A recent HMRC press release trumpeted the £218m recovered by its Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) in 2020-21, taking its total for the five years since it was set up to just over £1bn. Harry Travers and John Binns, partners in the Financial Crime team at BCL Solicitors, ask if we really should be celebrating?
Litigation funding is certainly a hot topic, as can be seen from the controversy surrounding the involvement of litigation funders in the now infamous divorce proceedings between Tatiana Akhmedova and her now ex-husband, oligarch Temur Akhmedov. Jersey is no different, with litigation funders becoming increasingly involved in all manner of disputes.
Shaul Brazil and Tom McNeill of the Financial Crime team at BCL Solicitors examine the SFO’s approach to cooperating suspects
As the battle for legal talent intensifies, Dominic Carman examines how leading offshore law firms are managing record volumes of M&A, PE and fundraising
Offshore firms are benefiting from frenetic levels of onshore activity. So which deals stand out?
By Robert Moore, Director – UK, Jersey Finance
Disputes continue to thrive across the offshore world. What are they arguing about?
As ESG impacts every aspect of commercial activity, Dominic Carman examines how the offshore elite is responding to increasing client demand and sustained investment pressure
This year, China set its sights on Essex Court Chambers and Mayer Brown; next year it “might be Clifford Chance, Freshfields or some other major city law firm which offends the Chinese state.”
The UK’s departure from the EU means that online software sales agents could face continued uncertainty, according to Hunters’ partner, Richard Baxter.
