Financial services Archives

Don’t blame your shareholders for tax avoidance decisions, Farrer & Co report warns FTSE 100 bosses

Company directors facing scrutiny over their low corporate tax bill are not able to effectively blame their decisions on their…

Compliance drive – BLP’s financial services partner joins Barclays investment arm as EMEA head

David Stevenson

As leading retail and investment banks bolster their internal compliance functions it has emerged that Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) financial services…

Finance: Slaughters, Cravath and De Brauw secure Shell DCM work as Irwin Mitchell wins Wells Fargo as new client

David Stevenson

European corporates are showing greater reluctance than last year to tap into the debt capital markets but Royal Dutch Shell…

Deal watch: Student Loans Company invites law firm tenders for £40bn debt portfolio sale

Sarah Downey

The Government’s plan to take the Student Loans Company debt off its balance sheet has moved up a gear as…

Resurgence in debt and equity capital markets sees Allen & Overy claim top spot for issuer and manager roles

David Stevenson

Allen & Overy (A&O) has topped Thomson Reuters’ table of legal advisers on global debt and equity capital markets work for…

Smoke, mirrors and grease – government signals review of controversial Bribery Act

Legal Business

It was the most controversial piece of legislation aimed at corporates to emerge in the last decade and, in a…

FSA slaps Pru with £30m fine before its split

David Stevenson

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) handed out its last penalty before being split up after fining companies in the Prudential…

Generation game

Legal Business

International wealth preservation and succession planning is now a core component of most successful private client practices. Legal Business assesses…

Insolvency teams line up on high-profile failures

David Stevenson

With HMV, Jessops and Blockbuster all entering into administration in the first few weeks of 2013, leading City firms have…

No let up for Libor claims as FSA issues record fines

David Stevenson

With the Financial Services Authority (FSA) issuing a record £300m of total fines in the UK in 2012, up from…

Mike’s Mechanics

Mark McAteer

White & Case sent Mike Goetz to London in 2000 to take its City finance practice to a new level.…

On the Mend

David Stevenson

When the credit crisis hit, leveraged finance lawyers were among the first to fall. They are still in the doldrums,…

Hedge funds: Get debt go

David Stevenson

In the global financial crisis, the hedge fund industry lost about a fifth of its value. Now distressed debt in…

Rule changes put transfer pricing practices centre stage

David Stevenson

The increased global focus of governments on tax avoidance means a handful of international law firms have been pushing their…

Wealth management – Filling big shoes

Mark McAteer

The global diversification of wealth continues to drive the efforts of law firms’ private client teams as the world’s population…

Creditors draw battle lines over Dewey & LeBoeuf assets

David Stevenson

An intense and long-running battle is set to begin over the assets of Dewey & LeBoeuf which, as many observers…

Scams driving another bumper year for insurance firms

Legal Business

Leading insurance firms that reported unprecedented revenue and headcount growth in their counter-fraud teams in 2011 expect this trend to…

FSA’s Cole holds all the cards in choosing her next move

Emma Sadowski

After two years of speculation in the financial services sector, it has finally happened. Margaret Cole, Financial Services Authority (FSA)…

FSA to lose top level enforcer and board member

Legal Business

Margaret Cole, managing director and board member of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), tendered her resignation from the top post…

Switzerland – Fighting fit

Legal Business

Switzerland’s dispute resolution market is in rude health. LB talks to the key players about recent headline cases and what…