05/01/2016
The FCA has published its Policy Statement (PS 16/13) on the UK implementation of the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the final rule changes for the FCA Handbook. In this ebulletin we summarise the points made in the Policy Statement and also the issues ra
04/29/2016
The company commercial practice group promoted 15 new partners – the highest in the practice groups in the firm, while litigation and dispute management and human resources made up four each, with three in real estate.
04/29/2016
Switzerland has attracted unprecedented scrutiny from foreign authorities in recent years
04/29/2016
Debevoise advised CD&R on financing and tax aspects of the deal.
04/29/2016
The BHS schemes are now unsecured creditors in the insolvency process, with a whopping £571m claim against BHS’s corporate assets — the largest by a long way — but, as most assets are secured, they will receive virtually nothing.
04/29/2016
CMS has added 31 partners across 22 offices globally, in addition to two director appointments in Scotland. Women represent over 39% of the firm’s promotions, spread across a number of practice areas and jurisdictions
04/28/2016
Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS expected to pay out sum by end of 2017, taking total since 2011 to £75m, says Standard & Poor’s
04/28/2016
The European Commission has given details of how it will define high-frequency trading as part of its new approach financial markets regulation, the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.
04/28/2016
The law of confidence exists in English law to protect confidential information from publication and/or other unauthorised use.
04/28/2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Market Watch 50.
04/28/2016
There are opportunities for lawyers around the world to participate in the World Bank's Doing Business project 2017, and for members who wish to get involved with visiting delegations from Ghana, China, Malaysia and Japan.
04/28/2016
A pre-trial review hearing has been confirmed for May 5 and a trial date is expected to be set for early June.
04/28/2016
Michael Bagguley, a prosecution witness in the trial of five former Barclays traders, denied any involvment in or knowledge of rate rigging
04/28/2016
Amendment allows central bank to conceal information that would hinder the competitiveness of its companies
04/27/2016
Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS expected to pay out sum by end of 2017, taking total since 2011 to £75m, says Standard & Poor’s
04/27/2016
The other candidate on the original list was Greg Medcraft, the head of Australia’s securities watchdog.
04/27/2016
Deutsche Bank has been hit by its soaring legal costs, weak bond trading and a loss in its investment bank, which saw the financial institution post a record loss of 6.8 billion euros in 2015.
04/27/2016
Mr Bommensath told the court he was not aware of emails between Barclays staff talking about making requests about Libor but described them as “improper”.
04/27/2016
Last year the firm had promoted five all in London
04/27/2016
Mr Marks said: "Being part of the winning deal team for this award reflects Carey Olsen's strong track record in advising on high yield deals."