02/03/2014
In addition to a number of key hires in 2013, the team was further strengthened last month by the acquisition of Wheatley-based law firm, Whetter Duckworth Fowler which has an excellent reputation for its private client and property work.
02/03/2014
The most recent lawsuit forms part of a legal campaign being waged by hedge funds in various courts across the world, seeking to recoup money which was lost by betting on a decline of Volkswagen's share price in 2008.
02/03/2014
The deal for the law firm’s services arm, which has 10 offices across the Cayman Islands, London, Jersey, the British Virgin Islands and Guernsey, is thought to have an enterprise value of around £180m.
02/03/2014
This launch allows BNP Paribas’ asset manager and asset owner clients with funds domiciled in Switzerland to benefit from the banks’ established, pan-European expertise in depositary services such as cash monitoring, oversight and safekeeping
01/31/2014
Ex-UCCI president faces extradition to the Cayman Islands
He is the former president of the University College of the Cayman Islands who suddenly left the territory in 2008 claiming to be suffering from a severe illness.
01/31/2014
TM is a service provided to clients to support structural changes to asset portfolios with the intention of managing risk and increasing returns. TM services may be required when a client needs a large portfolio of securities to be restructured, or when
01/30/2014
HMRC EBT Settlement Opportunity still available - Withers
In 2011 HMRC launched the EBT Settlement Opportunity (the ‘Settlement Opportunity’) which offers employers the opportunity to settle such tax liabilities, thereby avoiding the risk of a time consuming and costly HMRC enquiry and potentially al
01/30/2014
Leading private client lawyer to join Mourant Ozannes
Jim Edmondson will join Mourant Ozannes' award-winning International Trusts & Private Client practice as a consultant based in London
01/30/2014
Solving the dispute over undeclared Italian funds with Swiss banks will be on the agenda today as Switzerland’s Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and Italy’s Fabrizio Saccomanni meet in Bern.
01/30/2014
Deloitte has pipped rival PwC to become the world's top accountant by revenue in the face of rising pressure on fees and new rules boosting competition, a global survey showed.
01/30/2014
The head of Swiss private bank Reyl & Cie is back at work in Geneva
01/30/2014
Guernsey has completed two further bilateral Double Taxation Arrangements (DTAs).
01/30/2014
Offshore scheme loses appeal over £80m unsettled tax
HMRC states certain investors that used the scheme since 2005 have settled some £20m in tax bills
01/29/2014
The Agreement was signed by the Minister for External Relations, Senator Sir Philip Bailhache, and the Hungarian Ambassador, His Excellency Janos Csak.
01/28/2014
They face serious repercussions if they don’t. Whether FATCA is a grand idea or a travesty, the IRS and Treasury Department have made Herculean efforts to implement it.
01/28/2014
HSBC was found to have laundered over $670 billion over the course of four years, and this makes BitInstant's total amount pale in comparison.
01/27/2014
A recently introduced tax on luxury cars, could be the first in a series aimed to addressed inequalities in the country.
01/27/2014
Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, has warned senior bankers that conduct costs related to past misbehaviour have become the most pressing issue for the industry
01/27/2014
Switzerland's cabinet has twice refused to accept the nomination of a British-born ex-UBS banker
01/27/2014
The European Union has hinted moves are afoot for an EU FACTA to include all 28 nations belonging to the union.