INTRODUCTION
Paula Reid
Partner, Knowledge
December 2020
Welcome to our Annual Knowledge Report. This is the fifth year that the ALG Knowledge team has published its Report looking at the year’s key legal developments and those in the pipeline.
This year’s Report contains insight pieces from our knowledge lawyers covering a broad range of topics, including anti-money laundering, asset management and investment funds, finance and financial regulation, corporate law, data protection, employment law, litigation, environmental and property law.
The Report also features an article written by Kenan Furlong, Head of our White Collar Crime Group, and Conor Doyle. They reflect on the key themes emerging from the Investigations Masterclass held at this year’s Corporate Crime and Regulation Summit.
It would be impossible to produce an Annual Report without the spectre of COVID-19 looming large. While the pandemic has been foremost in all aspects of life in 2020, it has dominated legal developments in some practice areas in particular and this is also reflected in this year’s updates.
The legal updates in the Report are laid out in three sections: ‘at a glance’ sections highlighting the key themes of the past year, followed by a review of the year’s legal developments and finishing with a brief ‘looking ahead’ to developments on the horizon.
New for 2020
To support our clients during this challenging time we have launched KnowledgeCONNECT, which is available via KnowledgePlus. CONNECT provides our clients with a gateway to connect with all the people on our team. As well as our existing Knowledge Lawyer Helpline, clients now have access to the entire Knowledge team, which includes our paralegals and Knowledge Centre team, comprising information and research professionals.
INTRODUCTION
Paula Reid
Partner, Knowledge
December 2020
Welcome to our Annual Knowledge Report. This is the fifth year that the ALG Knowledge team has published its Report looking at the year’s key legal developments and those in the pipeline.
This year’s Report contains insight pieces from our knowledge lawyers covering a broad range of topics, including anti-money laundering, asset management and investment funds, finance and financial regulation, corporate law, data protection, employment law, litigation, environmental and property law.
The Report also features an article written by Kenan Furlong, Head of our White Collar Crime Group, and Conor Doyle. They reflect on the key themes emerging from the Investigations Masterclass held at this year’s Corporate Crime and Regulation Summit.
It would be impossible to produce an Annual Report without the spectre of COVID-19 looming large. While the pandemic has been foremost in all aspects of life in 2020, it has dominated legal developments in some practice areas in particular and this is also reflected in this year’s updates.
The legal updates in the Report are laid out in three sections: ‘at a glance’ sections highlighting the key themes of the past year, followed by a review of the year’s legal developments and finishing with a brief ‘looking ahead’ to developments on the horizon.
New for 2020
To support our clients during this challenging time we have launched KnowledgeCONNECT, which is available via KnowledgePlus. CONNECT provides our clients with a gateway to connect with all the people on our team. As well as our existing Knowledge Lawyer Helpline, clients now have access to the entire Knowledge team, which includes our paralegals and Knowledge Centre team, comprising information and research professionals.