Eversheds has produced a guide for businesses on the different ways of resolving tax disputes, wherever they may arise. Businesses are receiving increased scrutiny of their cross-border supply and finance arrangements from local tax authorities keen to ensure that tax is paid at the appropriate amount in the local jurisdiction. Tech companies have often been […]
As a brace of global heavyweights in the shape of Hogan Lovells and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) launch some new US-based roles this week, US boutique rival Boies Schiller & Flexner has landed in London with the hire of star Bingham partner Natasha Harrison. Hers is the latest in a round of major City litigation […]
DLA Piper has released the 7 October 2013 issue of its Health Alert publication, which focuses on judgments, legislation and reports in the health sector. If you are registered and logged in to the site, click on the link below to read the DLA Piper briefing. If not, please register or sign in with your details below.
DLA Piper has received two Americas Tax Awards from International Tax Review. The law firm was named 2013 International Law Firm of the Americas for the fourth consecutive year and the Los Angeles Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year for the second consecutive year. The Americas Tax Awards recognise law and accounting firms that demonstrate […]
With the launch of the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), which will target the most serious organised crime, Neil Blundell, partner and head of the fraud and investigations group at Eversheds, said: ’In an age where crime crosses regions and borders, it is fundamentally important to have a crime agency that does the same. If the […]
On 2 October 2013, the Spanish Competition Commission (SCC) published a press release stating that it had imposed fines of €43m (£36m) on five business associations, three companies and the Valencia Port Authority for having fixed prices and shared markets in the market for road transport by container from Valencia Harbour over a period of 13 […]
DLA Piper has represented Miller Energy Resources in the dismissal of two consolidated shareholder derivative suits, recently affirmed by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, where plaintiffs alleged that the oil and natural gas company had overvalued assets it purchased during the bankruptcy proceedings of Pacific Energy Resources. Originally filed in 2011 in the US […]
Trudy Feaster-Gee has two decades of specialist experience advising on all aspects of EU and UK competition law. She has enjoyed a number of prestigious secondments including at the UK’s Competition Commission, supporting the chairman and director of policy, and as a stagiare in DG Competition in Brussels. Feaster-Gee also enjoyed in-house positions as head […]
No5 barrister Daniel Oscroft has defended in a case that involved a failed attempt by Coventry’s community safety partnership to ban nine alleged members of Willenhall gang Gridlock Crew from part of Coventry. On the third day of the ASBO hearing at Coventry Magistrates Court, barristers for the respondents asked for the application to be […]
Ian Gilbert is managing partner and is recognised as one of the leading corporate lawyers in the region, known for his ’down-to-earth’ approach and his knack of developing ’compromises to suit all parties’. Gilbert has more than 30 years’ experience and advises a broad spectrum of corporate clients from major plcs to start-up companies and […]
Data protection specialists at Shoosmiths have launched a data protection e-learning tool to help businesses that process personal data to stay within the law. All businesses that process personal data must comply with data protection legislation, and failure to comply could have a significant impact on a business, resulting in an investigation and/or enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office. […]
Bermuda’s Investment Funds Act 2006, the legislation that provides the regulatory framework for the creation and operation of investment funds in Bermuda, has been amended pursuant to the provisions of the Investment Funds Amendment Act 2013. The amendment is designed to enhance Bermuda’s offering of investment fund products and is aimed at further attracting Bermuda’s […]