Search Results for: International law firm
UK introduces measures ending the supremacy of EU Law
July 14th, 2017
The UK government has begun the technical process of extricating the UK from the European Union by introducing a 66-page measure ending the supremacy of EU law. As expected, the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill would repeal the European Communities ...
Lawyers are suing international banking and financial services company Wells Fargo
May 15th, 2017
Lawyers for customers: Wells Fargo may have opened about 3.5M bogus accounts Lawyers suing Wells Fargo on behalf of aggrieved customers say the bank may have opened about 3.5 million unauthorized accounts, far more than the figure bank and ...
Multinational law firm enters the China market
May 3rd, 2017
International legal practice Osborne Clarke enters the Mainland China market after admitting new Shanghai-based firm, Zhang Yu & Partners, to its international network. Entering Mainland China is a key part of Osborne Clarke’s Asian expansion plans, which have also ...
Global law firms based in UK merge to create the sixth largest legal practice in the world
May 2nd, 2017
CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang today announce the completion of their transformational merger, creating a new London powerhouse and the 6th largest law firm in the UK by revenue and 6th largest globally by headcount. Globally, CMS has over ...
Law firm in Australia launches patented legal technology
April 21st, 2017
Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has received a patent from IP Australia for a new optical character recognition (OCR) analysis technology. The technology identifies documents with low quality searchable text and will be used as part ...
Italian and Indian law firms team up to boost cross-border business
March 24th, 2017
Italian Law Firm CBA Studio Legale e Tributario has entered into a joint venture with Singhania & Co after signing an agreement at the Consulate General of Italy in Mumbai. The companies have made the move primarily to promote ...
More than a third of law firms in England and Wales owned by women
March 13th, 2017
Equality in the solicitor profession is moving closer with more than a third of law firms in England and Wales now estimated to be majority-owned by women, the Law Society of England and Wales said to mark this year’s ...
Law Firms Woo London’s Fintech Scene
March 8th, 2017
Top law firms are reaching out to London fintech companies in a bid to develop relationships that could be profitable in the future. International law firms Slaughter and May and Simmons & Simmons, both with headquarters in London, are ...
Firms vie over rights to Arthur Andersen name
March 6th, 2017
A company calling itself Arthur Andersen announced it has reconstituted the former Big Five firm in 16 countries, but its rights to the brand are being challenged by another firm that took the Andersen name in 2014. French businessman ...
FSMA warns for investment firms not authorised
February 14th, 2017
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), a financial regulator of Belgium, has issued an announcement to warn investors and public against the activities of various providers of/intermediaries in binary options and Forex products, “recovery rooms” and “boiler rooms”, ...
