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# Reports Legal

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- [Ireland Report](https://reportslegal.com/ireland-report-2/) - Fry up, Eversheds down: Lessons from a failed merger - Culture war: Dublin elite battles to recruit and retain the best - Keane McDonald: A recruiter’s view on what young Irish lawyers really want - Steadying the ship: As uncertainty becomes the new normal, how are Irish law firms still thriving?
- [Fry up, Eversheds down](https://reportslegal.com/fry-up-eversheds-down/) - Lessons from a failed merger
- [Keane McDonald](https://reportslegal.com/keane-mcdonald/) - A recruiter’s view on what young Dublin lawyers really want
- [Culture war](https://reportslegal.com/culture-war/) - Dublin elite battles to recruit and retain the best
- [Steadying the ship](https://reportslegal.com/steadying-the-ship/) - As uncertainty becomes the new normal, how are Irish law firms still thriving?
- [Ticking along nicely](https://reportslegal.com/ticking-along-nicely/) - How Swiss law firms are surviving and thriving in turbulent times
- [Deals, disputes and data](https://reportslegal.com/deals-disputes-and-data/) - Swiss lawyers have never been busier, but sectors and practice areas are shifting
- [Culture matters](https://reportslegal.com/culture-matters/) - How Swiss law firms shape and re-shape their culture to attract the best
- [Switzerland Report](https://reportslegal.com/switzerland-report/) - How Swiss law firms are surviving and thriving in turbulent times
- [Fear of Trump: What Big Law really thinks about the Rule of Law](https://reportslegal.com/fear-of-trump-what-big-law-really-thinks-about-the-rule-of-law/) - Big US law firms have agreed almost $1bn+ in pro bono deals with the White House. So, what do senior lawyers think about threats to the rule of law?
- [Fear of Trump: What Big Law really thinks](https://reportslegal.com/fear-of-trump-what-big-law-really-thinks/) - Big US law firms have agreed almost $1bn+ in pro bono deals with the White House. So, what do senior lawyers think about threats to the rule of law?
- [US-China trade war report](https://reportslegal.com/us-china-trade-war-report/) - The gloves are off: US-China trade war Hong Kong: China stimulus - anxious wait for recovery Japan rising: investors flock to Tokyo in search of opportunity Singapore shines: A moment in the sun, or a tipping point?
- [The gloves are off](https://reportslegal.com/the-gloves-are-off/) - Following President Trump’s victory, the US-China trade war looks set to escalate, affecting offshore firms in Hong Kong and across the rest of Asia
- [Hong Kong: an anxious wait for recovery](https://reportslegal.com/hong-kong-an-anxious-wait-for-recovery/) - As US law firms leave Greater China, the jury is still out on whether Beijing’s $1.4trn stimulus package will lead to a sustained Hong Kong recovery
- [Japan Rising](https://reportslegal.com/japan-rising/) - The land of the rising sun has finally re-appeared on the investment horizon, as offshore law firms beat a path to Tokyo in search of golden opportunity
- [Singapore Shines](https://reportslegal.com/singapore-shines/) - Singapore is having ‘a real moment in the sun’ according to offshore lawyers, but it is still unlikely to eclipse Hong Kong – at least for now.
- [London Calling: offshore battle intensifies onshore](https://reportslegal.com/london-calling-offshore-battle-intensifies-onshore/) - Huge ambition, big expansion, intense competition. Battle lines are drawn for offshore firms to wage war with each other in London’s lucrative legal market.
- [Ireland Report: Finding a new equilibrium](https://reportslegal.com/ireland-report-finding-a-new-equilibrium/) - Election imminent, housing dominates • Managing success in Dublin • ESG: keen to be seen to be green • Flying high: record airline insurance dispute • Finding a new equilibrium
- [Finding a new equilibrium](https://reportslegal.com/finding-a-new-equilibrium/) - In competing for local talent and international clients, the dynamic Irish legal market is increasingly Darwinian: the strongest firms will survive and thrive
- [Flying high: Multi-billion aircraft dispute in Dublin](https://reportslegal.com/flying-high-multi-billion-aircraft-dispute-in-dublin/) - More than a dozen Irish law firms and scores of lawyers advising on insurance claims relating to leased aircraft detained in Russia following sanctions
- [ESG: keen to be seen to be green](https://reportslegal.com/esg-keen-to-be-seen-to-be-green/) - Some Irish lawyers suggest that ESG regulation is creating conversations rather than creating work; others point to ESG being in every deal. So, who’s right?
- [Election imminent: housing dominates](https://reportslegal.com/election-imminent-housing-dominates/) - Dublin law firm leaders share their thoughts on Irish politics: Simon Harris as Taoiseach, a faltering Sinn Féin, and challenges facing the coalition government
- [Managing success in Dublin](https://reportslegal.com/managing-success-in-dublin/) - Size, revenues, clients, growth, market share, profitability, retention, quality: Irish managing partners reveal how they benchmark success.
- [London Calling: Irish lawyers upbeat](https://reportslegal.com/london-calling-irish-lawyers-upbeat-2/) - As one of his first acts in government following Labour’s landslide election victory, Britain’s new prime minister Sir Keir Starmer invited his Irish counterpart Simon Harris to Chequers.
- [Matheson’s London growth boosted by hire of ex-Kirkland PE star Rory Mullarkey](https://reportslegal.com/mathesons-london-growth-boosted-by-hire-of-ex-kirkland-pe-star-rory-mullarkey/) - Matheson’s top brass in Dublin view London as a key driver for future business.
- [London Calling - Irish Lawyers Upbeat](https://reportslegal.com/london-calling-irish-lawyers-upbeat/) - London Calling - Ireland’s law firms are expanding their footprint in London • A capital idea - Matheson’s London growth boosted by the hire of ex-Kirkland PE star Rory Mullarkey
- [Swiss regulation: The privacy vs transparency debate rages on](https://reportslegal.com/swiss-regulation-the-privacy-vs-transparency-debate-rages-on/) - New data protection law and anti-money laundering proposals that impact law firms’ privacy – how is Switzerland managing to square the circle?
- [Switzerland: Still resilient and reliable?](https://reportslegal.com/switzerland-still-resilient-and-reliable/) - Like the country in which they operate, Swiss law firms seem immune to adversity beyond their borders. So, how do they do they manage it?
- [Switzerland report - A feast for litigators?](https://reportslegal.com/switzerland-report-a-feast-for-litigators/) - • Switzerland: Still resilient and reliable? • Germany’s distress: Switzerland needs the sick man of Europe to recover • Swiss Regulation: The privacy vs transparency debate rages on • A feast for litigators: Fallout from the UBS-Credit Suisse merger
- [A feast for litigators: Fallout from the UBS-Credit Suisse merger](https://reportslegal.com/a-feast-for-litigators-fallout-from-the-ubs-credit-suisse-merger/) - As AT1 bondholders use “the world’s best, most expensive lawyers” to take on the Swiss financial regulator, what lessons does the Swiss bank merger provide?
- [Germany’s distress: Switzerland needs the sick man of Europe to recover](https://reportslegal.com/germanys-distress-switzerland-needs-the-sick-man-of-europe-to-recover/) - As the German economic miracle gives way to stagnation and a real estate crisis, can Switzerland remain immune to the challenges facing its giant neighbour?
- [Driving Diversity Report](https://reportslegal.com/driving-diversity-report/) - The way we were: how DEI took shape • The way we live now: law firms are moving fast • The shape of things to come: big challenges ahead • A personal perspective: Tameka Davis’ D&I priorities
- [Diversity and inclusion in the legal profession: A personal perspective](https://reportslegal.com/diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-legal-profession-a-personal-perspective/) - Drawing on her own experience, Tameka Davis, Partner and Chair of Conyers’ Global Diversity and Inclusion Committee, outlines her thoughts on D&I priorities
- [Diversity: The way we were](https://reportslegal.com/diversity-the-way-we-were/) - What is diversity? Despite a multiplicity of available definitions, there is no straightforward answer to this apparently simple question. Indeed, the 5.6 billion results provided by a quick Google search of the word shows that diversity ranks midway between comparable searches for the word God (6.6 billion) and religion (4.6 billion).
- [Diversity: The way we live now](https://reportslegal.com/diversity-the-way-we-live-now/) - No one can doubt that law firms are significantly more diverse than they were a generation ago.
- [Diversity: The shape of things to come](https://reportslegal.com/diversity-the-shape-of-things-to-come/) - Predicting the future is always dangerous. But one prediction can be made with a degree of certainty: the more diverse that law firms become, the less their commitment to diversity will need to be analysed and discussed.
- [Cayman & Luxembourg: Offshore Report](https://reportslegal.com/cayman-luxembourg-offshore-report/) - Luxembourg: funds in flux • Channelling growth • Cayman’s world class bench • Cayman: The global capital of offshore disputes • Why Cayman clients want London KCs
- [Luxembourg: funds in flux](https://reportslegal.com/luxembourg-funds-in-flux/) - For a small country of just 660,000 people, Luxembourg can boast some big numbers.
- [Cayman clients want London KCs](https://reportslegal.com/cayman-clients-want-london-kcs/) - Despite an abundance of local talent, London’s heavyweight commercial silks are invariably the clients’ choice to fight big money disputes.
- [Cayman: The global capital of offshore disputes](https://reportslegal.com/cayman-the-global-capital-of-offshore-disputes/) - Dominic Carman examines why litigants seeking to vindicate or enforce their rights with minimal risk increasingly flock to the Cayman courts.
- [The Magnificent Seven: Cayman’s world class bench](https://reportslegal.com/the-magnificent-seven-caymans-world-class-bench/) - ‘The quality of our judges? It’s like explaining that you have Lionel Messi and he’s really good; it just doesn’t need explaining’ What Cayman’s leading disputes lawyers have to say about their judges.
- [Channelling growth](https://reportslegal.com/channelling-growth/) - Dominic Carman recently met with Maples’ Jersey Head of Office, Nick Evans, and local partners – Simon Hopwood, Paul Burton, Mark Crichton, Tim Morgan and David Allen – to discuss the current Jersey market and the firm’s plans for future growth.
- [Special Edition Podcasts: Private Wealth Conference 2023](https://reportslegal.com/special-edition-podcasts-private-wealth-conference-2023/) - In this podcast, Jersey Finance’s Global Head of Business Development, Allan Wood, speaks to author and journalist Bruce Whitfield.
- [Irish M&A: an awful lot more to come](https://reportslegal.com/irish-ma-an-awful-lot-more-to-come/) - Colm Rafferty, head of Maples’ Irish Corporate team in Dublin, tells Dominic Carman why he remains bullish about the Irish market
- [Swiss crowdfunding on the rise](https://reportslegal.com/swiss-crowdfunding-on-the-rise/) - Last year, more than CHF 650m was raised via crowdfunding platforms in Switzerland. Loyens & Loeff Zurich partner Judith Raijmakers and associates Florian Willi and Flurin Oehen, explain how it works
- [Securitisation and Cayman Orphan SPVs – Part Three](https://reportslegal.com/securitisation-and-cayman-orphan-spvs-part-three/) - In the final article in a series of three, Paul Trewartha and Simon Lawrenson, Partners at Mourant Hong Kong, examine the key features of a securitisation vehicle and the advantages of utilising an Orphan SPV in the Cayman Islands for a securitisation transaction. In the first article of the series Securitisation and Cayman Orphan
- [Jersey: Offshore Report](https://reportslegal.com/jersey-offshore-report/) - • The cream of Jersey: ‘best in class’ • Jersey Finance: ‘doing an amazing job’ • Channel Islands: premier independents • Peake: taking Harneys to new heights? •Conyers: Luthi drives Caribbean cohesion •
- [Cream of Jersey: best in class](https://reportslegal.com/cream-of-jersey-best-in-class/) - Dominic Carman meets with the managing partners of Jersey’s elite law firms to discover how they are rising above economic challenges to deliver growth Enjoying a preeminent reputation as a major international finance centre that is both stable and at the forefront of international regulation, Jersey is often cited as a best-in-class offshore jurisdiction.
- [Jersey Finance: ‘doing an amazing job’](https://reportslegal.com/jersey-finance-doing-an-amazing-job/) - Jersey Finance promotes the island’s unique proposition on a global stage – from San Francisco to Singapore. So, how does it benchmark success?
- [Channel Islands: premier independents](https://reportslegal.com/channel-islands-premier-independents/) - Alongside the legal giants of the offshore world, Jersey and Guernsey are home to a number of high quality smaller independent firms
- [Peake: taking Harneys to new heights?](https://reportslegal.com/peake-taking-harneys-to-new-heights/) - Since being appointed to the top job in January, William Peake has his eyes firmly fixed on overseas expansion with Jersey and Dublin on his target list
- [Conyers: Luthi drives Caribbean cohesion](https://reportslegal.com/conyers-luthi-drives-caribbean-cohesion/) - Conyers chairman Christian Luthi talks to Dominic Carman about the firm’s commitment to the Caribbean and a renewed focus on Dubai and London
- [Securitisation and Cayman Orphan SPVs – Part Two](https://reportslegal.com/securitisation-and-cayman-orphan-spvs-part-two/) - In the second in a series of three articles, Paul Trewartha and Simon Lawrenson, Partners at Mourant Hong Kong, examine the key features of a securitisation vehicle and the advantages of utilising an Orphan SPV in the Cayman Islands for a securitisation transaction
- [Public sector fraud: PSFA targets £40bn a year problem](https://reportslegal.com/public-sector-fraud-psfa-targets-40bn-a-year-problem/) - The UK’s new Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) will be engaged in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with fraudsters, according to Nicola Sharp
- [Dentons in Dublin: <i>‘An overnight commercial success story’</i>](https://reportslegal.com/dentons-in-dublin-an-overnight-commercial-success-story/) - How does the world’s largest law firm succeed in one of the world’s hottest legal markets? Dominic Carman met with Eavan Saunders to find out
- [Ireland: Dublin Disruptors](https://reportslegal.com/ireland-dublin-disruptors/) - Ireland: Dublin Disruptors • Ireland’s Big Six • Dublin Disruptors • Dentons - ‘An overnight commercial success story’ • DLA Piper - Hoping to call the tune • K&L Gates - Irish funds market disruptor • ESG - ‘Many clients are on the same journey as we are’
- [Ireland’s Big Six: ‘There will be winners, there will be losers’](https://reportslegal.com/irelands-big-six-there-will-be-winners-there-will-be-losers/) - Despite pressure from international law firms, the strongest competition for Ireland’s Big Six comes from within their own ranks
- [Dublin Disruptors: throwing down the gauntlet](https://reportslegal.com/dublin-disruptors-throwing-down-the-gauntlet/) - Managing partners tell Dominic Carman why Ireland is simply irresistible for international law firms and what they plan to do next
- [K&L Gates: Irish funds play](https://reportslegal.com/kl-gates-irish-funds-play/) - ‘A strong US funds capability combined with a global offering’
- [DLA Piper hopes to call the tune](https://reportslegal.com/dla-piper-hopes-to-call-the-tune/) - Big plans, bold statements, and brave assumptions – but will DLA’s confidence be matched by results in Dublin?
- [‘Many clients are on the same ESG journey as we are’](https://reportslegal.com/many-clients-are-on-the-same-esg-journey-as-we-are/) - Unprepared for ESG compliance obligations, Irish companies are reaching out to their law firms and asking: ‘How do we get there?’
- [Securitisation and Cayman Orphan SPVs – Part One](https://reportslegal.com/securitisation-and-cayman-orphan-spvs-part-one/) - In the first in a series of three articles, Paul Trewartha and Simon Lawrenson, Partners at Mourant Hong Kong, examine the key features of a securitisation vehicle and the advantages of utilising an Orphan SPV in the Cayman Islands for a securitisation transaction.
- [Global geo-politics: taking stock](https://reportslegal.com/global-geo-politics-taking-stock/) - Geoff Cook, Chair of Mourant Consulting, takes a closer look at global geo-politics – looking at the US strengthening its relationships with allies, the war in Ukraine, and the Chinese president visiting Russia to strengthen their economic and military ties.
- [Offshore: Great Expectations](https://reportslegal.com/great-expectations/) - Offshore: Great expectations • Crypto: redefining volatility • Hard Labour offshore • Offshore war for talent rages on • The lure of Luxembourg
- [The lure of Luxembourg](https://reportslegal.com/the-lure-of-luxembourg/) - Mourant joins Ogier and Maples in Europe’s leading funds hub
- [Offshore war for talent rages on](https://reportslegal.com/offshore-war-for-talent-rages-on/) - Reports that the war for talent is over are much exaggerated as the battle rages to find the best lawyers to meet client demand and deliver a platform for growth
- [Great Expectations](https://reportslegal.com/great-expectations-2/) - The best of times, the worst of times: offshore firms have seen it all before. So how are they helping clients to deal with hard times and prepare for better times ahead?
- [Hard Labour offshore](https://reportslegal.com/hard-labour-offshore/) - After the Tory economic debacle last autumn, Labour’s hostile political rhetoric about offshore centres continues. But will it translate into legislative substance?
- [Crypto: redefining volatility](https://reportslegal.com/crypto-redefining-volatility/) - As crypto gradually becomes an institutional asset class, offshore lawyers are dealing with the casualties on the road to regulation
- [Covid fraud: the problem with no cure](https://reportslegal.com/covid-fraud-the-problem-with-no-cure/) - Niall Hearty, partner at Rahman Ravelli, examines the UK government’s efforts in the losing battle to recover fraudulent Covid payments
- [The World in 2023:  Themes for IFCs (Part two)](https://reportslegal.com/the-world-in-2023-themes-for-ifcs-part-two/) - Geoff Cook, Chair of Mourant Consulting, looks at key themes that could shape 2023 for International Finance Centres
- [The world in 2023: Themes for IFCs](https://reportslegal.com/the-world-in-2023-themes-for-ifcs/) - Geoff Cook, Chair of Mourant Consulting, examines the issues that could shape 2023
- [Swiss disputes set to fly](https://reportslegal.com/swiss-disputes-set-to-fly/) - Clients are less interested in maintaining commercial relationships; they’re interested in cash.” Fuelled by litigation funding, Swiss disputes may sky-rocket.
- [NKF’s Geneva gambit](https://reportslegal.com/nkfs-geneva-gambit/) - Niederer Kraft Frey’s Geneva move took everyone by surprise, so what drove the traditionally conservative firm to combine with Tavernier Tschanz and a Python team?
- [ESG matters](https://reportslegal.com/esg-matters/) - Clients and young lawyers all want to work with Swiss law firms that put ESG high on their priority list. So, how are they responding?
- [Crisis? What Crisis?](https://reportslegal.com/crisis-what-crisis/) - The Ukraine conflict, energy and supply chain problems, a eurozone recession – but are Swiss law firms really facing a crisis, or will they overcome these short-term challenges?
- [Switzerland: Crisis? What Crisis?](https://reportslegal.com/switzerland-crisis-what-crisis/) - Crisis? What Crisis? • ESG matters • NKF’s Geneva gambit • Swiss disputes set to fly
- [MIND-BLOWING:  OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE IPO OF PSYCHEDELICS COMPANIES (OR, HOW TO CHANGE INVESTORS’ MINDS)](https://reportslegal.com/mind-blowing-opportunities-for-the-ipo-of-psychedelics-companies-or-how-to-change-investors-minds/) - Nigel Gordon, capital markets and M&A partner at Fladgate LLP, explores the IPO potential of psychedelics companies
- [Private Capital: Regulatory horizons](https://reportslegal.com/private-capital-regulatory-horizons/) - Geoff Cook, Chair of Mourant Consulting in Jersey, looks at regulatory horizons affecting private capital in the United States, Europe and Asia.
- [Private Capital: Navigating the Future](https://reportslegal.com/private-capital-navigating-the-future/) - Ben Robins, Partner, and Geoff Cook, Consultant, Mourant examine the change of tone by US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the prospect of higher rates amid continued uncertainty
- [Branding in the Metaverse: the new big thing](https://reportslegal.com/branding-in-the-metaverse-the-new-big-thing/) - Kate Ellis, Head of the Branding Group at Konexo, considers the implications for brand owners who want to protect, use, exploit and enforce their brands in augmented virtual reality.
- [Distrust, bias and incompetence at the SFO](https://reportslegal.com/distrust-bias-and-incompetence-at-the-sfo/) - Partner Shula de Jersey and associate Matt Davies of the economic crime team at BCL Solicitors examine how the Serious Fraud Office got two of its investigations badly wrong
- [Private capital – a tale of two halves](https://reportslegal.com/private-capital-a-tale-of-two-halves/) - Ben Robins, Partner, and Geoff Cook, Consultant, Mourant, examine fundraising and deployment against a background of higher interest rates, rising inflation and lower growth
- [Northern Ireland: Irish law firms slam ‘shameful, cynical’ UK government](https://reportslegal.com/northern-ireland-irish-law-firms-slam-shameful-cynical-uk-government/) - NI Protocol • Law firms invest heavily in Belfast • All-island practice: strategy for the future?
- [Northern Ireland Protocol: ‘Shameful, cynical’ UK government slammed by Irish lawyers](https://reportslegal.com/northern-ireland-protocol-shameful-cynical-uk-government-slammed-by-irish-lawyers/) - Dominic Carman discovers that some of Ireland’s top law firms are enraged, with ‘not one client thinking the Protocol should be scrapped’
- [Support hubs grow, mergers continue](https://reportslegal.com/support-hubs-grow-mergers-continue/) - International law firms continue to expand their legal services hubs in Belfast
- [Ireland: all-island strategy](https://reportslegal.com/ireland-all-island-strategy/) - The potential to develop a complete all-island strategy may seem limited by circumstance, but some law firms think otherwise
- [Money Laundering Cases: The Investigator’s Options](https://reportslegal.com/money-laundering-cases-the-investigators-options/) - John Binns, partner at BCL Solicitors, explores the options available for enforcement investigators tackling cases of money laundering.
- [Dublin’s new arrivals](https://reportslegal.com/dublins-new-arrivals/) - Six years on from the Brexit vote, international law firms continue to land in Dublin, making Ireland the hottest EU jurisdiction for new offices. Dominic Carman finds out why
- [Addleshaw Goddard](https://reportslegal.com/addleshaw-goddard/) - Merger with Eugene F Collins sets a pattern
- [Bird & Bird](https://reportslegal.com/bird-bird/) - A natural fit for Ireland, a big draw for local lawyers
- [Ogier Leman](https://reportslegal.com/ogier-leman/) - Driving offshore further into the Irish market
- [Waiting for Godot](https://reportslegal.com/waiting-for-godot/) - The much-anticipated surge in Irish restructuring and insolvency may finally become visible later this year, but for now the wait continues
- [From ESG to D&I](https://reportslegal.com/from-esg-to-di/) - Ireland works hard to keep up: turning necessity into advantage
- [Juul can sell vaping products in the US, but for how long?](https://reportslegal.com/juul-can-sell-vaping-products-in-the-us-but-for-how-long/) - Examining the FDA’s pending ban of JUUL, Signature Litigation partner Sylvie Gallage-Alwis and associate Elias Boukachabine outline the risks of selling e-cigarettes in the absence of unequivocal scientific data
- [Gibraltar, the Financial Action Tax Force  and “increased monitoring”](https://reportslegal.com/gibraltar-the-financial-action-tax-force-and-increased-monitoring/) - Hassans partner Grahame Jackson outlines Gibraltar’s progress in improving its compliance with FATF standards
- [Offshore: Time of Turmoil](https://reportslegal.com/offshore-time-of-turmoil/) - In this issue: Good Russians, bad Russians ‘Even pariahs have rights’ Gibraltar: crypto disputes Economic headwinds blow hard Setting up during lockdown Ogier Leman merger Turmoil offshore
- [Law Commission proposals on corporate criminal liability](https://reportslegal.com/law-commission-proposals-on-corporate-criminal-liability/) - On 10 June 2022, the Law Commission published an options paper for the Government on how it can improve the law to ensure that corporations are effectively held to account for committing serious crimes. Tom McNeill and John Binns of the Financial Crime team at BCL Solicitors analyse the key points.
- [Setting up during lockdown](https://reportslegal.com/setting-up-during-lockdown/) - How Edward Scott and Co became Jersey’s latest boutique
- [Ogier Leman merger](https://reportslegal.com/ogier-leman-merger/) - An offshore force in Dublin’s legal market
- [Turmoil offshore](https://reportslegal.com/turmoil-offshore/) - Law firms rise above the BVI’s ‘bad governance’ and ‘serious dishonesty’
- [Economic headwinds blow hard](https://reportslegal.com/economic-headwinds-blow-hard/) - As the World Bank forecasts stagflation, offshore firms see a silver lining
- [Gibraltar: Crypto disputes on the Rock](https://reportslegal.com/gibraltar-crypto-disputes-on-the-rock/) - In the first jurisdiction to regulate crypto, litigation seems inevitable
- [‘Even pariahs have rights’](https://reportslegal.com/even-pariahs-have-rights/) - BVI judgment identifies competing duties in representing sanctioned clients. Are law firms now ‘moral policemen’?
- [Good Russians, bad Russians](https://reportslegal.com/good-russians-bad-russians/) - How offshore firms are dealing with sanctions compliance, the rule of law and Russian clients
- [Health & safety prosecutions: Individual failings](https://reportslegal.com/health-safety-prosecutions-individual-failings/) - Tom McNeill, Senior Associate at BCL Solicitors examines the responsibility and culpability of employers for the failings of their employees
- [AML compliance for family businesses](https://reportslegal.com/aml-compliance-for-family-businesses/) - Stephen Baker, senior partner at Baker & Partners, examines how family businesses and firms can achieve and maintain compliance with the most recent AML/CFT standards
- [CMS CEE - Data Centres](https://reportslegal.com/cms-cee-data-centres/) - Dominic Carman, Editor of Reports Legal, recently chaired a CMS webinar on the development of data centres in CEE. Participants: CMS CEE TMT, Real Estate and Energy experts – Eva Talmacsi Lukáš Hejduk Piotr Ciolkowski Director of Turner & Townsend, Poland – Tomasz Łosek Issues: What are the key factors driving global demand for more
- [Prioritising business services roles is key to law firms’ recovery](https://reportslegal.com/prioritising-business-services-roles-is-key-to-law-firms-recovery/) - Deborah Gray, founding director at Totum Partners, explains why this matters
- [The Serious Fraud Office: What’s on the horizon?](https://reportslegal.com/the-serious-fraud-office-whats-on-the-horizon/) - As the SFO operates under the shadow cast by independent reviews, BCL Financial Crime partner Richard Sallybanks and senior associate Anoushka Warlow examine where next for the beleaguered agency.
- [NFTs: An Increasingly Complex Picture](https://reportslegal.com/nfts-an-increasingly-complex-picture/) - Nick Eziefula, Partner, Simkins LLP Once more, the times they are a changing. Bob Dylan caused consternation when he adopted a new-fangled electric guitar at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Now Sir Paul McCartney has endorsed the medium of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) with the sale of an NFT linked to his handwritten notes from
- [The War on Fraud](https://reportslegal.com/the-war-on-fraud/) - The public and private sectors need to work together in the fight against fraud says Charlie Sorensen, Senior Associate at Baker & Partners
- [Cladding crisis: hope in site?](https://reportslegal.com/cladding-crisis-hope-in-site/) - Developers forced to face the music as the Government seeks to end the cladding crisis for thousands of innocent leaseholders by Gurpreet Sanghera Partner, Disputes Team Simkins LLP
- [England’s Lockdown Regulations: a Compressed History](https://reportslegal.com/englands-lockdown-regulations-a-compressed-history/) - As Sue Gray is set to publish her report into alleged law-breaking in 10 Downing Street during the Covid-19 lockdowns, John Binns, Partner at BCL Solicitors LLP examines how the law has evolved and which rules have applied since March 2020
- [Rising divorce rates in China – Infidelity no longer a cause for divorce](https://reportslegal.com/rising-divorce-rates-in-china-infidelity-no-longer-a-cause-for-divorce/) - Deborah Jeff, Partner and Head of Family at Simkins LLP, examines how Chinese government changes to divorce law fly in the face of what is reasonable and tolerable.
- [David Boies: What Prince Andrew can expect in court from Virginia Giuffre’s lawyer](https://reportslegal.com/david-boies-what-prince-andrew-can-expect-in-court-from-virginia-giuffres-lawyer/) - In a face-to-face interview in New York, before he was instructed by Virginia Giuffre Roberts, David Boies told Dominic Carman about his approach to litigation – from taking depositions and handling juries to dealing with hidden evidence and cross-examining witnesses
- [£1bn Recovered from Tax Fraud – Good News?](https://reportslegal.com/1bn-recovered-from-tax-fraud-good-news/) - 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?
- [The rise of litigation funds in Jersey](https://reportslegal.com/the-rise-of-litigation-funds-in-jersey/) - 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.
- [Petrofac and ‘SOCPA Agreements’: has the SFO found a way to crack white-collar cases?](https://reportslegal.com/petrofac-and-socpa-agreements-has-the-sfo-found-a-way-to-crack-white-collar-cases/) - Shaul Brazil and Tom McNeill of the Financial Crime team at BCL Solicitors examine the SFO’s approach to cooperating suspects
- [Offshore Report](https://reportslegal.com/offshore-report/) - In this issue: Offshore: firing on all cylinders Deals dominate Governance underpinning purpose ‘People keep arguing’ ESG: ‘The need to respond is immediate’
- [Offshore: firing on all cylinders](https://reportslegal.com/offshore-firing-on-all-cylinders/) - 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
- [Deals dominate](https://reportslegal.com/deals-dominate/) - Offshore firms are benefiting from frenetic levels of onshore activity. So which deals stand out?
- [Governance underpinning purpose](https://reportslegal.com/governance-underpinning-purpose/) - By Robert Moore, Director – UK, Jersey Finance
- [‘People keep arguing’](https://reportslegal.com/people-keep-arguing/) - Disputes continue to thrive across the offshore world. What are they arguing about?
- [ESG: ‘The need to respond is immediate’](https://reportslegal.com/esg-the-need-to-respond-is-immediate/) - 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
- [China: global law firms being silenced through fear](https://reportslegal.com/china-global-law-firms-being-silenced-through-fear/) - 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.”
- [ESG, NextGen and the Next 10 Years](https://reportslegal.com/esg-nextgen-and-the-next-10-years/) - Reports Legal in association with Jersey Finance Participants: Dominic Carman, podcast host, editor Reports Legal Robert Moore, Director - UK, Jersey Finance Simon Finch, Chartered Wealth Manager - Investment Consultant, Enhance Group Josephine Howe, Partner, Ogier Themes: * Impact & Profit: many family office decisions are being guided by ESG. How are lawyers/law
- [Offshore intelligence – Funds in demand ](https://reportslegal.com/offshore-intelligence-funds-in-demand/) - Reports Legal Podcast in association with Appleby Jersey
- [Does Brexit create uncertainty for online software sales agents?](https://reportslegal.com/does-brexit-create-uncertainty-for-online-software-sales-agents/) - The UK’s departure from the EU means that online software sales agents could face continued uncertainty, according to Hunters’ partner, Richard Baxter.
- [Ireland Report](https://reportslegal.com/ireland-report/) - Featuring interviews with Irish managing partners: A&L Goodbody, Arthur Cox, Eversheds Sutherland Ireland, Maples Group Ireland, Mason Hayes & Curran, Matheson, McCann FitzGerald, Walkers Ireland, and William Fry.
- [Taxing Times: Is Ireland still trending? ](https://reportslegal.com/taxing-times-is-ireland-still-trending/) - For companies with annual revenues of €750m+, Ireland’s cherished 12.5% corporation tax rate will increase to 15% in 2023. What does this mean for current US multinational hubs and future FDI?
- [Solving the Irish Puzzle ](https://reportslegal.com/solving-the-irish-puzzle/) - A flood of international firms in Dublin has put pressure on the local legal recruitment market. Dominic Carman asks whether more competition might force leading Irish firms to consider an alliance or a merger
- [The heart of Dublin ](https://reportslegal.com/the-heart-of-dublin/) - Thanks to a strong economic recovery, an ever-expanding local footprint of US tech giants and a Brexit dividend, Ireland looks set to thrive. But what about its law firms?
- [Will the end of Covid support 'fuel insolvencies'?](https://reportslegal.com/will-the-end-of-covid-support-fuel-insolvencies/) - Following the withdrawal of government support measures to mitigate the economic effects of the pandemic, Dana Rădulescu, Partner, MPR Partners, examines the outlook for insolvency. At the beginning of October, the main UK government support measures given to British businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic were withdrawn. Many now expect a wave of insolvencies to follow
- [Modern Slavery and Money Laundering: The Duty Most Companies Don’t Know They Have](https://reportslegal.com/modern-slavery-and-money-laundering-the-duty-most-companies-dont-know-they-have/) - Do UK companies have a duty to prevent, or report, forced labour or human trafficking? The answer, for now, is ‘not quite’ – but duties in this area are strengthening in practice, thanks to laws on modern slavery and money laundering.
- [One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? The Problem of the UK and Europol](https://reportslegal.com/one-step-forward-two-steps-back-the-problem-of-the-uk-and-europol/) - Joining forces to fight crime might seem like a no-brainer. John Binns, financial crime partner at BCL Solicitors, considers that new working arrangements between the UK and Europol show the effort needed to maintain them post-Brexit
- [Failure and Fault:<br><span style="font-style:italic;"">What NatWest’s £400m fine tells us about corporate liability for money laundering</span>](https://reportslegal.com/failure-and-fault/) - John Binns, partner in the Financial Crime team at BCL Solicitors LLP. considers whether NatWest’s guilty plea last week to failures under the UK’s money-laundering regulations – but is it right to call this a ‘failure to prevent’ by the bank?
- [US Supreme Court: Discovery and the ZF Petition](https://reportslegal.com/us-supreme-court-discovery-and-the-zf-petition/) - Ryan Cable and Alex Cheah of Signature Litigation LLP consider whether the US Supreme Court may determine the availability of discovery in support of foreign private arbitrations
- [Diversity Report](https://reportslegal.com/diversity-report/) - Featuring interviews with Derek Sweeting QC, Chair of the Bar Council, I. Stephanie Boyce, President of the Law Society, 20 of the largest UK law firms, and leading barristers’ chambers.
- [SPACs: Next Stop Europe](https://reportslegal.com/spacs-next-stop-europe/) - The Maples Group examines the future potential of SPACs in Europe
- [Facing up to reality](https://reportslegal.com/facing-up-to-reality/) - Time and data gathering are cited as big problems, but very few firms admit that the relative absence of Black lawyers is their biggest diversity challenge
- [‘Law firms are not looking in the right places’](https://reportslegal.com/law-firms-are-not-looking-in-the-right-places/) - Netanya Clixby tells Reports Legal that firms need to look harder in their search for diverse legal talent
- [‘Racism is often subtle’](https://reportslegal.com/racism-is-often-subtle/) - If you happen to be Black, you’re twice as likely to leave the profession earlier than your white counterparts – this must change, says Law Society president, I. Stephanie Boyce
- [Shaping recruitment to diversify your talent](https://reportslegal.com/shaping-recruitment-to-diversify-your-talent/) - Bav Patel, Director at Dandi Legal, explains how law firms can address the diversity challenge
- [‘Some parts of the Bar have a diversity problem’](https://reportslegal.com/some-parts-of-the-bar-have-a-diversity-problem/) - Chair of the Bar, Derek Sweeting QC, tells Dominic Carman that the Bar needs to reflect society
- [Fear and hope](https://reportslegal.com/fear-and-hope/) - Dominic Carman examines how law firms are under pressure to ‘talk less and do more’ in response to multiple diversity challenges.
- [Greenwashing claims face CMA enforcement action in the new year](https://reportslegal.com/greenwashing-claims-face-cma-enforcement-action-in-the-new-year/) - As the Competition and Markets Authority issued its final guidance on misleading environmental claims and fired a warning shot to businesses- either secure compliance now or face enforcement action, Richard Reichman, partner in the regulatory team at BCL Solicitors LLP, analyses the compliance risks for businesses. Against the background of the UK’s aim to achieve
- [Tracking the crypto underworld: law and order… and tech](https://reportslegal.com/tracking-the-crypto-underworld-law-and-order-and-tech/) - By Robert Jones, Managing Partner of Baker & Partners (Cayman) Limited, and Peter Eguae, barrister, 7 Bedford Row At the time of writing, each bitcoin is worth just over US$50,000. With the right tools anyone, anywhere in the world, is unilaterally able to store or transfer crypto assets – whether peer-to-peer or via the
- [Support without judgment](https://reportslegal.com/support-without-judgment/) - The psychological load for lawyers of a hybrid workplace by Brendan Street, Professional Head of Emotional Wellbeing, Nuffield Health
- [“Time’s up” for Prince Andrew?](https://reportslegal.com/times-up-for-prince-andrew/) - Sigrid McCawley, the lawyer at the heart of the scandal involving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew: Virginia Giuffre Roberts and other Epstein victims are now believed
- [Reports Legal featured in the Times](https://reportslegal.com/reports-legal-featured-in-the-times/) - Last week, I wrote a Reports Legal article examining whether the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, might be contemplating a windfall tax on City law firms and the practical difficulties that he would face in implementing it.
- [£1bn Windfall Tax on City Lawyers, Chancellor?](https://reportslegal.com/a-1bn-windfall-tax-on-city-lawyers-rishi-sunak/) - Dominic Carman examines how the “excessive profits” of City law firms in the past year might serve to boost the argument for a windfall tax on London’s multi-millionaire lawyers
- [Why CFOs really matter to law firms](https://reportslegal.com/why-cfos-really-matter-to-law-firms/) - Martyn Draper, Head of Finance Practice at Totum Partners, explains how the finance function in law firms includes an increasing set of responsibilities
- [An increase in SFO investigations?](https://reportslegal.com/an-increase-in-sfo-investigations/) - Kathleen Harris, managing partner of Arnold & Porter’s London office and co-chair of the firm's Anti-Corruption team, examines the potential rise in SFO whistleblower-led investigations
- [SFO agrees tenth Deferred Prosecution Agreement – good money, but do they work?](https://reportslegal.com/sfo-agrees-tenth-deferred-prosecution-agreement-good-money-but-do-they-work/) - Following the announcement by the Serious Fraud Office that Amec Foster Wheeler Energy will pay a £103m penalty in a Deferred Prosecution Agreement to settle 18 years of corruption allegations, Alex Swan at BCL Solicitors examines the implications of these much-criticised agreements between regulators and companies.
- [TikTok faces landmark legal claim following the illegal collection of millions of children’s personal data](https://reportslegal.com/tiktok-faces-landmark-legal-claim-following-the-illegal-collection-of-millions-of-childrens-personal-data/) - Scott+Scott Partner Tom Southwell and Counsel James Hain-Cole explain the landmark High Court claim against TikTok, and parent firm ByteDance, over the illegal collection of, and profiteering from, children’s personal data.
- [Switzerland: The magic still works](https://reportslegal.com/switzerland-the-magic-still-works/) - Despite the Covid challenges, Swiss law firms continue to thrive. So how do they manage it?
- [Advestra: reaching for the stars](https://reportslegal.com/advestra-reaching-for-the-stars/) - A combination of stellar lawyers and strong connections bodes well for Advestra – the most important spin-off in the Swiss legal market for a generation
- [Where are all the women?](https://reportslegal.com/where-are-all-the-women/) - As more female partners are being appointed, ‘Swiss law firms that are too conservative will have no chance’
- [‘Let’s get visible’](https://reportslegal.com/lets-get-visible/) - Bratschi’s appointment of Sandra De Vito Bieri as managing partner marks a watershed for law firms in Switzerland
- [Switzerland Report](https://reportslegal.com/switzerland-report-july-2021/) - In this issue: ‘Let’s get visible’ – Sandra De Vito Bieri becomes first female managing partner at major Swiss law firm Where are all the women? – Swiss law firms to address shortage of female partners Advestra: reaching for the stars – Capital markets spin-off takes on Zurich’s big players Switzerland: The magic still works
- [Barrister, QC, judge, alcoholic…and a brave man](https://reportslegal.com/barrister-qc-judge-alcoholicand-a-brave-man/) - Any publication daring to print the above headline would normally anticipate only one response: a writ for defamation, swiftly issued by solicitors acting on behalf of the man whom it describes. Unless, of course, those words told the truth.
- [Coronavirus Quarantine and Self-Isolation: What If I Don’t?](https://reportslegal.com/coronavirus-quarantine-and-self-isolation-what-if-i-dont/) - Is it true that cheating quarantine rules could end in a prison sentence? John Binns, partner in the Criminal Regulatory practice at BCL Solicitors explores the real risks of breaching the regulations.
- [How to lose friends and alienate nations](https://reportslegal.com/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-nations/) - With its clear disregard for legal norms, Belarus takes its rogue state status up a gear
- [Green light on data class actions?  Supreme Court to decide Google’s fate](https://reportslegal.com/green-light-on-data-class-actions-supreme-court-to-decide-googles-fate/) - Herbert Smith Freehills disputes partner Julian Copeman and Consultant Kate Macmillan explain the landmark Supreme Court case that will decide whether Google can face a claim over alleged illegal tracking of millions of iPhone users.
- [Offshore Report](https://reportslegal.com/offshore-report-april-2021/) - In this issue: Offshore elite firms thrive despite challenges The SPACs phenomenon Queen’s Gambit – a different kind of SPAC Gibraltar: a hub for crypto entrepreneurs Hong Kong at the crossroads
- [Hong Kong at the crossroads](https://reportslegal.com/hong-kong-at-the-crossroads/) - Never has the conflict between politics and business been more acute, but offshore law firms in Hong Kong remain confident about its future
- [Gibraltar: a hub for crypto entrepreneurs](https://reportslegal.com/gibraltar-a-hub-for-crypto-entrepreneurs/) - First it was gaming, now Gibraltar’s DLT regulations have led to an ecosystem of crypto investors and advisers
- [The SPACs phenomenon](https://reportslegal.com/the-spacs-phenomenon/) - As the market takes a pause and the SEC steps in, offshore firms reflect on a 12-month SPAC boom
- [Offshore elite firms thrive despite challenges](https://reportslegal.com/offshore-elite-firms-thrive-despite-challenges/) - For the offshore elite, it has been business almost as usual during the past year
- [Queen’s Gambit: ‘Investing is a game of chess’](https://reportslegal.com/queens-gambit-investing-is-a-game-of-chess/) - Queen’s Gambit – a different kind of SPAC

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