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A&O and Freshfields win big on 888’s £900m purchase of Bwin after bidding battle

20/07/2015(0)
Magic Circle duo Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer acted as the bidding battle for online gambling company Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment came to an end today (17 ... Read More
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IRS Probes Singapore Asset Manager for accepting transfers from undeclared Swiss accounts

20/07/2015(0)
First came Switzerland. Now the Internal Revenue Service has a new target: Singapore Criminal investigators at the IRS are probing whether a Singapore asset-management firm accepted transfers from undeclared ... Read More
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Deutsche Bank Moscow Faces Three Investigations Over Possible Money Laundering

17/07/2015(0)
German banking giant Deutsche Bank is now undergoing three investigations into possible money-laundering at its Moscow branch after Britain joined the United States and the lender itself in probing ... Read More
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Satisfaction survey finds majority of junior lawyers feel fulfilled despite career concerns

17/07/2015(0)
Most junior lawyers are both fulfilled by their professional lives and enjoy a reasonably healthy work/life balance despite concerns over the quality of management, bonus schemes and career prospects ... Read More
Rule of Law

Survey: Countries poses the biggest Rule of law challenges to foreign investors

16/07/2015(0)
Companies rate Australia rule of law among worst in world Only China poses bigger rule of law challenges to foreign investors than Australia, according to a new report. Hogan ... Read More
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Costs lawyers gather strength as costs budgeting becomes more complex

15/07/2015(0)
Annual survey reveals ‘costs management regime is far from perfect’ Solicitors struggling to cope with complex costs budgeting; significant growth in costs lawyers’ practices; and judicial inconsistency undermining the ... Read More
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Banks face new legal action over forex manipulation

15/07/2015(0)
After fines totalling many billions of pounds from UK and US regulators, a new threat is about to hit the major banks found guilty of manipulating the foreign exchange ... Read More
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Greek debt crisis: Goldman Sachs could be sued for helping hide debts when it joined euro

14/07/2015(0)
Exclusive: A leading adviser to debt-riven countries has offered to help Athens recover some of the vast profits made by the investment bank Goldman Sachs faces the prospect of ... Read More
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Brazil Regulator Names 30 Traders in Probe of Currency Rigging

14/07/2015(0)
Brazil’s antitrust regulator named 30 people it’s investigating as part of a civil probe into anticompetitive practices in the currency market. If found to have violated the law, the ... Read More
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Orderly Grexit Poses a Puzzle for EU Lawyers Gaming Out Doomsday

10/07/2015(0)
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 ... Read More
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