11/04/2014
London Tax Tribunal to Evaluate U.K. Film Investment Vehicles
The tax authority says Ingenious vehicles, used on such productions as 'Avatar,' allowed British celebrities, such as David Beckham, to reduce their tax bills
11/04/2014
Jury acquits former UBS executive in IRS offshore tax evasion probe
Jury acquits ex-UBS exec in IRS probe
11/04/2014
Singapore says will adopt OECD pact to tackle tax cheats by 2018
Singapore will implement a global agreement on swapping tax information, aimed at ending offshore tax evasion, by 2018, provided certain conditions are met
11/04/2014
Accounts inherited from family members as also from previously-constituted trusts or companies have come to the fore in a big way, as India seeks further details from Switzerland about those suspected to have ‘unaccounted’ wealth parked in the
11/04/2014
Ropes & Gray proudly announces that 20 attorneys have been named partners of the firm, effective November 1. In addition, the firm named two attorneys as counsel.
11/03/2014
The acquittal was a setback in the seven-year, U.S. campaign to curtail offshore tax evasion.
11/03/2014
London is an increasingly important hub for offshore law firms, which are winning business from City-based financial institutions, and clients in Russia, western Europe and sub-Saharan Africa.
11/03/2014
Caught in the middle are 22.7 million people who live and work in metro Manila, where inadequate infrastructure and recurring flooding produce gridlock and stunt the economy.
11/03/2014
The combination creates a top-30 UK law firm that combines a pre-eminent private wealth practice with a significant business law capability.
11/02/2014
$7m-a-year investment banker stands accused of forcing his wife to binge on cocaine then have sex with a potential client in foursome at the Ritz
11/02/2014
The 29-year-old who works for a top bank was arrested after the two women were discovered in a luxury apartment building
11/02/2014
Jason Collins of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, was commenting as 51 countries signed an agreement that will activate the Common Reporting Standard for automatic exchange of financial account information in tax matters
10/31/2014
Claims Barclays 'hatched a fraudulent' scheme
10/31/2014
Switzerland’s financial services watchdog pledged to crack down on individuals suspected of misconduct, abandoning what the regulator has called a historical “reluctance” to target people rather than institutions.
10/31/2014
A judgement accompanying the award said that the defendants falsified accounts.
10/31/2014
Government sources said that India was unable to sign the pact as there was uncertainty about disclosures and lack of clarity
10/31/2014
The married father of three, a former magistrate, has now been jailed for six years
10/31/2014
Some Cayman Islands Considerations
10/31/2014
Joseph B. Galbraith received $1.5 million from Credit Suisse in January
10/31/2014
Weil's main defense has been that these efforts were done by people below him