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Law firms prepare to mimic corporate client structure in future
April 24th, 2015
The big trend expected to spread across many law firms in the next five years is a move to the corporate structure used by many of their clients – a shift from the last five years in which the ...
Allen & Overy is IJGlobal’s Asia Pacific Law Firm of the Year
March 26th, 2015
Allen & Overy has been recognised as the “Law Firm of the Year” at the annual IJGlobal Asia Pacific Awards ceremony held in Singapore . Over 150 market professionals attended the ceremony, which recognises excellence, achievement and innovation in ...
Top Global Law Firm: Virtual Currency is Here to Stay
March 17th, 2015
“Virtual currency is here to stay”, according to a partner at one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the US. Judith Alison Lee, partner in the Washington, DC, office of global law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, was ...
Eversheds global expansion sees Ian Gray appointed as first International Managing Partner
March 17th, 2015
Law firm Eversheds has announced the appointment of Ian Gray as the firm’s first International Managing Partner with executive responsibilities for its fast-growing international operations. Since 2008-09, the firm’s revenue from international offices has grown 41%. At the same ...
No more weak links – elite law firms unite to fight cyber security threat
March 9th, 2015
It has long been a gripe among major clients – in particular banks – that law firms are the chink in the armour against the growing barrage of cyber attacks. In response, some of the world’s top law firms ...
International and regional bodies that combat money laundering (part C)
March 9th, 2015
Introduction Money laundering is a global phenomenon that thrives parasitically on the world’s financial markets. It ignores national boundaries in much the same way that the financial market place does. It has been accepted that this problem requires both ...
China Said to Tax Past Capital Gains by International Funds
February 27th, 2015
China plans to collect capital gains taxes from foreign money managers that invested in mainland markets during the five years through November 2014, a move that may compel funds to claw back more than $1 billion from investors to ...
HMRC confirms HSBC Suisse bank data can now be shared
February 26th, 2015
HMRC‘s Chief Executive, Lin Homer, today announced in a Treasury Select Committee hearing that the French authorities have formally agreed that HMRC can share stolen HSBC Suisse customer account data with other law enforcement agencies and regulators, for the ...
UK law firms reach six-year records on growth
February 26th, 2015
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 – and the group predicts that 2014/15 revenue will show ...
Hogan Lovells Ranked as Leading Firm by Global Arbitration Review for Sixth Consecutive Year
February 26th, 2015
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 year running. This is the sixth consecutive year that Hogan ...
