01/09/2019
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.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
01/09/2019
Swiss plans for whistleblowers fall short, critics say
Staff who report wrongdoing risk losing their jobs or even criminal prosecution
01/09/2019
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
01/09/2019
ESMA Provides Standards on Supervisory Cooperation Under the Securitisation Regulation
ESMA submits its draft RTS for endorsement to the European Commission
01/09/2019
EU fintech network mooted
"This is one factor that has the potential to impede the scaling up of financial innovations across the EU."
01/09/2019
Pensions cold-calling banned
Pensions cold-calling ban comes into effect.
01/09/2019
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.
01/09/2019
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.
01/09/2019
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.
01/08/2019
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.
01/08/2019
HSH Nordbank sued by bondholders for €1.4bn
Claimants say German lender ‘improperly’ lowered book value of capital issued before crisis
01/08/2019
Solicitor jailed for helping build £10.8m property empire
He provided his conveyancing services in order for the money to be laundered.
01/08/2019
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.
01/08/2019
EU reforms to tighten rules on investment firms operating in bloc
Package would set prudentialcapital standards and closer supervision for some 6,000 companies
01/08/2019
Clifford Chance joins Legal Diversity & Inclusion Alliance
Our LDIA membership is a further demonstration of the firm's commitment to diversity and inclusion.
01/08/2019
EU reforms to tighten rules on investment firms operating in bloc
Package would set capital standards and closer supervision for some 6,000 companies
01/08/2019
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.
01/07/2019
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.
01/07/2019
How European banks can consolidate without merging
That sounds like wishful thinking.
01/07/2019
Eurozone is learning to deal with failed banks, regulator says
Elke König calls Single Resolution Board a ‘game changer’ but wants more firepower