DLA Piper’s financial services regulatory team has released the spring 2014 edition of its Money Laundering Bulletin. In this issue, the firm looks at how money laundering cases related to fraud have surged in the UK and how Standard Bank was fined £7.6m for failures in its anti-money laundering controls. DLA Piper also provide updates of anti-money […]
DLA Piper has released the 17 February 2014 issue of its Health Alert, which focuses on judgments, legislation and reports in the health sector. Click on the link below to read the DLA Piper briefing.
The final report prepared by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) on its review of the Copyright Act recommends changes that, if adopted by the government, would revolutionise Australian copyright law. The ALRC report was made public on 13 February 2014, when it was tabled in parliament. The report recommended major changes to the act, […]
As a leading international offshore centre, the majority of the high-value commercial litigation that reaches the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Commercial Court is cross-border in nature. While it is not uncommon for BVI entities to feature as defendants (so that the ‘necessary or proper’ gateway for service out can be used), often the real target […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has acted for the borrower, RISE, in relation to the financing of an acquisition from affiliates of GECAS of a portfolio of 26 commercial passenger aircraft and their related leases. It includes the entry into series-A and series-B loans and the issuance of E interests. The transaction is valued at $670m (£400m). […]
Clifford Chance’s private equity practice has taken a blow with the departure of star Carlyle partner Kem Ihenacho to Latham & Watkins. He is the third partner to have quit Clifford Chance for Latham & Watkins within the last year. London partner and Africa practice co-head Ihenacho was one of the firm’s remaining contacts for […]
Middlesex-based property partner James-Guy Jacobs has been struck off the solicitors roll and ordered to pay costs of £1,500 following a conviction for child pornography offences at Harrow Crown Court in November 2012. Jacobs was convicted of ten counts of making indecent photographs or pseudo photographs of a child, five counts of taking indecent photographs […]
Singapore-based Rajah & Tann and RHTLaw Taylor Wessing have both expanded their regional presence with a tie-up with local Vietnamese firms. Rajah & Tann has entered into a partnership with LCT Lawyer to create Rajah & Tann LCT lawyers, which will be the firm’s Vietnamese member firm. Rajah & Tann already has a small office […]
The joys of working in-house are many, but what’s it like being surrounded by biscuits, crisps and ice cream as part of the job? Find out below as we interview in-house lawyers from companies that make eating their business Unilever Italy GC Giulia di Tommaso R&R Ice Cream’s GC Francesca Yardley: Show me the lolly […]
Baker & McKenzie has become the latest international firm to set foot in Myanmar with the opening of its Yangon office. The Yangon office, initially staffed by five Myanmar-qualified lawyers, will be led by infrastructure and corporate partner Chris Hughes, who has recently relocated to Yangon from the firm’s Sydney office. Bakers first tapped into […]
It is one of the biggest firms in Asia, with 3,000 lawyers across 41 offices. Now Beijing-headquartered Dacheng has put in place a new governance structure capable of driving forward growth. The firm is in the process of electing members for its new-look management line-up, which is made up of a 17-member partnership council, a […]
The UK’s leading banks are struggling to cope with the demand for new loans from fixed-share partners (FSPs) in the run-up to tax law changes on 6 April. Industry sources suggest that up to 8,000 individuals are looking to borrow money from UK banks in an attempt to inject new capital into their firms ahead […]