Key Takeaways From the SFO’s New Corporate Guidance

New co-operation guidance issued by the SFO

The SFO’s new cooperation guidance SFO Corporate Guidance – GOV.UK (published on 24 April) updates the SFO’s original cooperation guidance published in 2019 and comes ahead of the new failure to prevent fraud offence coming into force in September 2025 (see here: Failure to prevent fraud: What should you be doing before September? | Global law firm | Norton Rose Fulbright). The updated cooperation guidance provides helpful pointers on factors th…

United Kingdom: New SFO Guidance on Corporate Self Reporting and Cooperation

New SFO Guidance on Corporate Self Reporting and Cooperation The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has published new guidance on corporate co-operation, which is intended to encourage corporates to self-report potential criminal misconduct to the SFO. The guidance can be found here. The guidance provides that, if a corporate entity self-reports suspected wrongdoing and cooperates fully with an SFO investigation, it can expect to be invited to negotiate…

Key Takeaways From the SFO’s New Corporate Guidance

The updated guidance puts a heavy emphasis on self-reporting and clarifies how corporates under investigation can earn cooperation credit from UK prosecutors. By Pamela Reddy, Clare Nida, Annie Birch, and Matthew Unsworth On 24 April 2025, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published a long-awaited update to its Guidance on Corporate Co-operation and Enforcement (the Guidance). The Guidance outlines the agency’s key considerations when deciding w…