09/21/2011
Appleby Win International Legal Team Award
Appleby was named “International Legal Team of the Year 2011/12” at the Step Private Client Awards 2011/12 held in London on Thursday 15 September 2011.
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
09/20/2011
Most Famous Rogue Trades - And How They Happen
'Rogue trading' incidents, where a single employee can apparently lose billions without the knowledge of his bosses - can seem unbelievable if you don't have first-hand experience of investment banking.
09/19/2011
U.S. tax-evasion probe turns to Israeli banks
The U.S. pursuit of offshore tax evaders is widening to include Israel, where U.S. authorities are scrutinizing three of Israel's largest banks over suspicions their Swiss outposts helped American clients evade taxes, people briefed on the matter sai
09/16/2011
UBS Asked Cops to Arrest Adoboli Before Calling FSA, Prosecutors
UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, asked British police at 1 a.m. to arrest Kweku Adoboli before notifying the U.K. financial regulator or prosecutors, according to two people familiar with the matter.
09/14/2011
UK probe of HSBC clients said to widen over Swiss tax dodge
HSBC Holdings Plc clients with accounts at its Swiss private bank in Geneva are the target of a widening investigation by U.K. authorities into alleged tax evasion, according to two people familiar with the matter.
09/12/2011
US probing Liechtenstein bank over allegedly helping wealthy tax dodgers
US probing Liechtenstein bank over allegedly helping wealthy tax dodgers
09/12/2011
U.S. has tax statistics from 10 Swiss banks: report
U.S. has tax statistics from 10 Swiss banks: report
09/09/2011
Insurer sues Saudi Arabia over 9/11
Insurer sues Saudi Arabia over 9/11
09/07/2011
German court to rule on eurozone rescue
German court to rule on eurozone rescue
09/06/2011
Kuwait faces a tax dilemma
The possible introduction of income tax in Kuwait has sparked controversy amongst expatriates and Kuwaitis alike.
09/06/2011
Banks say US tax deal must respect Swiss law
Swiss bankers have rejected another UBS-style tax evasion deal following an ultimatum from the United States last week to turn over the names of more tax cheats.
09/05/2011
Elena Ambrosiadou in surveillance and harassment fight
Elena Ambrosiadou in surveillance and harassment fight
09/05/2011
HSBC UK clients probed on Swiss accounts taxes - Times
HSBC UK clients probed on Swiss accounts taxes - Times
09/02/2011
Prosserman's 'Chasing Madoff' invests too much in Markopolos
Most of us know about Bernie Madoff's stunning, decades-in-the-making $50 billion Wall Street fraud scheme and the evil it wrought on thousands of investors when it finally collapsed in 2008.
09/01/2011
Swiss parliament committee backs tough bank rules
Swiss parliament committee backs tough bank rules
09/01/2011
Pinsents and SJ Berwin consider merit-based partner pay shifts
Pinsents and SJ Berwin consider merit-based partner pay shifts
08/29/2011
UK and Switzerland agree tax deal
UK and Switzerland agree tax deal
08/25/2011
Swiss ambassador rejects US tax criticism
Switzerland's ambassador to the United States, Manuel Sager, has penned a letter strongly refuting “claims that Switzerland is fighting against handing over bank information about Americans who have cheated on their taxes.“
08/23/2011
Calmy-Rey criticises US tactics on tax evasion
Switzerland’s president has criticized the United States’ demands on her country on suspected U.S. tax cheats.
08/23/2011
Ex-UBS client ordered to give tax records to grand jury
U.S. prosecutors won a victory in their crackdown on offshore tax evasion when a federal appeals court said a former UBS client cannot assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination to avoid turning over his bank records to a U.S. grand jury.