New dawn, new challenges for the Clifford Chance disputes team
The Clifford Chance litigation team has finally got something it can talk about that isn’t Excalibur.
Broadcom calls for more lawyers in record-busting bid for Qualcomm
Two firms have been added to the list of advisers following Broadcom’s revised offer for Qualcomm for a record-breaking $147bn (£106bn).
HSF pay shakeup: Tinkering won’t make the top players stay
HSF sees its focus on clients and sectors as the attributes that differentiate it from its competitors. The question that remains is whether there is enough to offer partners internally to make them stay, following its remuneration review at the end of last year.
Gender pay gap: Bird & Bird is first firm to reveal partner figures
Bird & Bird has become the first UK firm to share gender pay gap figures for its partnership.
Switzerland – Environment & climate change Law 2018
Switzerland: Finma’s new rules on outsourcing for banks and insurance companies
By Rashid Bahar and Martin Peyer On 5 December 2017, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA published its new circular 2018/3 Outsourcing – Banks and Insurance Companies. In contrast to the current rules, the new circular not only covers banks and securities dealers but is also applicable to insurance companies…
Switzerland: Banking regulation update 2018
By Peter Hsu and Rashid Bahar In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008/2009, Switzerland launched a massive overhaul of its financial regulations. These reforms followed several objectives…
Switzerland: ICO for financial startups
By Daniel Flühmann and Philippe Seiler Initial coin offerings (ICOs) or token sales as alternative financing methods continue to generate increasing interest – in particular in Switzerland. Initial coin offerings conducted out of Switzerland between January and October 2017 raised between $550 and $650m, which represents approximately one quarter of the volume of ICOs worldwide (including […]
New guidelines for ICOs in Switzerland
By Dr Daniel Flühmann On 16 February 2018, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA published a guidance paper on the treatment of ICOs. The Guidelines summarise the principles FINMA applies in assessing ICO projects and, more generally, blockchain tokens, under financial market laws, with a focus on securities regulation and anti-money laundering (AML) laws…
Switzerland: A guide to enforcement of foreign judgments 2018
A practical cross-border insight into the enforcement of foreign judgments: the Swiss chapter…
New dawn, new challenges for the Clifford Chance disputes team
The Clifford Chance litigation team has finally got something it can talk about that isn’t Excalibur.
Broadcom calls for more lawyers in record-busting bid for Qualcomm
Two firms have been added to the list of advisers following Broadcom’s revised offer for Qualcomm for a record-breaking $147bn (£106bn).
HSF pay shakeup: Tinkering won’t make the top players stay
HSF sees its focus on clients and sectors as the attributes that differentiate it from its competitors. The question that remains is whether there is enough to offer partners internally to make them stay, following its remuneration review at the end of last year.
Gender pay gap: Bird & Bird is first firm to reveal partner figures
Bird & Bird has become the first UK firm to share gender pay gap figures for its partnership.
Leigh Day launches largest ever unequal pay claim against Tesco
Leigh Day has launched a £4bn claim against Tesco on behalf of thousands of female staff members, in what could be the largest equal pay challenge in UK history.
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UK 200: Slaughters tops revenue per lawyer charts
Slaughter and May has the highest revenue per lawyer (RPL) of the UK’s top 100 largest firms this year. At £900,000, the firm’s RPL is also the third highest in the top 200. Only Bott & Co (ranked 153rd in the UK 200) and Drydensfairfax Solicitors (ranked 196) are higher. For 2018, any firm wishing […]
Former SFO case controller resurfaces to launch US firm’s London white-collar crime team
The former Serious Fraud Office (SFO) case controller for its high-profile battle with the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has resurfaced as a partner at a US firm which only launched in London earlier this year. John Gibson has joined Cohen & Gresser’s London office – which opened in May – to launch the firm’s […]
Clyde & Co to support global banks-backed trading blockchain platform
Clyde & Co is set to provide legal services to a new consortium of banks and traders launching a blockchain-based platform to digitalise commodities trading processes. Komgo SA is a new Switzerland-based partnership that brings together powerhouse banks and stakeholders in the oil industry, including ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, Citi, Crédit Agricole Group, Gunvor, ING, Koch […]
Linklaters starts coding club after asking lawyers for innovation tips
Linklaters is piloting an idea generation platform to develop new solutions to common problems in an effort to boost lawyers’ engagement in innovation. Ideas Pathway, a technology platform created by software company Hype Enterprise, allows the firm’s staff to submit ideas from any device and to collaborate on the review and development of the pitches. […]
Blow for Macfarlanes’ client over oligarch’s $350m freezing order
A Russian billionaire being sued by a former business partner has failed in his attempts to not have the details of a worldwide freezing order (WFO) on assets worth up to $350m disclosed to the claimant in a recent High Court judgment. Fishing magnate Vitaly Orlov, advised by Macfarlanes head of fraud James Popperwell, is […]
Freshfields tops UK M&A rankings for Q3
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has retained the top spot in UK M&A rankings for Q3, having ranked second behind Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) in Q1. According to data from Thomson Reuters, Freshfields announced 55 UK-based deals between July and the end of September, totalling $115.4bn. The firm’s work on Comcast’s Sky bid paid dividends. Davis Polk & Wardwell, […]