09/10/2012
Cadwalader Adds Veteran Restructuring Attorney to London Office
He began his tenure at Linklaters as a trainee solicitor in 1999 before being promoted to associate solicitor in 2001.
09/09/2012
A trader accused of a $2.3 billion fraud at Swiss bank UBS was due to go on trial Monday in London in a case expected to once again put the supervision of bankers under the spotlight.
09/09/2012
The London-based legal battle between Russian oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Boris Berezovsky are highly attractive to London law firms who are expecting to pocket around £100 million in legal fees from the Russians and their thirst for British just
09/09/2012
Top bankers can currently be fined or banned by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), but the proposals would extend to a much wider proportion of the industry.
09/09/2012
Linklaters is on the hunt for a partner to join its real estate practice, leading to suggestions that management’s plans to shrink the department have gone too far, The Lawyer understands.
09/09/2012
French President François Hollande pledged on Sunday to honour his campaign promise of a 75 percent income tax on wealthy individuals as he unveiled a two-year economic recovery plan featuring strict budget targets and 20 billion euros in new taxes
09/08/2012
Royal Bank of Scotland could be fined up to £300m later this year to settle allegations traders sought to manipulate the libor interest rate, according to reports.
09/06/2012
“Tolerance of tax evaders, no matter how high up they are, is over”
09/06/2012
Late last month, Zurich-based Julius Baer said client data had been leaked. According to Swiss media, the data was then passed on to officials in North Rhine-Westphalia, a German state which has tapped leaked Swiss data before as part of efforts to hunt t
09/06/2012
The Financial Services Authority has issued a combined Consultation Paper and Discussion Paper that proposes a number of changes to the client money and custody assets regime for firms that undertake investment business.
09/06/2012
This joint consultation and discussion paper on the client assets regime: European Market Infrastructure Regulation
09/06/2012
The banking industry has come under fresh scrutiny after the Financial Services Authority ordered Barclays to overhaul its culture and its boardroom following the appointment of its new chief executive, Antony Jenkins.
09/06/2012
HSBC has appointed US firms Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Latham & Watkins and Mayer Brown to the bank's global legal panel.
09/06/2012
He has 20 years' experience as a corporate lawyer, advising clients on corporate transactional work with a particular focus on transactions in the financial services sector.
09/05/2012
Kirkland bolsters London white collar team
The SFO itself has been hit in recent years by budget cuts, uncertainty about its future and intense criticism of its handling of several cases.
09/05/2012
"The international investigations underway into the manipulation of Libor have revealed yet another example of unacceptable behaviour by banks," Michel Barnier, the European commissioner in charge of regulation, said in a statement.
09/05/2012
Much of that money was invested overseas in countries friendly to the regime. Countries like Britain.
09/04/2012
He will take charge of the firm’s property practice in Paris and significantly adds to Taylor Wessing’s capabilities in this area in France.
09/04/2012
''Arrival coincides with the recruitment of five new lawyers to the UK competition team.”
09/04/2012
Another former partner is suing one of Dewey’s biggest lenders.