01/25/2016

Surrendering jurisdiction or harmonisation of effort?

It is common ground among insolvency lawyers that the concept of insolvency should be a unitary and universal one, so long as it does not conflict with local law or policy: this is the doctrine of ‘modified universalism’.

01/19/2016

Appleby's Frances Woo named among 2015 IFC Power Women

Running for the third consecutive year, the list honours 200 of the most powerful women in government, private wealth, private client advisory, education and philanthropy across the international financial centres.

01/19/2016

The return of $300m Abacha loot

The government of Switzerland, he recalled, had earlier recovered and repatriated $700 million to Nigeria from previously discovered Abacha loot.