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Cases · Risk, disputes & investigations · Professional liability, ethics & regulated advisers

A firm needs to review client-money controls

Usually led by Disputes and arbitration, with Audit and Licences, permits and regulators. WONE Global brings the areas of expertise and countries together, with a named professional in each market where one is published.

The situation

What is happening

Claims against advisers, disciplinary matters, conflicts and professional firm disputes.

The first questions

  • Which adviser, regulator or professional body?
  • What is alleged, and when?
  • What do the engagement terms and insurance say?
  • What deadline applies?

Who faces this

  • Professional firms
  • Clients
  • Regulators

Cross-border complications to check

  • Court vs arbitration forumAgreement uses arbitration while assets and key witnesses are in different countries · Disputes & Resolution
  • Recognition of judgmentsA party wins abroad but needs lawful local recognition and enforcement · Disputes & Resolution
  • Emergency asset preservationA respondent may move assets before final proceedings conclude · Disputes & Resolution
  • Foreign investment controlsA proposed ownership change may require sector or national security clearance · Government & Regulatory Affairs

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

Usually led by Disputes and arbitration, with Audit and Licences, permits and regulators.

How WONE Global usually approaches professional liability, ethics & regulated advisers

  1. 01Review the allegation and the engagement.
  2. 02Notify insurers where required.
  3. 03Bring in counsel familiar with the profession's rules.
  4. 04Respond, negotiate or defend.

General guidance for this subject. The route for your case depends on the countries, the deadlines and what you already hold.

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The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsDisputes and arbitration5 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedAudit8 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedLicences, permits and regulators1 market with a named lead→

Who handles it

Disputes and arbitration, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari · Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  2. Kenya WONE Global Partner James Ngochi Ngugi · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  3. Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
  4. Saudi Arabia WONE Global Partner Abdulrahim bin Saleh Al-Zahrani · Founding Partner & General Manager Brief this Partner →
  5. Zambia WONE Global Partner Reagan Blankfein Gates · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  6. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  10. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

Dr. Silvia Patricia MaccariPalermo · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari

Lawyer · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Palermo

She is a lawyer, graduated from the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. She took his first steps in the nation's judiciary, in the National Labor Court, where he developed a rapid caree…

Andrzej ZacharzewskiKraków · Poland

WONE Global Capability Partner · Poland

Andrzej Zacharzewski

Complete profile

Partner · Zacharzewski & Partners Law Office · Kraków

Attorney at Law. Co-founder of the law firm. Provides litigation services to banks and advises corporate clients in international trade. Supervises the work of the Litigation Department and the International Desk. Chair…

Reagan Blankfein GatesLusaka · Zambia

WONE Global Capability Partner · Zambia

Reagan Blankfein Gates

Managing Partner · Reagan Blankfein Gates Legal Practitioners · Lusaka

Reagan started his career in practice at Mainza & Company where he had interned while pursuing a bar qualification at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) in 2008. Upon being called to the bar, Reaga…

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UNIONE™ · Before You Arbitrate™

If this becomes a dispute, test it first.

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UNIONE™ is the UNBOUNDED™ Global Ecosystem's institution for cross-border dispute prevention, resolution, arbitration and enforcement. Like WONE Global, it is part of the ecosystem, and the two work as one. Links open theunione.org. Visit UNIONE™ · Disputes with WONE Global and UNIONE™