Regulatory

Legal Business

Last week I attended a Symposium on Corporate Lawyers organised by Steven Vaughan and his colleagues at the Centre for…

Anthony Notaras

Once a byword for bribery, the Asia region has toughened anti-corruption measures in recent years, but enforcement remains hard to…

Legal Business

Goodwin Procter and Ropes & Gray launch in PE and ComLit International firms in the City maintained their expansive form…

Anthony Notaras

Once a byword for bribery, the Asia region has toughened anti-corruption measures in recent years, but enforcement remains hard to…

Legal Business

As the global financial crisis bit, and (in England and Wales at least) the regulatory landscape shifted for law firms,…

Kathryn McCann

Pinsent Masons has today (3 March) announced the hire of respected Addleshaw Goddard financial regulation head David Heffron.

Tom Moore

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the UK’s statutory compensation scheme for customers of authorised financial services firms, is currently…

Legal Business

When Legal Business queried in September whether the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was finally turning a corner after a year…

Legal Business

Interviewed for our annual in-house report, general counsel (GCs) at leading companies give us their views on panels, pricing, regulation…

Michael West

Scotland voted no to independence yesterday by a wider margin than many had expected, providing certainty to a legal market…

Legal Business

Michael West finds mixed feelings on independence from Scotland’s bloodied legal profession It’s long been a hoary cliché to say…

Caroline Hill

City law firms may face increased red tape when accepting new clients onto their books after the Home Office today…

Legal Business

‘Cooperation, cooperation, cooperation’ is the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)’s message to corporates looking to enter into new US-style plea bargains…

Legal Business

The increasingly wide-ranging and cross-departmental regulatory needs of clients sees Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) today (3 February) launch a 600-lawyer international…

Legal Business

As banks remain in the crosshairs of regulators and claimants, Legal Business teamed up with Stephenson Harwood to seek the…

Legal Business

The former head of legal for The Times newspaper, Alastair Brett, will appear before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) tomorrow…

Richard Moorhead

Lawyers and banks are in the news again. Lawrence Tomlinson, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Department for Business, Innovation and…

Legal Business

Following proposals for the first major reform of the water and waste sectors since privatisation in the 90s, industry regulator Ofwat…

Sarah Downey

While the post-Legal Services Act (LSA) shake-up moves far more slowly for barristers than their solicitor cousins, the Bar continues…

Legal Business

Clifford Chance (CC) has hired Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) corporate insurance partner Ashley Prebble as the Magic Circle firm aims…