White Collar Crime and Investigations Newsletter- H1 2026

In this edition of our Year in Review, we provide an overview of 2025’s most significant developments in the field of criminal law, together with our assessment of the outlook for the year ahead...

This Legal Briefing analyses the scope of the measures adopted...

On 12 August, Order PJC/908/2025 was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), establishing 1 September 2025 as the date on which the Independent Whistleblower Protection Authority (“AAI”) will become operational...

On 18 July 2025, the Council of the European Union (“EU”) adopted the 18th package of restrictive economic and individual measures against Russia (the “18th Package”), with the aim of further limiting its ability to sustain its war of aggression agai...

In this Legal Briefing, we analyse the scope of the aforementioned Preliminary Draft Law...

In our Year in Review, we provide an overview of 2024’s most significant developments in criminal law, as well as our outlook for the coming year...

This Legal Briefing analyses the scope of the measures adopted by the European Union...

This Legal Briefing analyses the scope and main functions of this new national regulator...

In this Legal Note we analyse the key aspects of the Directive...

We analyse the key aspects of the Directive to understand its scope and implementation...

In this Legal Briefing, we analyse the main new features arising from the creation of the Registry...

This Legal Briefing analyses the amendments to the Criminal Code introduced by Organic Law 14/2022, of 22 December...

In this Legal Briefing, we analyse the most relevant new features of the Law and answer the following questions: Who does the legislation protect? What information can be communicated? Who must implement these measures? What is the Independent Author...

Analysis of the most relevant legislative and jurisprudential developments of 2022...

This Legal Briefing provides an analysis of the main changes introduced by the Draft Law with respect to the initial text version of the Preliminary Draft Law...

In this Legal Briefing, we analyse the main new features of Organic Law 9/2022, of 28 July, the main objective of which is to expedite the prevention of financial fraud, money laundering and the financing of terrorism...

The purpose of this legal briefing is to provide an analysis of the most relevant new features of the Draft Organic Law amending the Criminal Code...

With the emergence and rise of new digital streaming content platforms such as Netflix and HBO, it seemed that the days of piracy were behind us. Nothing could be further from the truth...

This Year in review 2021 White Collar Crime and Investigations analysis of the most relevant legislative and jurisprudential developments of 2021...

In this Legal Briefing we analyse the preliminary draft Law on the protection of persons who report regulatory and anti-corruption offences...

In this Legal Briefing we analyse the latest Court of Justice of the European Union's judgement on the opposition motives in the execution of an European arrest warrant...

This Legal Briefing analyses Order HFP/1030/2021, which sets up the management system of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan...

In this Legal Briefing, we analyse the main new features introduced by Organic Law 9/2021, of 1 July...

This Legal Briefing analyses the objectives of Law 2/2021, of 18 June, on Combatting Fraud and Corruption in Andalusia and the Protection of Whistleblowers...

This Legal Briefing analyses the main aspects relating to the prevention of the use of the financial system for money laundering or terrorist financing included in Royal Decree-law 7/2021...

This Legal Briefing analyses the new system of time limits for judicial investigations under Article 324 of the Spanish Criminal Procedure Law, from the recent Circular of the Office of Public Prosecution 1/2021...

In this Legal Briefing, we analyse the most important aspects of the EGAE...

The White Collar Crime and Investigations team has produced its 2020 Annual Round-up, which includes regulatory and case law developments in this area...

In this Legal Briefing, we provide analysis in respect of the Draft Organic Law governing the protection of personal data used in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal offences...

We analyse the scope of the modification of article 324 of the Spanish Criminal Procedural Law...

Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, provided for the suspension of procedural time limits...

On 7 October, the Council of the European Union announced the approval of the new "whistleblowing" Directive, which must be transposed into Spanish law within a maximum period of two years from its publication...

On 13 March, the latest reform of the Criminal Code, which transposes various EU directives into Spanish law, will come into force...

Pérez-Llorca hosted a seminar devoted to reflecting on the legal implications of the use of drones. The session focused on the different perspectives of drone manufacturers and insurers, the protection of fundamental rights as well as the potential c...

On 4 September 2018, the Royal Decree-Law 11/2018 of 31 August was published in the Spanish Official State Gazette and came into force, transposing several European directives related to pensions, anti-money laundering, residence and foreign affairs...

On 19 June 2018, Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system was published...

Pérez-Llorca held a seminar at its headquarters in Madrid on the subject of “The prevention of and protection from cyber attacks in companies: practical insights from a criminal and insurance perspective”, which covered one of the most worrying topic...

On the reform of the Criminal Code by Organic Law 1/2015 of 30 March 2015 in relation to the offences of discovery and disclosure of secrets and computer-related crimes (the “Circular”)...

The Central Examining Court No. 4 of the National High Court applied, for the first time since the reform of the Criminal Code...

The Council of Ministers approved the regulation that will implement Law 10/2010, of 28 April, on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing...

Yesterday, Royal Decree No. 304/2014 approving the expected Regulations implementing Law 10/2010 of 28 April on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing (“Law 10/2010”) entered into force...