Managers of Wealth Offshore

Swiss reality on wealth tax

Australia's challenge is not to invent new taxes but to waste less.

OECD tackles tax avoidance – fair to all countries?

The G20 group of developed nations has committed to tackling global tax avoidance by multinational companies.

Top Sullivan private client partner heads to London for UK launch

Sullivan & Cromwell is expanding its international private client practice to London with the transfer of New York-based group leader Basil Zirinis.

Former Goldman Director Gupta Fined, Banned in SEC Case

Mr. Gupta, 64, is appealing his June 2012 conviction

Liechtenstein Bank stows extra $33 mln for imminent U.S. Tax Deal

LLB accused of Aiding Wealthy Americans to Evade Tax

Withers sees 4% revenue increase while PEP drops 4%

Withers has posted its financial results for 2012-13, with revenues up 4% on last year while profits per equity partner have fallen by 4%.

Japan Shows How to Stop Corporate Tax Evasion Using Tax Havens

Japan has a law called the Tax Haven Counter Measure Law. It applies to any Japanese subsidiary in a low tax jurisdiction with a tax rate of 20% or less

Barclays' $453m fine for energy market manipulation upheld by FERC

We believe that our trading was legitimate and in compliance with applicable law

Ex-HSBC employee hopes for widening of Europe tax probe

The investigations were blocked in various countries due to a lack of knowledge about the objective and the scale of the problem,

The accord is meant to counter tax evasion and avoidance

Macau and Malta have agreed to work together to prevent tax evasion and tax avoidance.

OECD launches Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting

National tax laws have not kept pace with the globalisation of corporations and the digital economy, leaving gaps that can be exploited by multi-national corporations to artificially reduce their taxes.

FATCA | Registration Portal delayed and certain deadlines extended - Withers

On July 12, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service announced revised timelines in connection with the staged implementation of the various due diligence, verification, withholding, and reporting requirements

FINMA signed cooperation arrangements with 28 EU and EEA states

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has Signed Cooperation Arrangements with 28 EU and EEA Member States

Duane Morris Picks Up Corporate Tax Pro From Proskauer

Wheater focuses her practice on the tax aspects of a broad range of issues. She has significant experience in structuring private equity, venture capital and other funds, including holding companies, carried interest and deal structures.

Swiss arrest witness in French tax fraud probe

It said it had handed all evidence in the case to the Swiss attorney general's office.

Serious Fraud Office charges two more brokers

They were arrested in December, along with former UBS and Citigroup trader

Matrix goes global with Geneva launch

Gray’s Inn set Matrix has set out plans for expansion overseas after launching its first international office in Geneva.

Bakers' new London head puts lawyers 'in clients' shoes' for first term

The new plan, unveiled under the catchline ‘Collaborating to Win’, puts greater collaboration at the heart of revenue generation.

FCA cancels IFA's permissions for failing to act in clients' interests

The regulator said Gloucestershire-based Moseling had failed to comply with an award made against him by the Financial Ombudsman Service

Ex-Goldman trader’s fraud trial due to begin

According to the SEC, the wolf in question is John Paulson, a hedge fund billionaire who enlisted the help of Goldman Sachs to bet against the sub-prime mortgage market using an insurance product called a credit default swap.