See the person, not the disease
Across September, MKS staff have been raising awareness to support the battle against Alzheimer’s.
New summer interns join Martin Kenney & Co
We’re delighted to welcome two new interns to Martin Kenny & Co., who’ll be with us for the coming weeks.
Transparency battles: It’s the UK and EU’s turn for a bloody nose
The UK may see itself as one of the self-appointed global anti-corruption, anti-money laundering aficionados, but to many, especially its own Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, it is nothing more than the playground bully and a champion of hypocrisy.
HIRING: Financial Analyst/Forensic Accountant
Martin Kenney & Co., Solicitors is looking for a Financial Analyst or Forensic Accountant to join the Investigations Unit of our firm.
The EU’s blacklisting threat against smaller territories is undemocratic and brutal
The EU’s blacklisting threat against smaller countries or territories for not adhering to its unclear standards in the area of tax avoidance is undemocratic and brutal.
WE’RE HIRING!
Join us! We’re looking for a dynamic lawyer (3-6 years PQE) to tackle asset recovery, insolvency, and complex commercial disputes for our practice based in the BVI.
Hear me out, please. Public UBO registers won’t work in 2019
Looking forward to 2019, Martin Kenney says campaigners hold a very firm assumption that public UBO registers are fundamental for transparency. “I will continue to tell them that they are incorrect,” he says.
Crooks are (predictably) avoiding open company registers
The UK’s National Crime Agency said there were now signs that criminals were finding new tax havens where they could exploit lax regulation and hide their links to corrupt assets.
Are public UBO registers a good or a bad proposition?
Public UBO registers are only as good as the information provided by those required to furnish it.
COMMENTARY — UK’s registry move draws fire
Having browbeaten the House of Commons into enacting a statute seeking to impose public ultimate beneficial ownership registers on the United Kingdom’s overseas territories, such as the Virgin Islands, there are moves afoot to legally fortify this legislative decision by declaring it under the heading of national security.