01/21/2018
Tax amnesty programme turns up billions in undeclared assets
The law allows individuals to avoid paying penalties on undeclared assets if they come forward themselves, although they still must pay back taxes and interest.
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
01/20/2018
Credit Suisse Plans Low Bonus Pool Increase for 2017
The bank is entering a final year of restructuring to focus on wealth management and investment-banking advisory services, reducing its reliance on trading-related businesses.
01/19/2018
Tax Risk Update January 2018 - Farrer & Co
Our job will be to work with clients to find out whether what they are doing, or what they have done, has a tax consequence which could be open to challenge.
01/19/2018
Banks in China Ordered to Halt Crypto Trading
Effective measures should be adopted to prevent payment channels being used for cryptocurrency settlement, the document went on to say.
01/19/2018
Lies, Tears and Fake Excel Files at Credit Suisse Banker's Trial
The Frenchman spent Thursday afternoon on the witness stand in the Geneva court answering increasingly tense questions from his victims’ lawyers
01/19/2018
Tax-avoidance schemes are being offered up to the wealthy like vacation packages
Tax avoidance schemes are being offered up to the wealthy like holiday packages.
01/19/2018
Drafting limited partnership agreements under Luxembourg law - Ogier
The position under Luxembourg law is particularly straightforward as the Civil Code starts from the policy presumption that commercially negotiated contract terms are enforceable.
01/19/2018
Goldman Sachs chief's PA 'stole £860,000 of fine wine from him including seven ultra-rare burgundies worth £13,750 each'
The banker, 55, has been collecting wine for decades and is said to have a 1,000-bottle storage area
01/18/2018
No evidence of wrongdoing by German banks in 'Panama Papers': watchdog
Germany's financial watchdog said it has found no evidence of any large-scale wrongdoing by the German banks identified in the "Panama Papers" scandal.
01/18/2018
International law firm launches client solutions brand
Bird & Bird is well known for its high standard of client service
01/17/2018
Family friendly rights in Jersey - Mourant Ozannes
The cost of extending Maternity Allowance to 26 weeks is estimated at £1.5 million per year.
01/17/2018
Sotheby’s dragged into £730million legal battle with Monaco resident billionaire
One of Britain’s most famous auction houses could be pulled into a $1 billion legal battle between the Monaco resident Russian billionaire and a renowned art dealer
01/17/2018
US tax reform - Single family offices and considerations for 2018 - Withers
The Act has no doubt created a tidal wave of questions and concerns about the structuring of various business and investment activities
01/17/2018
US tax reform - Single family offices and considerations for 2018
The Act has no doubt created a tidal wave of questions and concerns about the structuring of various business and investment activities
01/16/2018
Credit Suisse: Nail-Biter in Geneva
Credit Suisse is bracing for a tough couple of days in Geneva, where a former banker is standing trial for embezzlement
01/16/2018
Bermuda adopts Cape Town Convention
The Convention is an international legal framework (recognised in all Contracting States).
01/16/2018
Appleby Bermuda involved in the majority of ILS deals in 2017
Appleby, whose Bermuda office has considerable experience in the insurance sector, was involved in more than two-thirds of the Bermuda-based deals and the majority of all the deals globally.
01/16/2018
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Private Client 2018
This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of the laws and regulations of private client work.
01/15/2018
What The Wealthy Should Consider Because Of The Higher Estate Tax Exemption Levels
With the doubling of the federal estate tax exemption levels, a substantial number of wealthy families will no longer need to pay the tax.
01/15/2018
Hong Kong fines Swiss wealth manager HK$2m over offshore licence fails
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined EFG Bank AG (EFG Bank) $2 million for dealing in futures contracts without the required registration (Note 1)