No let up for Libor claims as FSA issues record fines
With the Financial Services Authority (FSA) issuing a record £300m of total fines in the UK in 2012, up from…
Financial services
Mike’s Mechanics
White & Case sent Mike Goetz to London in 2000 to take its City finance practice to a new level.…
On the Mend
When the credit crisis hit, leveraged finance lawyers were among the first to fall. They are still in the doldrums,…
Hedge funds: Get debt go
In the global financial crisis, the hedge fund industry lost about a fifth of its value. Now distressed debt in…
Rule changes put transfer pricing practices centre stage
The increased global focus of governments on tax avoidance means a handful of international law firms have been pushing their…
Wealth management – Filling big shoes
The global diversification of wealth continues to drive the efforts of law firms’ private client teams as the world’s population…
Creditors draw battle lines over Dewey & LeBoeuf assets
An intense and long-running battle is set to begin over the assets of Dewey & LeBoeuf which, as many observers…
Scams driving another bumper year for insurance firms
Leading insurance firms that reported unprecedented revenue and headcount growth in their counter-fraud teams in 2011 expect this trend to…
FSA’s Cole holds all the cards in choosing her next move
After two years of speculation in the financial services sector, it has finally happened. Margaret Cole, Financial Services Authority (FSA)…
FSA to lose top level enforcer and board member
Margaret Cole, managing director and board member of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), tendered her resignation from the top post…
Switzerland – Fighting fit
Switzerland’s dispute resolution market is in rude health. LB talks to the key players about recent headline cases and what…
Red Tape – Banking and finance
As the regulators come down harder on banks and financial institutions, and Basel III, the Vickers reforms and Dodd-Frank are…
Stepping up
With the departure of high-profile practice head Jonathan Kelly, the Simmons financial services litigation team has lost a leader in…
A new cut
Private wealth has changed. No longer the sole reserve of the moneyed upper classes, LB finds firms cashing in on…