they find into regulatory priorities. A risk outlook is designed to close […]
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March 20th, 2026
This article is part of a series looking at risk strategy and risk outlook. Most legal sector regulators can tell you what went wrong last year. Very few can pinpoint what risks are emerging next – or how those risks could reshape the profession they regulate. Legal regulators exist to protect the public and maintain […]
Read More March 9th, 2026
The new EU Anti‑Money‑Laundering (AML) Framework represents a significant reform of AML obligations for law firms. From 10 July 2027, law firms across the EU will face significantly stricter governance, risk management and client due diligence requirements. These developments will also directly affect UK law firms with EU offices, clients or cross-border mandates. Firms advising […]
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