Posts by Jess Denny
NSIA survival guide: how not to lose university research funding
Universities’ international R&D partnerships drive innovation and knowledge sharing, and the UK is at the forefront of these collaborations. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) delivered £1.2 billion of funding to UK universities’ R&D projects last year. However, new regulations designed to protect national security put this income at risk. The National Security and Investment Act 2021…
Read MoreThe growing need for qualitative information in customer due diligence
Law firms must shift their focus towards understanding the narrative behind PEPs, sanctions and watchlist datasets In June 2023, the Government opened a long-anticipated consultation that could lead to a new public body taking over the supervision of lawyers’ anti-money laundering efforts in place of legal regulators. This came in response to “significant weaknesses” in…
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Seven reasons why you struggle to onboard legal clients easily — and how to solve them
Streamlined onboarding processes set the tone for the rest of the working relationship and speed up business outcomes Onboarding new clients is a laborious yet non-billable task for law firms. It involves learning as much as possible about a client, their motivations, connections and suitability in the smallest possible amount of time. A streamlined process…
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