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Alaco is delighted to announce the launch of the Alaco Sanctions Guide website, an online resource which provides concise information on sanctions programmes and trading restrictions imposed by the UN, the EU, the US and Switzerland. more >

Henry Burrows was guest speaker at Team Blockchain’s ‘Digital Assets and Crypto Dragons’ event on Tuesday 3rd September, held at the offices of Lewis Silkin LLP. more >

Alaco fielded a team of 13 runners for the annual JP Morgan Corporate Challenge, run over a hot 5.6km course in London’s Battersea Park. An equal number of colleagues turned out to support and to administer cold drinks to finishers. Trophies were awarded back in the office. more >

Alaco has been ranked one of the leading firms in business intelligence and investigations by Chambers & Partners, the legal publisher. In its first survey of this area of litigation support, Alaco was placed in the top 5 firms practising in the UK. more >

Alaco is proud to have been a sponsor of the inaugural London International Disputes Week (LIDW), which took place from 7-10 May 2019. more >

Alaco showed great stamina on Day Two of London International Disputes Week (LIDW) by attending a special event aimed at young practitioners – YAYAH (young and young at heart). Cafe de Paris played host until the early hours, with live music from a series of bands under the Law Rocks initiative (see photo). Ears are still ringing... more >

Alaco has launched an innovative new service, Alaco Analytics, to apply its expertise in due diligence to digital assets. In combining existing due diligence techniques to bespoke digital address analysis, Alaco Analytics provides in-depth reputational risk assessment on counterparties whose activities span traditional business segments and the digital realm. Our service is designed to provide exchanges, custodians, institutional investors, and fund raisers with the full spectrum of intelligence to allow them to make informed and timely decisions about their investments and partners. more >

Alaco Senior Associate Daria Plakhova-Freshville was a Panel Speaker at the Annual Conference of the American Bar Association's International Law section, held in Washington DC from 9-12 April 2019. more >

Ambrose Carey presented at the AML/CFT Compliance Roundtable in Beirut, hosted by the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on 8th November. Lebanon is the EBRD’s newest member country and country of operation. Its investments there have focused so far on the Financial Institutions sector and it is now emphasising parallel capacity-building initiatives, such as this Roundtable. more >