12/18/2012
Allen & Overy ranked an international superstar
Global Competition Review has again included Allen & Overy in the "Global Elite" of 2013
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
12/18/2012
Allen & Overy named "Benelux Law Firm of the Year"
The Financial Times Mergermarket M&A Awards are unique in utilising both M&A transaction data from mergermarket.com and independent expert opinion from a panel of leading M&A practitioners to identify the winners.
12/18/2012
UBS fined £940m for rigging Libor, fraud and paying bribes
UBS Board of Directors authorizes settlements of LIBOR-related claims with US and UK authorities; Swiss regulator to issue order
12/18/2012
Hollande to unveil softened French bank reform
The overhaul, to be announced on Wednesday, will ultimately hit only a sliver of banks' profit, according to a leaked draft of the bill.
12/18/2012
New director at Taylor Wessing prompts reshuffle
He will take on one of the firm’s three business group director roles, replacing Rodney Dukes.
12/18/2012
Squire Sanders turns to BLP and Wragges for City banking hires
Squire Sanders is expanding the reach of its Financial Services Practice Group with the lateral hires of two highly-respected partners
12/18/2012
Hogan Lovells Advises BlackRock on Major Property Funds Merger
The merger will increase the fund's holdings of central London and South East offices, retail warehouses and South East industrial property, and its client base by 64 investors.
12/17/2012
Serious Fraud Office charges hedge fund founder in revived case
At the time the SFO was filtering out cases which it felt had no reasonable chance of conviction.
12/17/2012
ABN Amro Has Court Seal Arjav Belgium Diamonds
He said that the company’s dispute is only with ABN Amro.
12/17/2012
Standard Life wins £100m appeal case
Edinburgh savings and investment firm, Standard Life, has won an appeal case against a group of insurers which cost the company £100m.
12/16/2012
Deutsche Bank Probes Claims of Deleted E-Mails in Tax Probe
Deutsche Bank AG, whose offices were raided by German police four days ago
12/16/2012
U.K.'s FSA Sends Libor Notices to UBS Staff
The U.K.'s Financial Services Authority has sent out investigation notifications in the past week to at least five individuals linked to UBS
12/16/2012
U.S. Secret Service Bans Certain Gold and Silver Coins On eBay
Email was sent to affected sellers when the systematic removals began.
12/16/2012
Linklaters keeps top spot for UK M&A as US firms climb up rankings
Linklaters has held onto its position as the most prolific adviser on UK M&A, as annual deals data for 2012 shows US firms stealing a march on their City competitors.
12/16/2012
FSA steps up fight against mis-selling
The sums are not huge compared with other mis-selling scandals
12/16/2012
UBS Chairman Urges Timely Implementation of International Rules
Mr. Weber said that the enthusiasm among regulators to create a "level playing field" in global bank regulation has waned recently.
12/16/2012
More than 30 UBS bankers 'to be implicated in rate rigging'
Authorities are this week expected to say that more than 30 bankers and managers at Swiss banking giant UBS were involved in the alleged rigging of the key Libor interest rate.
12/13/2012
Banker gets insider dealing jail sentence - FSA
A banker who encouraged two girlfriends to buy shares based on privileged information, has been sentenced to two years and eight months' jail for insider dealing, Britain's financial regulator said on Thursday.
12/13/2012
Private Client/Family Team of the Year: Harbottle & Lewis
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
Austrian Institute Shows Wealth Taxes "Red Card"
Echoing the Vice Chancellor’s remarks, Leitl said that property, gift and inheritance taxes should all be “shown the red card.”