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FCA is in close contact with regulated firms; Much financial regulation currently applicable in the UK derives from EU legislation
June 27th, 2016
On 23 June, the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU). This has significant implications for the UK. The FCA is in very close contact with the firms they supervise as well as the Treasury, the Bank of ...
UK-Based Trader charged for hacked into the online brokerage accounts of numerous investors
June 23rd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has obtained an emergency court order to freeze the assets of a United Kingdom resident charged with intruding into the online brokerage accounts of U.S. investors to make unauthorized stock trades ...
Multinational law firm expands across Italy with four new offices and 21 partners
June 23rd, 2016
Tie-up sees firm gain four new offices and 21 partners across Milan, Rome, Venice and Turin. European law firm Fieldfisher has agreed a merger with Italian law firm Studio Associato Servizi Professionali Integrati (SASPI). The merger, structured as a ...
An international law firm partner fined for sexist emails
June 16th, 2016
An international law firm partner who exchanged a series of sexist and offensive emails with his client for more than a year was today fined £15,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. DLA Piper partner Nicholas William West replied to a ...
Brexit: All you need to know for UK’s EU referendum
June 13th, 2016
What is happening? A referendum is being held on Thursday, 23 June to decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union. This article is designed to be an easy-to-understand guide – if you have any questions ...
Top 10 international law firm announced revenues of EUR 1bn for 2015
June 13th, 2016
CMS, the top 10 international law firm, today announces its financial results for 2015. Total annual revenues of EUR 1.01bn compared with 2014 revenues of EUR 934.5m, a year-on-year increase of 8.4% Net profit up 6.8% compared with 2014 ...
Law Society of Scotland and Legal Hackers Scotland to host access to justice ‘hackathon’
June 10th, 2016
The Law Society of Scotland and Legal Hackers Scotland are inviting teams to gather round their laptops for the Law Society’s first ever access to justice ‘hackathon’. The 48 hour event, which runs over the weekend of 17-19 June, ...
The Nine Law Firms that have won a place on French multinational aerospace global legal panel
June 9th, 2016
Eversheds, Hogan Lovells and Baker & McKenzie are among nine firms to have won places on French multinational aerospace, defence and security firm Safran’s inaugural global legal panel. Weil, Gotshal & Manges, as well as Fieldfisher and Osborne Clarke ...
Multinational Law Firm slashes 37 positions in London
June 3rd, 2016
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has made 37 business services jobs redundant in London as part of wide-reaching cutbacks across its European arm. The firm’s management informed staff in March that 15% of its 160-strong partnership across the UK, continental Europe and the ...
International law firm launches first fund of its kind to provide free of charge legal advice to FinTech startups
May 30th, 2016
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has today launched the first fund of its kind designed to help early stage FinTech businesses solve some of the difficult legal problems they often encounter at the infancy of their businesses. The ...
