Legal

Sarasin is seen outside their headquarter in Basel

Swiss officials search Sarasin bank in German tax probe

24/10/2014(0)
Swiss authorities have searched the offices of private Bank J. Safra Sarasin as part of a probe led by German prosecutors into dividend stripping, an investment strategy that can ... Read More
Serious Fraud Office

Serious Fraud Office to seek extra £26.5m funding

24/10/2014(0)
Ongoing fraud investigations into Barclays, Rolls-Royce and Libor rigging have forced the Serious Fraud Office to ask the government for an extra £26.5m. The cost of paying compensation to ... Read More
youtube

Copyright claims against YouTube ‘unfair’, says co-founder

24/10/2014(0)
The co-founder of YouTube, Chad Hurley, has said legal cases launched against the video-sharing website have been “unfair” and blamed traditional television broadcasters who are scared of losing their ... Read More
swiss banks

73 Swiss banks ask U.S. to revise proposed tax amnesty deals

24/10/2014(0)
Lawyers representing 73 Swiss banks seeking to avoid a tax-evasion probe by U.S. authorities wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice raising questions over a dozen demands, ... Read More
Credit Suisse branch is seen in New York

Credit Suisse CEO says sees no material issues in forex probe

23/10/2014(0)
Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) does not see material issues related to the global probe into the $5 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market, the Zurich-based bank’s chief executive said on Thursday. Around ... Read More
keystone-law-l

Keystone Law sells £3.15m stake to private equity house

23/10/2014(0)
Dispersed firm Keystone Law has received a £3.15m cash injection from private equity house Root Capital in return for a 35 per cent stake in the firm’s shares. Root ... Read More
legal case

Initiative promises legal advice for those without lawyers in courts

23/10/2014(0)
A network of in-court advice centres providing support for unrepresented litigants in civil and family law cases is to be funded by the Ministry of Justice and expanded to ... Read More
atm

Millions stolen from UAE bank customers in ATM scam

23/10/2014(0)
A gang of Eastern Europeans has been arrested by police in Dubai on suspicion of stealing millions of dirhams from ATM customers in the UAE. According to 7Days newspaper ... Read More
total

Russia Opens Criminal Probe Into Plane Crash Death Of Total CEO

23/10/2014(0)
Russia’s chief investigative panel has opened a criminal probe into the Oct. 20 accident at Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport that killed Christophe de Margerie, the CEO of the French ... Read More
Eisinger

In Turnabout, Former Regulators Assail Wall St. Watchdogs

23/10/2014(0)
When former top government officials become white-collar defense lawyers, they still wield influence when they weigh in on enforcement matters. I was attending the Securities Enforcement Forum, a gathering ... Read More
Broker Cyprus TopFX