05/02/2013
Swiss partner duo quit after being caught up in US tax evasion allegations
Swiss firm Niederer Kraft & Frey (NKF) has lost two partners after the duo were caught up in allegations of tax evasion between the US and Switzerland.
Tax
05/01/2013
Google faces second Parliament grilling on UK tax avoidance
His company’s sales team were based in Ireland and that the job of its UK staff was merely to market Google
05/01/2013
Court rejects Swiss bank employee's privacy suit
Fearful of harsh US penalties and prosecution, the banks then met Washington's demands
05/01/2013
Ashurst Germany corporate chief to join Gibson Dunn in Munich
He is an experienced M&A attorney with an exceptional reputation in the Munich and German corporate market
05/01/2013
HMRC accused of letting Goldmans off £20m tax to avoid 'major embarrassment' to Chancellor
They are accused of letting Goldman Sachs off £20m in tax in a "sweetheart" deal
04/30/2013
'There will be more wealth confiscation, without a doubt'
European politicians will take the "easy option" of taking money from the rich rather than raising taxes
04/30/2013
Ex-UBS Executive Convicted of Paid Sex With Underage Girl
He could be jailed for as long as seven years and fined for each charge, will be sentenced on May 8.
04/30/2013
International law firm secures Singapore alliance and launches in Beijing
Meanwhile, the firm has also officially opened a representative office in Beijing
04/30/2013
OECD’s Global Forum on Transfer Pricing releases a Draft Handbook on Transfer Pricing Risk Assessment
The objective of this project was to produce a practical handbook that provides clear and detailed steps countries can take to assess the transfer pricing risk presented by an individual taxpayer’s operations.
04/30/2013
The sinister HMRC investigation of the Goldman Sachs whistleblower
HMRC used Ripa powers when Osita Mba exposed a 'sweetheart' tax deal. We should all worry about the ethics of this
04/29/2013
Lawrence Graham promotes trio to partner
A restructuring and insolvency associate who joined the firm
04/29/2013
Barclays wins Libor appeal in £70m mis-selling case
The trial is seen as a test case for small British firms who believe they were mis-sold such swaps
04/28/2013
German bank directors not linked to rate rigging-WSJ
German financial markets watchdog Bafin has not turned up any evidence that German bank directors were involved in manipulating benchmark interest rates, a top Bafin official has told the Wall Street Journal Deutschland.
04/28/2013
Deutsche Bank's Fitschen: Zero Tolerance for Tax Evasion-Report
Germany's largest bank has established very restrictive measures against tax evasion
04/28/2013
UK companies accused of money laundering in Magnitsky probe
Evidence that the UK system has been abused prompted one MP to demand the Government
04/27/2013
Reckless bankers will be jailed
The government’s banking commission is considering legislation which would see reckless bankers jailed
04/27/2013
Soon, US to get info on Americans' assets in India
US tax authorities may soon get access to all significant assets and accounts
04/26/2013
Court gives final OK to Merrill deferred compensation settlement
The suit, filed in 2010, stems from Merrill's merger with Bank of America in September 2008.
04/26/2013
CoA throws out Linklaters client Commerzbank's bonus appeal
The claim was launched in September 2009 after Dresdner Kleinwort reneged on promises to hand over bonuses it had promised to mitigate the risk of significant staff defections.
04/25/2013
FCA warns managers on cashing in on clean fee shares
The FCA has told fund managers to expect a further clampdown on charges