The Institute of Business Ethics is launching a new taskforce to examine the provision of civil legal services to overseas oligarchs and kleptocrats by UK-based firms.
The 12-strong Taskforce on Business Ethics and the Legal Profession, chaired by Guy Beringer KC (Hon) (former senior partner of Allen & Overy) will be charged with examining the reputational and ethical risks to the legal profession of taking on such clients, and how these ...