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Brazil’s Galvao goes bust following Petrobras scandal

27/03/2015(0)
One of Brazil’s biggest engineering companies, Galvao Engenharia, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the wake of the Petrobras scandal. The state-run oil company has cut off payments to ... Read More
Allen & Overy

Allen & Overy is IJGlobal’s Asia Pacific Law Firm of the Year

26/03/2015(0)
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 ... Read More
Hogan-Lovells

Hogan Lovells Advises Optimal Payments Plc on €1.1 Billion Transformational Skrill Acquisition

24/03/2015(0)
Hogan Lovells has advised Optimal Payments Plc on the €1.1 billion acquisition of Sentinel Topco Limited and its subsidiaries (Skrill Group) from Sentinel Group Holdings S.A, which is ultimately ... Read More
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Noble Group Ltd Sues Former Credit Analyst After Iceberg Reports

23/03/2015(0)
Noble Group Ltd., Asia’s largest commodity trader by revenue, sued a credit analyst it says it fired in 2013 for conspiracy to injure the company by anonymously spreading false ... Read More
citibank

Citibank Sues Two Former Goldman Sachs Partners Over $29 Million Swiss Franc Margin Call

19/03/2015(0)
The sharp and unexpected rise of the Swiss franc in January resulted in big losses for hedge funds, investment banks and other currency speculators, even causing some hedge funds ... Read More
Latham-Watkins

Latham & Watkins wins “European Corporate Deal of the Year”

19/03/2015(0)
Firm works on “a landmark deal in the European healthcare sector last year” that was “particularly complex”. Latham & Watkins has won “European Corporate Deal of the Year” atThe ... Read More
English Pounds

UK plans criminal penalties for tax advisers who assist evasion

19/03/2015(0)
Lawyers and other tax advisers who aid clients evade tax will the subject of penalties under a new criminal offence which is to be announced by the UK government ... Read More
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Efficiency failures putting UK law firms at risk

18/03/2015(0)
Flat profit margins and high lockup weakening financial stability, survey finds Small to mid-sized UK law firms have enjoyed a year of sustained economic improvement, according to a new ... Read More
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Grant Thornton on the end of £49m negligence claim

18/03/2015(0)
The UK arm of the world’s sixth largest accountancy network is facing the claim for audit and advice work provided to Manchester Building Society between 2006 and 2013. The ... Read More
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Citibank Plans to Exit Custody Business in Argentina

18/03/2015(0)
Citibank said Tuesday it will exit the custody business in Argentina, following a ruling by a U.S. court preventing it from passing on interest payments from the South American ... Read More
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