06/24/2013
Barclays calls lawyers in for cost-cutting summit
Barclays’ external legal advisers are expecting widespread spending cuts by the bank’s legal function as part of its Transform Programme
06/24/2013
Surveying the wreckage of torpedoed Swiss-US tax deal
House of Representatives finally threw out plans to allow banks to pass over confidential data to the US.
06/24/2013
Douglas Hornung, an attorney representing the unnamed Credit Suisse employee, said he won an interim ruling in January blocking Credit Suisse from transferring the data. That ruling was confirmed by the civil court in Geneva on Friday, Mr. Hornung said.
06/24/2013
Mark Carney, chairman of the Financial Stability Board and incoming Governor of the Bank of England
06/23/2013
Barclays under German taxman's gaze over tax credits
German tax authorities are investigating Barclays over the use of legal loopholes
06/23/2013
A Kuwaiti sheikh is suing UBS AG for $21.4 million
06/23/2013
Conyers established its Moscow office in 2008, sending partner Caroline O’Hare to Russia to manage the office.
06/20/2013
Field Fisher Waterhouse has ratcheted up its City partner recruitment by hiring three lawyers from a trio of firms
06/20/2013
The UKIP leader paid a tax adviser to create a trust in the Isle of Man – which he intended to channel funds through
06/19/2013
Settling the charges without admitting or denying wrongdoing
06/19/2013
Following on the heels of the global financial crisis, progressively more legislative regulation has been initiated to increase control and supervision.
06/18/2013
Hayes has been charged with eight counts of conspiracy to defraud for his alleged role in manipulating the price of benchmark interest rates at the heart of the banking industry.
06/18/2013
A preferentially-priced 'super clean' share class made available to a few distributors, or a clean share class with a rebate - which would be taxable.
06/18/2013
Swiss lawmakers refused to bow today to pressure to vote on a deal with the United States exposing US tax dodgers
06/18/2013
We are delighted that our call for tougher professional standards has been endorsed with the suggestion of a new Senior Person Regime and a new set of Banking Standards Rules.
06/17/2013
The OECD has presented to G8 leaders the steps needed to create a fairer and more transparent global tax system.
06/16/2013
ABN Amro Group NV was told by an Amsterdam court to pay 1.06 million euros ($1.41 million) in compensation to two bankers it fired
06/16/2013
Three British banks are told to set aside hundreds of millions each as Singapore investigates its equivalent of the Libor scandal.
06/15/2013
A Liechtenstein bank official allegedly said three former employees of major securities firms instructed him to transfer 2.2 billion yen from an account of the bank to different accounts,
06/14/2013
Welcome clarity from the Supreme Court on financial awards from companies on divorce