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Multinational law firm to cut 15% of Europe and Middle East partnership
March 24th, 2016
Asia-headquartered global firm King & Wood Mallesons is cutting 15% of partners in its Europe and Middle East practice as part of a restructuring. The cut will mean that up to 24 of the firm’s 160 partners will depart. ...
The Nine Law Firms that have won a place on French multinational aerospace global legal panel
June 9th, 2016
Eversheds, Hogan Lovells and Baker & McKenzie are among nine firms to have won places on French multinational aerospace, defence and security firm Safran’s inaugural global legal panel. Weil, Gotshal & Manges, as well as Fieldfisher and Osborne Clarke ...
GDPR non-compliance: Multinational clothes retailer fined more than €35 million
October 21st, 2020
Clothes retailer H&M has been fined more than €35 million in relation to employee record-keeping practices – the highest financial penalty imposed in Germany to-date in relation to non-compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The data protection ...
The Netherlands to tighten tax rules for foreign firms
November 28th, 2018
The Netherlands said it will tighten rules on tax breaks for foreign firms after facing criticism from the EU for offering complicated schemes for multinationals. Dutch authorities said they were cracking down on “letter box firms” with a Dutch ...
Big four accounting firms paid millions to advice EU Commission on tax policy
July 10th, 2018
EU lawmakers should stop relying on policy advice from the world’s four largest accounting firms, given their status as “goliaths of the tax planning world,” according to an independent Brussels-based watchdog. Far from being “objective and legitimate” advisers on ...
Global law firm reveals FY17 results; Record global revenues
August 2nd, 2017
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has issued today a press release to announce revenues for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2017 (FY17). Below is the announcement a it was published: Baker McKenzie, the leading global law firm, has announced ...
International Law Firm is set to break into Asia
June 22nd, 2017
DWF LLP, an international law firm headquartered in Manchester, UK, is set to break into Asia for the first time by opening a Singapore office, picking up a four-lawyer team which left Eversheds Sutherland in the city earlier this ...
Global law firms merger is launched
May 25th, 2017
Morae Global launched: Clutch Group and Morae Legal complete merger New Legal and Compliance Powerhouse Provides End-to-End Solutions for General Counsel and CCOs Worldwide Clutch Group and Morae Legal Corporation announced the completion of their merger yesterday afternoon, creating ...
PwC lose audit to KPMG of a multinational consumer goods company
May 8th, 2017
Reckitt Benckiser ends 20-year PwC audit contract FTSE 100 consumer health giant Reckitt Benckiser Group has announced plans to change auditor with the announcement that KPMG will replace PwC from 2018 Big Four rival KPMG will become auditor for ...
PwC’s Takeover of ‘The World’s Best Tax Law Firm’
March 17th, 2017
In a move that illustrates how the professional services market is changing, about half of General Electric’s tax department — once described as as ‘the world’s best tax law firm’ — is moving to PwC in April. Under the deal, about ...
