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Court upholds British challenge to ECB policy on clearing houses

04/03/2015(0)
The European Union’s second-highest court has ruled the European Central Bank (ECB) was wrong to insist that euro clearing houses should be based in the single currency area, a ... Read More
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China freezes accounts of metals-trading giant Trafigura

04/03/2015(0)
Chinese police have frozen two bank accounts held by Trafigura, one of the world’s three largest private oil and metals traders, as the authorities investigate an alleged $32 million ... Read More
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Bank of England’s forex boss broke rules 20 times

04/03/2015(0)
The sacked Bank of England official who failed to tell bosses about the possibility of foreign exchange benchmark manipulation also failed to act properly a score of other times, Mark Carney ... Read More
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EU influences ‘two-thirds of UK law’ – business group

03/03/2015(0)
A new calculation of the politically charged figure of the proportion of UK law originating in Brussels puts it at 64.7% over the past 20 years, a business group ... Read More
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Pan-Middle East Best Law Firm of the Year 2014

02/03/2015(0)
Dentons was awarded the Pan-Middle East Best Law Firm of the Year by EMEA Finance, whose Middle East Banking Awards winners for 2014 were announced recently. This is the ... Read More
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Baker & McKenzie Advises Siemens on Metals Technologies Joint Venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

27/02/2015(0)
Baker & McKenzie acted as Russian counsel for Siemens Aktiengesellschaft on the corporate and commercial aspects of its joint venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI). With this joint venture both ... Read More
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Germany’s Finance Minister Calls on Lawmakers to Back Greek Bailout Extension

27/02/2015(0)
Wolfgang Schäuble spoke to German lawmakers ahead of a parliamentary vote Germany’s finance minister called on lawmakers to back a four-month extension of Greece’s bailout, arguing that voting against the ... Read More
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UK law firms reach six-year records on growth

26/02/2015(0)
UK law firms are having a good year, according to research from TheCityUK. Turnover was up by 8.4 per cent in the year, 2013/14, covered by data from TheCityUK ... Read More
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Hogan Lovells Ranked as Leading Firm by Global Arbitration Review for Sixth Consecutive Year

26/02/2015(0)
Hogan Lovells‘ global international arbitration group has been ranked fourth place in Global Arbitration Review’s (GAR) annual listing of the world’s most active international arbitration practices for the second ... Read More
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Citigroup unit probed by more authorities over money laundering

26/02/2015(0)
Citigroup Inc (C.N) said additional government authorities have started probes of possible breaches of anti-money laundering laws at its Banamex USA unit. (Read more: International and regional bodies that combat money laundering ... Read More
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