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Beckham's ex brother-in-law guilty of conning investors

The Crown's case is that TCL was a typical boiler room enterprise, set up with the purpose of inducing unsuspecting members of the public to invest in rare earths.

Gowling WLG Strengthens India Referral Agreement

The agreement will enable Gowling WLG clients in need of legal advice in India - or those seeking to enter the Indian market – to access Naik Naik & Company's broad suite of legal services.

Swiss plans for whistleblowers fall short, critics say

Staff who report wrongdoing risk losing their jobs or even criminal prosecution

Brexit and contractual continuity

The FSCR Regulations will allow EEA firms that have pre-existing contracts in the UK which would require a permission to service to continue to carry on the relevant regulated activities in the UK

ESMA Provides Standards on Supervisory Cooperation Under the Securitisation Regulation

ESMA submits its draft RTS for endorsement to the European Commission

EU fintech network mooted

"This is one factor that has the potential to impede the scaling up of financial innovations across the EU."

Pensions cold-calling banned

Pensions cold-calling ban comes into effect.

Data Protection Predictions 2019

The GDPR appears to have resulted in a big shift away from consent as the processing condition relied upon for the majority of commercial processing activities.

Ogier advises on record-breaking £1.6 billion acquisition of Battersea Power Station

Heads of terms for the deal were agreed in May, and the redeveloped building is expected to be opened to the public in 2021.

Law firm mergers are heating up says Altman Weil

Among other international deals were the merger of K&L Gates with Singapore’s Straits Law which completed this week.

EU moves closer to tightening rules on London-based investment firms

More than half of the 6,000 European investment firms, including U.S. giants Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan (JPM.N), are based in Britain.

HSH Nordbank sued by bondholders for €1.4bn

Claimants say German lender ‘improperly’ lowered book value of capital issued before crisis

Solicitor jailed for helping build £10.8m property empire

He provided his conveyancing services in order for the money to be laundered.

Carige meets banking fund in quest to salvage rescue plan

The fund’s contributors are other Italian lenders that came to Carige’s rescue at a time when the sector is under pressure from slowing economic growth and rising borrowing costs under the country’s Eurosceptic government.

EU reforms to tighten rules on investment firms operating in bloc

Package would set prudentialcapital standards and closer supervision for some 6,000 companies

Clifford Chance joins Legal Diversity & Inclusion Alliance

Our LDIA membership is a further demonstration of the firm's commitment to diversity and inclusion.

EU reforms to tighten rules on investment firms operating in bloc

Package would set capital standards and closer supervision for some 6,000 companies

Dolfin receives Maltese investment services licence upgrade

It allows us to operate to our full capacity, integrate into the trading community and build relationships with other members on the MSE.

US, UK Enter Into ‘Covered Agreement’ on Reciprocity in Insurance Regulation

The final text of the U.S.-U.K. Covered Agreement was submitted by the Administration to Congress, as required by law, on Dec. 11, 2018.

How European banks can consolidate without merging

That sounds like wishful thinking.

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