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Blowing the whistle. What's wrong with corporate culture?

Everyone talks about transparency.

Mayer Brown’s Keri Borders and John Nadolenco named 2021 “Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys” by Los Angeles Business Journal

The list honors the most noteworthy litigators and trial attorneys in the greater Los Angeles area.

Ashurst partner profit smashes £1m for first time since financial crisis

Global law firm Ashurst has announced its results for the financial year ended 30 April 2021.

Beyond #MeToo: what next for regulatory investigations and employment law?

Our BCRI team review developments in the regulatory investigations space and consider the impact of #MeToo on current and future employment law and practice

Herbert Smith Freehills Financial Regulation Update

The letter includes a set of guiding principles to help AFMs comply with existing requirements by ensuring that fund disclosures accurately reflect the nature of the fund’s responsible or sustainable investment.

Harnessing neurodiverse potential can help with digital talent shortage

Data collection is key, but understanding diversity data and translating it into action is even more important.

America’s elite law firms are booming

A frenzy of corporate dealmaking and looming regulation make for a legal-services bonanza

The modern law firm: Automated. Integrated. Digitized.

Healthy margins may have previously offset any urgency to advance from outdated, manual, paper-based processes, but the disruption caused by COVID-19 has accelerated these plans.

Dealing with the publicity of a family feud - a modern way of thinking when it comes to the media

Blood may be thicker than water, but when it comes to a family dispute blood can boil far more readily than in a colder more clinical fight with an independent third party.

Global employment law guide

Multi-national employers need to understand the key issues and how they differ from country to country.

Appleby Hong Kong Partner named as “Corporate Finance Lawyer of the Year"

David is also global co-head of SPACs with a focus on Asia Sponsored SPACs in excess of USD250m and de-SPAC transactions.

Client funds saved after duping by fraudulent investment broker and two crypto platforms

Binance has issued a statement saying that it is working with the regulators.

She sells sanctuary: Firewall legislation and Bermuda's recent reforms

Ashley Fife provides an overview of the current state of Bermuda’s firewall legislation and its recent trust law reforms.

Merger and acquisition activity in professional practices firms

The current climate has encouraged firms to accelerate their M&A strategy.

SA firms hit in massive ransomware attack

The findings differentiate the latest incident - which cybersecurity firm Huntress Labs said affected more than 1 000 businesses - from other recent assaults on the software supply chain.

What does Brexit mean for tax havens and the City of London?

The words ‘competitive advantage,’ or ‘competitiveness’ when applied to a financial sector, are clear warning signals for those of us who look closely at these things.

Shearman & Sterling Lawyers Featured in IFLR Asia Future Leaders 2021

The list recognizes the next generation of influential lawyers working within corporate finance throughout the Asia Pacific region.

It’s time for law firms to embrace legal tech as a force for positive change - Janette Speed

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the pace, magnitude and complexity of change that businesses of all shapes and sizes have seen has never been greater.

The OTS recommends more support for taxpayers on capital gains tax

Many people have limited awareness or understanding of CGT.

The future of midsize banks

A new playbook for supercharging growth

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