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India Targets Century-Old Bankruptcy Law to Revive Momentum
October 19th, 2015
Finance Ministry to receive recommendations on law this week To deepen corporate bond market and finance long-term infra Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to overhaul Indian bankruptcy laws that date back a century in a bid to get his ...
Regulatory authorities of Italy and Belgium warn the public for unauthorised investment firms
October 13th, 2015
The Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob), the regulatory authority of Italy and the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the regulatory authority of Belgium, have issued “Warning” announcements to inform investors and public for companies ...
GC Futures Summit: The law firm of the future
October 12th, 2015
Law departments have given their view on the shape of the law firm of the future in a poll conducted for the GC Futures Summit. Law firms need to take a greater interest in their clients’ business if they ...
Shareholder lawsuit against Volkswagen in Germany
October 9th, 2015
US litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been instructed in a shareholder lawsuit against car maker Volkswagen (VW) after the company lost as much as $33bn in market value in ten days after it admitted to cheating emissions tests. ...
Accounting Firms movements: Agreements, Acquisitions and additions
October 9th, 2015
EY’s member firm Ernst &Young Advisory has acquired Bluestone Consulting, an analytics and big data consultancy based in France. Bluestone provides data visualization, statistical engineering techniques and expertise to businesses’ operations in the marketing, finance and risk domains. The additional resources ...
First Europe entry for giant employment law firm
October 8th, 2015
Littler Global Enters Europe with Expansion Into Germany Germany’s Leading Labor and Employment Firm, vangard, Joins Littler’s Global Platform Littler has issued an announcement to inform that has added vangard, a leading labor and employment law boutique in Germany, to ...
CySec warns public for unauthorised investment firms
October 5th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the regulatory authority in Cyprus, has issued a press release to warn public in relation with two unauthorised Firms. Specific, CySec warns that the companies ‘Fundsaver Services Ltd’ (www.everyoption.com) and ‘Option500’ (www.option500.com): ...
SEC Charges Two Grant Thornton Firms With Violating Auditor Independence Rules
October 2nd, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Grant Thornton India LLP and Australia-based Grant Thornton Audit Pty Limited with auditor independence violations that occurred when two Grant Thornton Mauritius partners served on the boards of Mauritius-based subsidiaries of companies ...
India Confirms MAT Exemption For Foreign Firms
September 28th, 2015
The Indian Finance Ministry has announced that the Income Tax Act will shortly be amended to exempt foreign companies with no permanent establishment in the country from the minimum alternate tax (MAT) retrospectively from 2001, in a move likely ...
EY legal arm plans doubling of lawyer team in UK
September 25th, 2015
The Big Four accountancy firm, previously known as Ernst & Young, plans to increase its UK legal team from 30 to 60 lawyers within a year. Looking beyond the 12-month horizon, Philip Goodstone, head of EY’s legal services, said: ...
