09/26/2011
KPMG picked to lead UBS probe
KPMG picked to lead UBS probe
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
09/26/2011
Mourant Ozannes addresses directors' duties and concerns at recent seminar
Mourant Ozannes addresses directors' duties and concerns at recent seminar
09/20/2011
UBS debacle sparks flurry of UK regulatory checks
Britain's market watchdog is turning up the heat on banks to check their compliance and controls systems after the $2.3 billion trading loss at UBS .
09/20/2011
Kingsley Napley, Herbert Smith win roles on UBS 'rogue trading' fallout
Kingsley Napley is advising the UBS trader accused of costing the bank $2.3bn (£1.5bn) in losses through unauthorised trades, with Herbert Smith picking up a lead role advising the Swiss bank.
09/20/2011
BLP launches in Berlin and Frankfurt with Linklaters raid
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is launching offices in Berlin and Frankfurt after poaching a team of lawyers from Linklaters.
09/19/2011
Leeson's boss: 'trading reform vital'
Peter Norris, Nick Leeson's boss when the rogue trader brought down Barings, has called for industry-wide reform of risk systems in the wake of the UBS trading scandal.
09/16/2011
UBS Loss Shows Banks Fail to Learn From Kerviel, Leeson
UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, failed to learn the lessons of billion-dollar losses at Societe Generale SA and Barings Plc, lawyers said.
09/15/2011
McDermott unveils London growth agenda in wake of restructuring and departures
The US firm wants to build its London operation up to more than 100 lawyers over the next three years, compared with a current team of 53 lawyers.
09/15/2011
Linklaters targets finance work in corporate cross-selling push
Magic circle firm assigns banking partners to key corporate clients
09/14/2011
UK probe of HSBC clients said to widen over Swiss tax dodge
UK probe of HSBC clients said to widen over Swiss tax dodge
09/13/2011
Tax: Jurisdictions move towards full tax transparency
Furthering efforts to fight against international tax evasion and bank secrecy, members of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes have issued 12 new peer review reports.
09/12/2011
The banks will be forced to STOP gambling with your money... and they can meet the costs
Complaints against banks are on the increase, we learned last week.
09/12/2011
Eve of the battle of the banks
Meanwhile, Ed Miliband waded into the debate with a call for irresponsible bankers to be "struck off" like doctors or lawyers.
09/07/2011
German court to rule on eurozone rescue
Germany’s powerful constitutional court will on Wednesday rule on whether the country was right to bail out Greece and other eurozone members last year, in a long-anticipated judgment that could result in greater parliamentary control over future re
09/07/2011
Revealed: the dramatic US charges against UK banks
Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC routinely breached their own mortgage-lending rules and bullied surveyors into wildly inflating valuations of American properties in the run up to the credit crunch, it has been claimed.
09/07/2011
UK Banks Set to be Sued by US Over ‘Liar Loans’ Fiasco
In the latest blow to the beleaguered industry, the Federal Housing Finance Agency is poised to file lawsuits seeking many billions of dollars in compensation, alleging the banks broke securities laws.
09/06/2011
Punter Southall takes over 100 schemes from Brewin Dolphin
Punter Southall buys Brewins' corporate pensions arm
09/05/2011
HSBC UK clients probed on Swiss accounts taxes - Times
HSBC UK clients probed on Swiss accounts taxes - Times
09/05/2011
Elena Ambrosiadou in surveillance and harassment fight
Elena Ambrosiadou in surveillance and harassment fight
09/05/2011
UK banks face US lawsuit over toxic mortgage debt
UK banks face US lawsuit over toxic mortgage debt