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Numbers of foreign firms in China declines for first time
October 7th, 2015
The total number has fallen from 178 to 170 in the last 12 months, according to figures published by the Chinese Ministry of Justice. The number of offices fell from 232 to 225. This is the first time that ...
China turns to Islamic finance to expand economic clout
September 22nd, 2015
Islamic finance is gaining prominence as a channel for China to expand its economic influence abroad as banks strengthen ties with Muslim-majority countries and Chinese companies start to tap offshore pools of Islamic funds. With a Muslim population of ...
Orderly Grexit Poses a Puzzle for EU Lawyers Gaming Out Doomsday
July 10th, 2015
Grexit on Sunday? Not so fast, say the lawyers. Even if the creditors pull the plug, Greece will remain legally part of the euro zone on Monday. It could hang on in a half-out, half-in state indefinitely, creating legal ...
FIA Global Launches Interactive Reporting Tool on CCP Risk
June 10th, 2015
FIA Global, in cooperation with the law firms Linklaters and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, announced an interactive tool to compare and assess the rules of central counterparties (CCPs) within the CCP Risk Review. The CCP Risk Review is a ...
Acritas’ UK Law Firm Brand Index reveals four year market winners
May 22nd, 2015
Smart strategic moves, a differentiated proposition and affinity with female buyers drive success for the UK’s leading law firm brands. Over the last four years, the UK legal market has seen many changes. Mergers together with new entrants from ...
No more weak links – elite law firms unite to fight cyber security threat
March 9th, 2015
It has long been a gripe among major clients – in particular banks – that law firms are the chink in the armour against the growing barrage of cyber attacks. In response, some of the world’s top law firms ...
British law firms dominate 2014 sukuk issuance sector
January 2nd, 2015
Allen & Overy, Dentons and other UK law firms are dominating the sukuk issuance sector, along with British banks, even though Malaysia remains the geographical capital. Other leading firms are Linklaters, Slaughter and May, King and Spalding and Clifford ...
Law Firms Awards
December 29th, 2014
MERGERMARKET EUROPEAN M&A AWARDS 2014 Top investment banks and law firms gathered at the Savoy Hotel in London, to recognise the achievements of Europe’s top dealmakers and reward innovative advisory work on some of the region’s most transformative deals ...
European banks raise more capital before ECB stress test
October 13th, 2014
Euro zone banks have raised 35 percent more capital ahead of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) latest stress test than they had set aside before the 2011 review, according to a report published by law firm Linklaters. The euro ...
Essar Energy GC considers panel shakeup following delisting
August 27th, 2014
FTSE 250 company Essar Energy’s legal team is being restructured following its controversial de-listing and general counsel Sheena Singla is considering an informal panel shake-up as a result. India’s Essar Capital, controlled by billionaire brothers Shashikant and Ravikant Ruia, ...
