The Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act represents significant new legislation in the UK. What are the key implications for boards?

Sebastian Sayer, Partner at leading City law firm, Fox Williams, will guide us through the key implications.

Sebastian, a partner at Fox Williams, specialises in complex contentious regulatory, white-collar crime, and investigations matters. He acts for both financial services firms and senior executives. Sebastian also advises on areas of non-contentious financial services regulation. Before joining Fox Williams, Sebastian was a senior lawyer in the Enforcement and Market Oversight division of the Financial Conduct Authority.

Fox Williams is a leading full-service law firm based in the City of London. Their work focuses on three core sectors: financial services; professional services; and technology. They are trusted by clients and by other (often much larger) professional services firms to provide quality advice. This is done with a high level of partner involvement (Fox Williams has about 50 partners, with 70 non-partner lawyers), reflecting that they often advise on particularly novel and complex issues. They are known for having an astute commercial focus, priding our friendly culture, and being very easy to work with. Fox Williams are highly ranked in various legal directories, across multiple practice areas.