05/12/2013
Henderson in-house team shrinks amid shift to using law firms more
Henderson Global Investors’ UK in-house legal team has shrunk by nearly 30 per cent in the past year following a shift to farming out more of its lower-level work to law firms.
05/12/2013
Dundas targets London merger after run of City exits
Dundas & Wilson is pushing to secure a London merger following a string of exits in the City and failed talks with Bircham Dyson Bell in 2011.
05/09/2013
DWF has recruited 13 lawyers
05/08/2013
KPMG faces double inquiry by reporting watchdog
whether it had committed an ethical breach “in relation to the non-timely disposal of a shareholding
05/07/2013
We are working towards publishing our final policy statement as soon as possible
05/07/2013
An appeals court in Italy has upheld the conviction for tax fraud of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
05/06/2013
APRA Update: Clarity welcome on liquidity, but uncertainty remains in key areas - KPMG
APRA’s update on revised liquidity requirements offers greater clarity in respect to the liquidity levels banks and other ADIs will be expected to hold, however a number of important issues remain unresolved.
05/06/2013
ABN’s EU Court Challenge on Acquisition Ban to Be Heard June 4
The Netherlands took full control of ABN Amro Holding NV assets when their owner Fortis ran out of short-term funding in 2008.
05/06/2013
Citigroup Inc (C.N) has sued Barclays Plc (BARC.L) to recover more than $141 million for providing foreign exchange services to a unit of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc soon after Lehman's bankruptcy.
05/05/2013
Two arrested in FCA insider dealing investigation
The arrests are not linked to any other ongoing insider dealing investigation.
05/05/2013
Amid growing pressure from neighboring European partners and the United States, Luxembourg as a financial center aims to cash in on growing trade relations between the Gulf Arab region and the Far East, Luxembourg’s Minister of Finance Luc Frieden t
05/02/2013
Barclays back in the spotlight over £30m payout in 2008 rescue deal
The latest revelations were provided by Euromoney, which reported this week on leaked correspondence from the Abu Dhabi end of the rescue deal.
05/02/2013
Germany’s second-largest bank said it would not be taking the case to the Supreme Court
05/01/2013
He is an experienced M&A attorney with an exceptional reputation in the Munich and German corporate market,
04/30/2013
“The proposals may lead to the further fragmentation of banking supervision.”
04/30/2013
The objective of this project was to produce a practical handbook that provides clear and detailed steps countries can take to assess the transfer pricing risk presented by an individual taxpayer’s operations.
04/30/2013
HMRC used Ripa powers when Osita Mba exposed a 'sweetheart' tax deal. We should all worry about the ethics of this
04/29/2013
A restructuring and insolvency associate who joined the firm
04/29/2013
The trial is seen as a test case for small British firms who believe they were mis-sold such swaps
04/29/2013
ACCOUNTANCY firm is being sued by a market trading company