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Deloitte announces new Managing Partner for Tax
June 8th, 2016
Deloitte has announced Matt Ellis as new managing partner for tax in the UK and Switzerland. He assumes the role from Andy Hodge, who has led the practice for the past five years and is retiring from the firm. ...
Baker & McKenzie elects new global Chairman
June 8th, 2016
Leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie announced that following a vote of its partnership, Paul Rawlinson has been elected as the next Chairman of the Firm. Paul is an accomplished intellectual property(IP) lawyer and a relationship partner for a ...
CFTC Charges Three individuals and their companies with $2.7 Million Precious Metals and Rare Diamonds Fraud
June 8th, 2016
Massachusetts Resident Jeffrey Slemmer, Florida Residents Christian Dorrian and Adam Roth, and Their Florida-Based Companies Charged with Fraud, Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions, and Registration Violations The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that on ...
BDO promotes nine new partners
June 7th, 2016
BDO has announced the promotion of nine new partners across the UK. The promotions, which will be effective next month as of 2 July 2016, cover a broad spectrum of the firm’s service lines and regions. The firm has ...
Hong Kong Guides On Expanded Offshore Fund Tax Break
June 7th, 2016
Hong Kong’s Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has issued a new Interpretation and Practice Note No. 51 on the extension of the profits tax exemption for offshore funds to include offshore private equity funds. Under a legislative amendment to Hong ...
ACCA sets out “Magnificent Seven” attributes vital to success in modern business
June 6th, 2016
Major new international study from ACCA discovers what makes the ‘perfect professional’ in 2016 and beyond Intellect, creativity, emotional intelligence, vision, experience, technical skills and a mastery of the digital world are seven key skill areas sought by employers ...
Multinational law firm revelaed plan for expansion in Europe
June 6th, 2016
Fieldfisher goes for growth in Europe with new strategy The firm has lifted the curtain on its new three-year strategic plan, with expansion of its European offices firmly on top of the agenda. The new strategy will see Fieldfisher ...
Spain is the first country in Europe to introduce Samsung Pay contactless payments
June 6th, 2016
Samsung Electronics today has announced the launch in Spain of Samsung Pay, a secure and simple mobile payments service that works anywhere you can pay with a contactless credit or debit card. Spain is the first country in Europe ...
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 ...
Is your company in legal trouble? There’s an app for that
June 3rd, 2016
Australian law firms are servicing their clients on smartphones and with hackathons There have long been dedicated smartphone apps to order pizza, book flights and identify songs. But managing corporate strategy in a crisis is an entirely new function. ...
