Wealth, Trusts and Family Office

Season's Greetings from Managers of Wealth

Why Guernsey trusts continue to matter: Practical uses for families, entrepreneurs and businesses

Ogier celebrates triple gold at Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2025

Wealth management consolidators advised to review practices

FCA Review of UK Wealth Management M&A

Family PIFs simplified: a new era

Government Regulation

Minimum Wage for 2026: 23% Increase Unbalanced the Cash Flow of Companies to Start the Year

Qatar Financial Centre-seated arbitration open to global businesses

Saudi Arabia tightens beneficial ownership rules

Luxembourg draft bill removes obligation to open a bank account before SARL incorporation

Employment Rights Act completes protracted journey after Royal Assent

FCA to expand insurance sector review amid Which? super-complaint pushback

Tax

Partial exemption and VAT recovery for UK businesses

HMRC revises VAT exemption policy for NHS locum doctors

Court of International Trade Provides Clarity on Potential IEEPA Tariff Refunds

Swiss voters reject federal inheritance tax proposal

Tribunal orders HMRC to disclose documents to taxpayers in offshore trust case

Reform of behavioural tax penalties

Comment, Analysis & Research

Intentional, Not Just Opportunistic: Inside Mayer Brown's Lateral Partner Strategy

Jones Day Partner Jason Wright named to Los Angeles Business Journal's list of "Leaders of Influence: Thriving in Their Forties"

Eight Zain & Co. partners ranked among Malaysia’s leading lawyers in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026 guide

Dentons ASEAN earns top rankings in the latest Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide

Carey Olsen wins The Bermudian's Best Legal Services 2025 award

43 Dentons lawyers ranked across Africa in IFLR1000

Charity & Philanthropy

Jersey team's generosity shines through in £45,000 charity total

Charity Commission Inquiry: Quba Trust

Bindmans’ Private Client team participates in Will Aid 2024

Maximising impact in philanthropy: how blended finance scales impact

Maples Group to Title Sponsor the IRC European Championship 2024

Appleby Bermuda Makes 25th Holiday Donation to Star Charity

Money Laundering and AML

Jersey funds law series - professional investor regulated scheme exemption for service providers

British Virgin Islands: Premier Andrew Fahie arrested in US drug sting

The sports industry: Laundering more than dirty kit?

Gambling AML: Money Laundering Through Casinos

Signatures for Sale: How Nominee Services for Shell Companies Are Abused to Conceal Beneficial Owners

Guernsey AML

Offshore and IFC

Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa achieves strong recognition in the 2025 IFLR1000 rankings

Offshore wind in Ireland: ORESS Tonn Nua scheme launches, with differences for developers

Sole Offshore Law Firm Among Leading IPO Advisers in Q1 2024

Bermuda – 2022 Economic Substance Declaration Form Updates, Registrar of Companies Compliance Reviews and Prospective Compliance Planning

Cayman Court extends the timing of factual evidence in section 238 proceedings until third party disclosure is completed

Cayman Update: Return of Mistaken Payments held on Constructive Trust

People Moves

RSM appoints 11 leaders for 2026

Carey Olsen promotes two Channel Islands lawyers to senior associate

Bird & Bird adds bench strength in Germany with two new partner hires

Hogan Lovells appointed to UK Legal Panel for Government

Senior attorney Kwang-Chun Park, appointed as a nember of the KOSDAQ market disclosure committee

Greenberg Traurig Grows Litigation Practice with Former Sunoco Chief Counsel for Litigation and Temple University Chief of Staff Sophia Lee

Legal Advice

Dentons Hong Kong advises China Merchants Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust

Hogan Lovells advises Digi’Ed on the IP aspects of the strategic agreement with Gruppo 24 ORE

Latham & Watkins Advises Hyatt Hotels in Completed US$2 Billion Sale of Playa’s Owned Real Estate Portfolio

Linklaters advises the PRC Government on the issuances of Renminbi-denominated sovereign bonds in Hong Kong SAR totalling RMB 68bn in 2025

Sidley Represents Aboitiz Equity Ventures on Their Strategic Partnership With Global Infrastructure Partners in Aboitiz InfraCapital

White & Case advises ABB on Netcontrol acquisition

FinTech

Manus Joins Meta for Next Era of Innovation

Zain & Co. ranked again in Chambers FinTech 2026

Digital assets in 2026: From early days to regulated scale

Saudi Arabia launches real estate tokenisation infrastructure

What a decade of tech tells us about future regulation

Cybersecurity in International Corporate Reorganizations: Strategic Impacts on Structure, Integration, and Risk

Planet SOS

New standards for the energy transition: Hogan Lovells advises CEE Group on multibillion-euro repowering project

Paul Hastings Advises W Power Storage Shareholders on up to €500 Million ICG Investment

Irish Revenue Updates Guidance on Territorial Scope of VAT Groups

Australia revises renewable energy forecasts for wind and transmissions

UK financial firms face tough new climate risk rules from Bank of England

Planning policy is evolving to address wake loss risk for offshore wind projects

Court Cases

Retrospective relief for trustees

A tour of judicial decision-making: The "Easter Egg" in O'Driscoll v Clayton (Junior) [2025] EWHC 2607 (Ch)

French Supreme Court shifts position on jurisdiction clauses

Second Circuit Poised to Rule on What Law Applies to Consumer Wire Fraud

Dentons Secures Dismissal on All Charges Against David Rawson and Recycled Earth in Environmental Case

English courts continue to set tone on WFO enforcement