09/06/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
EBA final draft BRRD ITS on MREL reporting
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
09/06/2017
Mourant Ozannes advises Mitsui on sale of £35m share in UK hydro power firm
The transaction was effected through a reorganisation of the existing joint venture structure
09/06/2017
FCA told to rewrite rules to recognise WhatsApp
He said email is “dead” and UK regulators need to recognise this.
09/06/2017
Harlequin open to bad advice claims after Ucis ruling
Harlequin claimed the majority of its investors opposed the bankruptcy
09/05/2017
UK at centre of secret $3bn Azerbaijani money laundering and lobbying scheme
There is no suggestion that all the recipients were aware of the original source of the money.
09/05/2017
KWM Europe and how not to run a law firm
Wang Rongkang charged with cleaning up after wreck of SJ Berwin merger
09/05/2017
Eurizon CEO on MIFID II and the future of asset management in Europe
Asset managers must become better service providers, instead of simply creating investment products, says Tommaso Corcos
09/05/2017
Central banks are suffering a major headache … and only an exit from QE will solve it
Low wages and temporary jobs add pressure on workers.
09/05/2017
Funds lawyer joins Ogier in Luxembourg
Who has experience in City and offshore law firms and as a General Counsel of a global asset manager and private equity administration group.
09/05/2017
Appleby advise Blackstone on GBP559 million acquisition
The Channel Islands team at Appleby was led by Andrew Weaver, Corporate Partner in Jersey and Jeremy Berchem, Corporate Partner in Guernsey.
09/05/2017
London mayor seeks stamp duty revenues to boost housebuilding
Sadiq Khan likens trying to tackle housing crisis without control over revenue to fighting with one hand tied behind his back
09/05/2017
Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the IFRS Foundation
The BCBS is the primary global standard setter for the prudential regulation of banks and provides a forum for regular cooperation on banking supervisory matters.
09/05/2017
MiFID II: Potential Prospectus Updates for Funds
The new regime comes into effect on 3 January 2018.
09/05/2017
Linklaters and Ashurst lead on £3bn Anglo-French software merger
Pair advise as Schneider Electric rekindles merger talks with UK software company Aveva
09/04/2017
Slater and Gordon to break away from its UK operations
Slater and Gordon has broken off all ties with its ill-fated UK business after it handed over operations of its UK division to its senior lenders, led by the hedge fund Anchorage Capital Group. The move has come as part of a second recapitalisation plan
09/04/2017
Research and Mifid II: Better quality, lower cost
Regulators hope that Mifid II’s introduction in January will enhance investor protection through the unbundling of the costs associated with fund management.
09/04/2017
Foreign banks face new EU set-up to allow more scrutiny
The commission, which is the EU's executive, has now fleshed out its thinking and has made a preliminary estimate that 19 foreign banks will have to set up an IPU.
09/01/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
OJ: Commission Implementing Regulation for benchmarking portfolios and reporting instructions
09/01/2017
Meet the ex-banker jailed for fraud who is now trying to reform prisons from the inside out
He was sentenced to three years and four months, and was duly dispatched to Brixton prison.
09/01/2017
Paul Tweed to open doors of new boutique law firm in London, Dublin and Belfast
New firm, new challenge.