09/26/2011
Rogue trading: why are speculators free to gorge on yet another acronym?
Rogue trading: why are speculators free to gorge on yet another acronym?
Tax
09/26/2011
The compliance lessons, so far, arising from the UBS rogue trader
The compliance lessons, so far, arising from the UBS rogue trader
09/21/2011
Appleby Win International Legal Team Award
Appleby was named “International Legal Team of the Year 2011/12” at the Step Private Client Awards 2011/12 held in London on Thursday 15 September 2011.
09/12/2011
US probing Liechtenstein bank over allegedly helping wealthy tax dodgers
US probing Liechtenstein bank over allegedly helping wealthy tax dodgers
09/12/2011
U.S. has tax statistics from 10 Swiss banks: report
U.S. has tax statistics from 10 Swiss banks: report
09/06/2011
Banks say US tax deal must respect Swiss law
Swiss bankers have rejected another UBS-style tax evasion deal following an ultimatum from the United States last week to turn over the names of more tax cheats.
09/05/2011
HSBC UK clients probed on Swiss accounts taxes - Times
HSBC UK clients probed on Swiss accounts taxes - Times
09/01/2011
Swiss parliament committee backs tough bank rules
Swiss parliament committee backs tough bank rules
08/28/2011
UK and Switzerland agree tax deal
UK and Switzerland agree tax deal
08/24/2011
Swiss ambassador rejects US tax criticism
Switzerland's ambassador to the United States, Manuel Sager, has penned a letter strongly refuting “claims that Switzerland is fighting against handing over bank information about Americans who have cheated on their taxes.“
08/23/2011
Calmy-Rey criticises US tactics on tax evasion
Switzerland’s president has criticized the United States’ demands on her country on suspected U.S. tax cheats.
08/23/2011
Ex-UBS client ordered to give tax records to grand jury
U.S. prosecutors won a victory in their crackdown on offshore tax evasion when a federal appeals court said a former UBS client cannot assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination to avoid turning over his bank records to a U.S. grand jury.
08/20/2011
Wealthy Britons to pay UK tax on Swiss accounts
Wealthy Britons to pay UK tax on Swiss accounts
08/17/2011
Mourant Ozannes advises Nexar Capital Group on its acquisition of Jersey-based group
Mourant Ozannes advises Nexar Capital Group on its acquisition of Jersey-based group
08/13/2011
Swiss-German tax accord may cost $643m, Odier tells SZ
Swiss-German tax accord may cost $643m, Odier tells SZ
08/08/2011
US presses Switzerland over secret accounts
The bank had already transferred 255 US client names as part of a $780m settlement of criminal charges with the US authorities.
08/07/2011
Swiss to pay 2 bln Sfr for German tax deal-paper
The advance payment is part of a deal aimed at settling a dispute over an estimated 200 billion francs held by German citizens in untaxed Swiss accounts.
08/07/2011
The Bahamas signs two new TIEAs
Today, Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. T. Brent Symonette, signed two TIEA with the States of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands group of crown dependencies of the United Kingdom; and with Aruba, a Caribbean territory of the