International

Chris Crowe

Bristol-based DAC Beachcroft insurance partner David Pollitt is a regular visitor to Miami. But while tourists may be lured by…

Legal Business

As Latin America increasingly becomes a global economic force, the role of the in-house lawyer in the region has evolved…

Helen Mooney

A year ago Cyprus was heading for disaster. The banking crisis had hit hard and predictions of where it would…

Chris Crowe

Barry Levenfeld is a regular visitor to Silicon Valley. The technology and life sciences specialist at Israeli firm Yigal Arnon…

Julian Matteucci

While historically relatively untouched by the globalisation of legal services, international firms have continued their recent surge into Switzerland, with…

Jaishree Kalia

While most of central and eastern Europe (CEE) predictably remains in recovery mode from the global financial crisis, the buoyant…

Julian Matteucci

Offshore jurisdictions have responded proactively to recent global initiatives affecting how they operate. Legal Business assesses recent developments and profiles…

Chris Crowe

More than a decade after international law firms reshaped the market, Germany’s singular economy and culture is still refusing to…

David Stevenson

‘I’m standing saying that those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So if you want to be…

Anthony Notaras

Given that domestic litigators in Russia and the CIS regularly see their clients’ largest commercial disputes go abroad, usually to…

Anthony Notaras

Boris Berezovsky v Roman Abramovich; Michael Cherney v Oleg Deripaska – these were the two headlining title bouts that for…

Legal Business

Still demonised by Western governments for aiding tax evasion, major offshore centres have in recent years ushered in substantive moves…

Legal Business

Complex and controversial, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive has finally emerged, with huge regulatory implications for global funds. Legal…

Anthony Notaras

In 2011 Stefano Simontacchi, then head of tax at the Italian legal giant Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, made a high-stakes presentation…

Sarah Downey

Bought by the Central Bank in 2012 from lender and toxic loans body the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) for…

Sarah Downey

Rescuing Ireland’s banks was a portentous decision in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. It has resulted in crippling…

Miriam Fahey

Portugal continues to navigate a deep recession, aided by its legal profession. But while the sale of state assets is…

David Stevenson

Post-banking crisis, the world has generally divided fairly neatly into two camps with their clear economic narratives. On one hand…

David Stevenson

After so much talk of the rise of Latin America since the 2008 banking crisis gripped Western economies, there is…

Miriam Fahey

Beware the Ides of March: for two weeks earlier this year, the world held its collective breath as Cyprus teetered…