06/19/2012
Last week, finance minister George Osborne said the government will introduce legislation as soon as possible to push ahead with the ring-fencing idea, designed to ward off the risk of future massive taxpayer bailouts of banks.
06/19/2012
The SFO is not expected to drop its investigation into Vincent’s younger brother Robert at this point.
06/19/2012
Israel is leaving a role as finance partner and UK-based co-head of Bird & Bird’s international corporate restructuring and insolvency group to join LG.
06/18/2012
The consultation paper “Ensuring the fair taxation of residential property transactions” has been published by HM Treasury.
06/18/2012
The consultation document “A General Anti-Abuse Rule” has been published by HM Treasury.
06/18/2012
The firm has picked up two more litigators following the recent hire of Andrew Myers from SNR Denton (11 June 2012), with contentious restructuring partner Elizabeth Elliott joining from the same firm and construction litigation partner Ron Nobbs moving f
06/15/2012
The taskforces were launched as a result of the government’s £917 million spending review investment to tackle tax invasion, avoidance and fraud in 2011.
06/15/2012
Changes to the law will include higher inheritance taxes, an end to exemptions for payroll taxes on overtime the reestablishment of the wealth tax schedule and measures to reduce tax loopholes used by large companies, the newspaper said, without saying wh
06/15/2012
International law firm expands City capital markets practice
He was previously a partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP for six years
06/15/2012
"We are well established in the Channel Islands and have been named the fastest growing offshore law firm - but as we are new to Singapore it has been mutually beneficial to facilitate debate and discussion around regional issues with industry leader
06/14/2012
Firms must create a comprehensive regulatory environment to cater for Basel III and EBA Common Reporting deadlines of January 2013
06/14/2012
The complaint was filed in London in April and made available by the court last week.
06/14/2012
Barclays Bank is being sued for €164m (£133m) by an irate former client which claims the lender went behind its back and bought a company it was itself pursuing.
06/14/2012
Mr. McNally provides advice on corporate transactional and private equity fund matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, fund formation and financings. Mr. McNally trained at magic circle firm Slaughter and May.
06/14/2012
A report in the British media that claims the 200,000 British expats in France are in a frenzy as they face a shock stealth tax on Friday has been questioned by the world’s largest independent financial advisory firm.
06/14/2012
Sesame has until the middle of next week until an official complaint is made, Pruggmayer said. Read more: http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/ifaonline/news/2184326/sesame-fsa-complaint-ucis-mis-selling#ixzz1xly5od6S IFA Online - News, blogs and analysis for IFAs
06/14/2012
France wants the European Central Bank to have a stronger role in overseeing banks in the single currency bloc as part of a package of urgent reforms to increase financial stability in Europe, sources said on Wednesday.
06/13/2012
Both nations will sign a double taxation agreement Monday.
06/13/2012
Compliance officer fined £10k by FSA
Gregory White of Accendo Markets received the penalty for failing to meet FSA compliance requirements and for not exercising due skill, care and diligence.
06/12/2012
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s legal team was warned against trying to assign blame to the bank’s sacked lawyers at Herbert Smith when the taxpayer-backed institution failed to block a hedge fund from being able to sue it in a Texas court.