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.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
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
01/07/2019
UK stewardship code in line for significant overhaul
Abolition is possible if reform does not go far enough
01/07/2019
Supercar-driving director of one of Britain's biggest legal aid law firms is ordered to repay £22 MILLION
Blavo, 57, lived a life of luxury in a multimillion-pound house in St Albans, Hertfordshire
01/07/2019
Ex-UBS Employee Charged With Data Theft on Trial in Switzerland
The Basel native is suspected of stealing, over the span of a few days in 2010
01/07/2019
No-deal Brexit temporary passporting backstop goes live
Firms that have not submitted a notification will not be able to use the regime.
01/06/2019
Britain’s offshore tax havens allowed to mint lookalike pound coins
Chancellor Philip Hammond reckons the two-metal, 12-sided £1 coin introduced two years ago will give British overseas territories an edge in the fight with forgers
01/06/2019
Former Barclays bankers face trial over crisis fundraising
The case, which starts on Monday and is expected to last about four months
01/04/2019
Europe urgently needs stronger banks to ensure prosperity
In a volatile world, the region must make the capital markets business a priority