12/13/2012
Harbottle & Lewis sealed the prize for Private Client/Family Team of the Year after successfully proving to the judges that it has adapted its practice around this rapidly-evolving area of law.
12/13/2012
Echoing the Vice Chancellor’s remarks, Leitl said that property, gift and inheritance taxes should all be “shown the red card.”
12/12/2012
Coutts said in a statement it was pleased to have come to an agreement with Mills.
12/12/2012
The growth in Advisory and Tax underlines the strength of client demand for professional services
12/12/2012
German authorities investigate 25 Deutsche Bank staff, including co-chief executive Jürgen Fitschen, on suspicion of tax scam
12/12/2012
The final figures are still being negotiated and could change, three people familiar with the probes said.
12/11/2012
A mass brawl erupted at the Christmas party of a top City investment firm after a broker discovered his fiancée was cheating on him with a colleague, a court was told.
12/10/2012
CMCL chief executive, Henry Moser, will step down within six months and was ordered to pay a fine of £70,000
12/10/2012
Standard Chartered will pay more than $300m (£187m) to settle charges it violated US sanctions on Iran, Burma, Libya and Sudan.
12/10/2012
As well as assembling the investors, Anglo provided loans to finance the deals and in some cases even bought properties to sell to its own clients.
12/10/2012
The lawyers are understood to be fee-earners, but not partners.
12/10/2012
A US Senate investigation said the UK-based bank had been a conduit for "drug kingpins and rogue nations".
12/10/2012
It was probably the world’s most expensive lunch. When Fahim Imam-Sadeque, an investment manager, invited out a colleague it ended up costing him £1.7 million.
12/10/2012
UBS AG is expected to face a fine as early as this week that may surpass the record 290 million pounds ($466.6 million) Barclays Plc, the U.K.’s second-biggest bank, paid in June to settle claims it attempted to manipulate Libor.
12/10/2012
The FSA says it will take steps through its supervision to ensure HSBC complies with the measures.
12/09/2012
Employees who participated in the trust were asked to help fund a payment of at least a few hundred million pounds if they want to settle with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
12/09/2012
A Senate committee said in July that failures in London- based HSBC’s money-laundering controls allowed terrorists and drug cartels access to the U.S. financial system.
12/06/2012
UK law firm appoints new head of private client department
He will manage the private client department offering a range of services
12/06/2012
Major mis-selling scandals have failed to stop banks pressurising their staff into pushing products which may be unsuitable, Which? claimed today.
12/06/2012
Managing partner Paul Devitt said: "We anticipated a slower start to this financial year than last, given how strongly we started last year, and certainly market and competitive pressures remain significant.