Baker Tilly’s George Bull warns of possible flaws There was once a poster at Watford Junction railway station, just outside London. Advertising the local shopping centre, it read: ‘Little blue dress, little blue dress, my life would be complete if only I could have that little blue dress.’ So it is with best practice: people …
Geoff Cook of Jersey Finance highlights the effects of the AIFMD on Jersey Recent figures for Jersey’s funds sector show that business has reached its highest level in five years, with a strong upward trend in the alternative funds sector. From a fund servicing point of view, as regulatory pressures ramp up the volume and …
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Leader Overview: Down in albion Midlands: The middle of somewhere North East: Work to rule North West: Not so grim Northern Ireland: Northern Exposure Scotland: Scotland the brave South West: Bristol Fashion Wales: Back to basics Yorkshire: No quarter asked
Legal Business asked more than 20 legal heavyweights to name the defining moments that shaped the profession since the launch of Legal Business. Wim Dejonghe, managing partner, Allen & Overy On globalisation in law: ‘Domestic firms going global – this has been the main event of the last 25 years. That started in the mid-1990s …
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KING & WOOD MALLESONS HIRES HEAVYWEIGHT EVERSHEDS TRIO KWM last month hired former Eversheds senior partner Cornelius Medvei alongside former international head of real estate William Naunton and former London head of tax Clive Jones. The trio will lead expansion plans for the firm’s structured real estate team.
BATTERSEA POWER STATION SEES BAKER & MCKENZIE AND NRF TAKE THE LEAD In one of the largest real estate financings in recent years, Bakers advised a syndicate of Asian and Middle Eastern banks on debt facilities worth £1.35bn. Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) acted for the borrowers.
Senior figures provide personal perspectives on a changing industry for our 250th edition Working with Salz ‘I worked for Anthony as an associate. In order of descending seniority, Phil Richards, me and Will Lawes were his “bag carriers”. It was an exciting time. During the 1980s our M&A team were the new kids on the …
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Frank Varela of V&P Global details the changing face of legal recruitment over the last 25 years. Legal Business is 25 years old and the legal recruitment market has played a significant part in its development and in its revenues. It has provided many of the headlines and inspired some of the stories that have …
Yigal Arnon’s Simon Weintraub and Ruth Loven report on the burgeoning Israeli market. The Israeli legal market has undergone a robust expansion in the last 25 years. In 1990 there were 10,697 lawyers registered with the Israel Bar Association. As of the beginning of 2014 there were 53,750 registered lawyers in Israel. Israel has the …
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Rahul Batra of Hudson McKenzie details the changes. The written ministerial statement laid in the House of Commons on 16 October 2014 by James Brokenshire, Minister of State for Immigration and Security, and in the House of Lords by Lord Bates, outlined a number of changes to the UK Immigration Rules. Tier 1 (Investor) Category …
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