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Worried about non-EU investor, Germany may see a new law on foreign takeovers
August 13th, 2018
The German government is mulling over a proposal to change the country’s Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance. The proposal has been sent to various ministries, and according to the Welt newspaper, a law granting the government more control could ...
Beware of firms that use misleading information to solicit investors
August 7th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has updated its list of unregistered firms that use misleading information to primarily solicit non-U.S. investors, adding 16 soliciting entities, four impersonators of genuine firms, and nine bogus regulators. The ...
Consumers choose cheaper, faster ‘lawbots’ over expensive, slow lawyers
August 6th, 2018
New research into the use of digital technology in the UK legal sector has revealed that seven out of 10 consumers would choose a ‘lawbot,’ a customer facing, automated online system to handle their legal affairs over a human ...
Russia passes tax haven laws to bypass sanctions
August 1st, 2018
International firms can use new laws to establish an offshore domicile and thereby bypass sanctions. The Russian parliament’s upper chamber has approved a package of laws to enable Russia-controlled foreign offshore companies to be re-registered in offshore financial centers ...
Big four accounting firms paid millions to advice EU Commission on tax policy
July 10th, 2018
EU lawmakers should stop relying on policy advice from the world’s four largest accounting firms, given their status as “goliaths of the tax planning world,” according to an independent Brussels-based watchdog. Far from being “objective and legitimate” advisers on ...
US law firm joined forces with a legal services operator to create a market-disrupting legal platform
June 15th, 2018
A US law firm has joined forces with a legal services operator to create a market-disrupting legal platform, removing business operations from the law firm. US AmLaw 200 firm LeClairRyan has entered into a joint venture with UnitedLex to ...
Statement on potentially unlawful online platforms for trading digital assets including coins and tokens in ICOs
March 8th, 2018
SEC has released a Statement on potentially unlawful online platforms for trading digital assets including coins and tokens offered and sold in so-called Initial Coin Offerings (“ICOs”). Below is the Statement as it was released: Online trading platforms have become ...
American law firm Sedgwick is to close after some 85 years in business
November 23rd, 2017
The closure follows a raft of lawyers exiting the firm in recent years, most recently a defection to UK law firm Kennedys. ‘We have concluded that the best way to allow our lawyers to continue providing great service to ...
International law firm continues global expansion with Bangkok and Paris office openings
October 3rd, 2017
According an announcement released yesterday, the opening of new offices in Thailand and France strengthened global footprint and insurance practice for the International law firm Kennedys Law LLP. Kennedys released: Suraphon Rittipongchusit, formerly a senior partner in the insurance ...
Multinational law firm explores opportunities in Uganda
September 28th, 2017
A multinational law firm has issued a press release to inform that it will form a combination with an elite international law firm in Uganda that is expected to be launched in February 2018. According the announcement, Dentons, the ...
