How Swiss law firms shape and re-shape their culture to attract the best
July 2025News
Deals, disputes and data
Swiss lawyers have never been busier, but sectors and practice areas are shifting
July 2025News
Ticking along nicely
How Swiss law firms are surviving and thriving in turbulent times
April 2025News
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?
December 2024News
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
December 2024News
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
December 2024News
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
December 2024News
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.
September 2024News
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
September 2024News
Managing success in Dublin
Size, revenues, clients, growth, market share, profitability, retention, quality: Irish managing partners reveal how they benchmark success.
September 2024News
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?
September 2024News
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
September 2024News
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
July 2024News
London Calling: Irish lawyers upbeat
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.
July 2024News
Matheson’s 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.
May 2024News
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?
May 2024News
Germany’s 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?
May 2024News
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?
May 2024News
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?
February 2024News
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).
February 2024News
Diversity: The way we live now
No one can doubt that law firms are significantly more diverse than they were a generation ago.
February 2024News
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.
February 2024News
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
November 2023News
Luxembourg: funds in flux
For a small country of just 660,000 people, Luxembourg can boast some big numbers.
November 2023News
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.
November 2023News
The Magnificent Seven: Cayman’s 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.
November 2023News
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.
November 2023News
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.
October 2023News
Irish M&A: 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
August 2023News
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 ...
August 2023News
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
July 2023News
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. ...
July 2023News
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?
July 2023News
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
July 2023News
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
July 2023News
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
June 2023News
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
June 2023News
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
June 2023News
Ireland’s 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
June 2023News
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
June 2023News
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
June 2023News
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?
June 2023News
K&L Gates: Irish funds play
‘A strong US funds capability combined with a global offering’
June 2023News
‘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?’
May 2023News
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.
April 2023News
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.
March 2023News
Crypto: redefining volatility
As crypto gradually becomes an institutional asset class, offshore lawyers are dealing with the casualties on the road to regulation
March 2023News
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?
March 2023News
Great Expectations
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?
March 2023News
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
March 2023News
The lure of Luxembourg
Mourant joins Ogier and Maples in Europe’s leading funds hub
February 2023News
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
January 2023News
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
January 2023News
The world in 2023: Themes for IFCs
Geoff Cook, Chair of Mourant Consulting, examines the issues that could shape 2023
December 2022News
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.
December 2022News
NKF’s 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?
December 2022News
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?
December 2022News
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?
November 2022News
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
November 2022News
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.
September 2022News
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
September 2022News
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.
August 2022News
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
August 2022News
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
July 2022News
Ireland: all-island strategy
The potential to develop a complete all-island strategy may seem limited by circumstance, but some law firms think otherwise
July 2022News
Support hubs grow, mergers continue
International law firms continue to expand their legal services hubs in Belfast
July 2022News
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’
July 2022News
Money Laundering Cases: The Investigator’s Options
John Binns, partner at BCL Solicitors, explores the options available for enforcement investigators tackling cases of money laundering.
July 2022News
Dublin’s 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
July 2022News
Putting on the Green Jersey
Placing the national interest first served Ireland well in the financial crisis and during the pandemic, but what happens when Irish law firms face intense competition for talent?
July 2022News
Addleshaw Goddard
Merger with Eugene F Collins sets a pattern
July 2022News
Bird & Bird
A natural fit for Ireland, a big draw for local lawyers
July 2022News
Ogier Leman
Driving offshore further into the Irish market
July 2022News
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
July 2022News
From ESG to D&I
Ireland works hard to keep up: turning necessity into advantage
July 2022News
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
June 2022News
Gibraltar, the Financial Action Tax Force and “increased monitoring”
Hassans partner Grahame Jackson outlines Gibraltar’s progress in improving its compliance with FATF standards
June 2022News
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.
June 2022News
Ogier Leman merger
An offshore force in Dublin’s legal market
June 2022News
Turmoil offshore
Law firms rise above the BVI’s ‘bad governance’ and ‘serious dishonesty’
June 2022News
Good Russians, bad Russians
How offshore firms are dealing with sanctions compliance, the rule of law and Russian clients
June 2022News
‘Even pariahs have rights’
BVI judgment identifies competing duties in representing sanctioned clients. Are law firms now ‘moral policemen’?
June 2022News
Gibraltar: Crypto disputes on the Rock
In the first jurisdiction to regulate crypto, litigation seems inevitable
June 2022News
Economic headwinds blow hard
As the World Bank forecasts stagflation, offshore firms see a silver lining
June 2022News
Setting up during lockdown
How Edward Scott and Co became Jersey’s latest boutique
June 2022News
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
June 2022News
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
May 2022News
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 ...
May 2022News
Prioritising business services roles is key to law firms’ recovery
Deborah Gray, founding director at Totum Partners, explains why this matters
April 2022News
The Serious Fraud Office: What’s 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.
April 2022News
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 ...
March 2022News
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
February 2022News
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
January 2022News
England’s 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
January 2022News
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.
January 2022News
David Boies: What Prince Andrew can expect in court from Virginia Giuffre’s 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
January 2022News
£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?
January 2022News
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.
December 2021News
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
December 2021News
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
December 2021News
Deals dominate
Offshore firms are benefiting from frenetic levels of onshore activity. So which deals stand out?
December 2021News
Governance underpinning purpose
By Robert Moore, Director – UK, Jersey Finance
December 2021News
‘People keep arguing’
Disputes continue to thrive across the offshore world. What are they arguing about?
December 2021News
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
December 2021News
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.”
November 2021News
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.
November 2021News
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?
November 2021News
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
November 2021News
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?
October 2021News
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 ...
October 2021News
Modern Slavery and Money Laundering: The Duty Most Companies Don’t 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.
October 2021News
Professor Tribe talks to Reports Legal – exclusive
One of America’s foremost constitutional scholars, a trusted adviser to Democratic presidents and Professor Emeritus at Harvard who has argued dozens of cases in the US Supreme Court, Laurence Tribe tells Dominic Carman what makes a great lawyer and why maths is more beautiful than law. Laurence H Tribe, known to his friends as ...
October 2021News
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
October 2021News
Failure and Fault: What NatWest’s £400m fine tells us about corporate liability for money laundering
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?
October 2021News
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
October 2021News
SPACs: Next Stop Europe
The Maples Group examines the future potential of SPACs in Europe
October 2021News
‘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
October 2021News
‘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
October 2021News
‘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
October 2021News
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
October 2021News
Fear and hope
Dominic Carman examines how law firms are under pressure to ‘talk less and do more’ in response to multiple diversity challenges.
October 2021News
Shaping recruitment to diversify your talent
Bav Patel, Director at Dandi Legal, explains how law firms can address the diversity challenge
September 2021News
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 ...
August 2021News
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 ...
August 2021News
Support without judgment
The psychological load for lawyers of a hybrid workplace by Brendan Street, Professional Head of Emotional Wellbeing, Nuffield Health
August 2021News
“Time’s 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
August 2021News
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.
July 2021News
£1bn Windfall Tax on City Lawyers, Chancellor?
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
July 2021News
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
July 2021News
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
July 2021News
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.
July 2021News
TikTok faces landmark legal claim following the illegal collection of millions of children’s 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.
July 2021News
‘Let’s get visible’
Bratschi’s appointment of Sandra De Vito Bieri as managing partner marks a watershed for law firms in Switzerland
July 2021News
Where are all the women?
As more female partners are being appointed, ‘Swiss law firms that are too conservative will have no chance’
July 2021News
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
July 2021News
Switzerland: The magic still works
Despite the Covid challenges, Swiss law firms continue to thrive. So how do they manage it?
June 2021News
Barrister, QC, judge, alcoholic…and 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.
June 2021News
Coronavirus Quarantine and Self-Isolation: What If I Don’t?
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.
June 2021News
How to lose friends and alienate nations
With its clear disregard for legal norms, Belarus takes its rogue state status up a gear
May 2021News
Green light on data class actions? Supreme Court to decide Google’s 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.
April 2021News
Offshore elite firms thrive despite challenges
For the offshore elite, it has been business almost as usual during the past year
April 2021News
The SPACs phenomenon
As the market takes a pause and the SEC steps in, offshore firms reflect on a 12-month SPAC boom
April 2021News
Queen’s Gambit: ‘Investing is a game of chess’
Queen’s Gambit – a different kind of SPAC
April 2021News
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
April 2021News
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
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