The Global State of Beneficial Ownership Transparency

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the November 2022 ruling on beneficial ownership transparency in Europe.

In this episode of Integrity Insights, host Filip Brokes speaks with Thom Townsend, Executive Director of Open Ownership, about the evolving global landscape of beneficial ownership transparency. The conversation revisits one of the major turning points in the transparency agenda: the November 2022 Court of Justice of the European Union ruling, which restricted unrestricted public access to beneficial ownership registers. Thom explains how the decision created a “seismic shift” in Europe and ...

People in this episode

Host: Filip Brokes

Guest: Thom Townsend

Topics covered

• beneficial ownership
• transparency
• European Union
• legal rulings
• corporate governance

Keywords

• beneficial ownership
• transparency
• EU ruling
• Open Ownership
• corporate governance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Open Ownership

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