10/03/2014
Lewis Silkin bolsters international corporate capability
Marie-Caroline Frochot joins as partner bringing more than three decades of experience advising French companies on UK and global transactions
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
10/03/2014
Family team expands with new Partner hire
She joins the firm from Ashfords where she was a Partner.
10/03/2014
Carey Olsen sweeps the board in the Legal 500 rankings
New additions to tier one for the firm this year include its Jersey investment funds practice and its Guernsey employment practice.
10/03/2014
New EU rules could mean the end of free banking
Consumers could soon be forced to pay to have a current account and withdraw money from cash machines due to new European Commission regulations.
10/02/2014
Bank statements confirm fake invoices money was paid to David Haigh, GFH Capital says
GFH Capital, a subsidiary of Bahrain-based Gulf Finance House, launched legal action against Haigh
10/02/2014
Northern Trust and ABN AMRO Clearing Help Dutch Institutional Investors Respond to Regulatory Challenges
The Northern Trust and ABN AMRO Clearing solution provides clients with a set of account structures for cleared derivatives
10/02/2014
Liechtenstein prosecutor confirms Corpbank owner under investigation
Liechtenstein authorities have confirmed that they are investigating the businessman at the centre of the crisis that has engulfed Bulgaria's fourth-biggest bank, citing suspicions of money laundering.
10/02/2014
Ireland: Irish Central Bank Publishes Consultation On Fund Management Company Effectiveness
The Central Bank is proposing to streamline the designated managerial functions to be performed by UCITS management companies
10/02/2014
Channel Islands Stock Exchange fined £190k
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission launched an investigation into the CISX in February 2012 over concerns that transactions in the listed securities of Arch Guernsey ICC and its cells had been implicated in possible market manipulation and other f
10/01/2014
ABN Amro Unmoved by Qingdao Boosting China Commodity Finance
ABN Amro is expanding commodity lending in China amid speculation
10/01/2014
UBS Said to Pay $1.4 Billion Bail in France Tax Probe
French President Francois Hollande stepped up efforts to fight tax dodgers after a former budget minister was forced to resign
10/01/2014
Swiss bank Julius Baer says cooperating in EU carbon market tax fraud probe
Tax fraud rocked the EU Emissions Trading System in 2009 and 2010
10/01/2014
Bankers Targeted in $20 Billion Moldovan Laundering Case
The figure is more than double the size of Moldova’s $8 billion economy. Latvia, which became the euro area’s 18th member in January, has grown into a hub for ex-Soviet cash, drawing comparisons with Cyprus.
09/30/2014
Lloyds kicks out eight staff for fiddling Libor
Lloyds fired eight staff yesterday for trying to fiddle key Libor and repo interest rates between 2006 and 2009, after the bank was fined £226m in June over the wrongdoing.
09/30/2014
Leading North West law firm announces acquisition of private client and commercial law practice
Lawson Coppock & Hart has been part of the Manchester legal scene since the 1870s
09/30/2014
Geldards To Acquire Derby and Ilkeston law firm
The acquisition is designed to enhance the legal services Geldards provides in the East Midlands, particularly in the SME sector and to charities, agricultural and private clients.
09/30/2014
New head for office
as lawyers beef-up
leadership team
The firm said it created the new role to drive the Yorkshire office and take advantage of the opportunities the region presents, while also building stronger relationships with clients and key organisations.
09/30/2014
EC’s Tilman Lueder predicts a ‘change of outlook’
Mr Lueder said the new EC, which proposes the regulation that eventually becomes EU law, would look to focus on opening up opportunities across the world for European asset managers.
09/30/2014
FSCS warns Standard Life Sipp investors over redress delay
Investors whose initial compensation from the FSCS is lower than the amount they lost could receive further repayments
09/30/2014
Banking Reform - Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright's dedicated working group on structural Banking Reform will be offering analysis and insight into the Banking Reform Act and the secondary legislation programme as it develops.