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Wealth, Trusts and Family Office

Withers Italy recognised as 'European Private Client Team of the Year' at the Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2026

Organized by Chambers and Partners, the High Net Worth Awards are based on the annual independent research conducted by the Chambers High Net Worth Guide, a benchmark for the international high-net-worth advisory market.

Withers appoints 12 new partners in the US, UK and Singapore

Wealth, Trusts and Family Office

From crypto to charity: how do the next generation view wealth and family legacies?

Withers provides litigation win for tech client Innoverv

Government Regulation

ASPIRe to deliver: SFC’s crypto roadmap review and next regulatory milestones

Wealth, Trusts and Family Office

Ogier lawyers recognised as eprivateclient’s 2026 Crown Dependencies NextGen leaders

Appleby’s James Glover shortlisted for citywealth future leaders award

Jessica Bell recognised as a 2026 eprivateclient Crown Dependencies NextGen Leader

Withers Italy recognised as 'European Private Client Team of the Year' at the Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2026

Mourant lawyer recognised in 2026 eprivateclient Crown Dependencies NextGen Leaders list

Senior Associate Phillip Cronje named in eprivateclient Crown Dependencies NextGen Leaders

Government Regulation

Jersey Wills, Succession and Probate reforms: what they mean in practice

Competition Commission turns spotlight on South Africa's franchise sector

DMCC and DIFC Courts expand partnership to strengthen dispute resolution framework

Code to regulate trade union workplace access finalised

Deepening Singapore's role as a risk management hub – Singapore's proposed Protected Cell Company structure

Navigating cross-border art transactions: legal and tax insights for collectors

Tax

Firms should take practical measures in line with HMRC proposed customs revamp

Andy Burnham's Property Tax Reform: What High Net Worth Individuals Need to Know

UK consults on VAT rule changes for online marketplaces

Travers Smith wins at The Drawdown Awards 2026

Hong Kong Poised to Modernize Tax Framework to Attract Global Fund Managers

New NYC 'Pied-à-Terre' Tax on High-Value Non Primary Residences

Comment, Analysis & Research

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer tops Australian M&A league tables for H1 2026

Dentons Lee Senior Attorney Sang-Yeol Cha and Foreign Senior Associate Jielle P. Han Recognized by POSCO International with Plaques of Appreciation

Gabrielle Levin and Katie Gray recognized in Profiles in Leadership Journal

Dentons Hong Kong named Client Choice Award – Firm of the Year: Hong Kong SAR at Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific & China Awards 2026

The long game: how Bermuda became the world’s life reinsurance capital

Getting the best out of your employee benefit trust

Charity & Philanthropy

Charity Commission issues new grant making guidance

Leading law firm for philanthropy and DEI in Asia Pacific

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

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

Elite Capital Markets Partners to Join Latham & Watkins, Further Expanding Firm’s Market Leadership

Norton Rose Fulbright welcomes M&A partner duo with digital infrastructure and energy focus

Greenberg Traurig Continues Energy Practice Growth in Colorado

Significant growth for Collas Crill Trust across the Channel Islands

Paul Hastings Adds Baltimore Ravens General Counsel to Leading Entertainment, Sports and Media Platform

Highly Regarded Project Finance Partner Joins Latham & Watkins, Adding Further Depth to Global Energy Platform

Legal Advice

Dentons advises European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Jordan’s first Blue Bond issuance

Linklaters advises Citi on the inaugural digitally native commercial paper issuance on Clearstream’s D7

Carey Olsen advises on £587 million Quinbrook Renewables Impact Fund II

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader advises on the placement of a twelve-year Mortgage Pfandbrief issued by Deutsche Kreditbank AG

Appleby Represents Meridian3 Industrials Acquisition Corp on Its USD201.25 Million SPAC IPO

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader advises Biesterfeld SE on the full acquisition of its Italian joint ventures

FinTech

AI developer liability for harms linked to autonomy of their systems

A&O Shearman unveils tenth Fuse cohort spanning digital assets and LegalTech

The future of virtual assets and blockchain in the British Virgin Islands

Supporting future tech entrepreneurs in France

Irish law for enforcing the EU AI Act set to be finalised

AI-related disruption foreshadowed for UK financial services

Planet SOS

Dentons earns global recognition for ESG and Crisis Management excellence

Renewable Energy Comparative Guide Bermuda (Legal 500)

Bird & Bird recognised as most active clean energy M&A adviser for ninth consecutive year

Northern Ireland advances hydrogen policy

UK government set to limit judicial review challenges to key energy and infrastructure projects

Stability and security underpin low-carbon investment needs, finds new report

Court Cases

A Warning to Litigants Seeking Funding: English High Court Clarifies the Limits of Litigation Privilege

Cayman Islands Court of Appeal decides the costs of unadmitted foreign lawyers are unrecoverable

Lukes & Others v Sovereign Trust: expert evidence and the limits of case management appeals in Guernsey 

Your injunction's reach is only as wide as its words – The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal clarifies the limits of contempt liability

New research finds Saudi courts reject almost 90% of arbitration annulment bids

JPLs, Directors and Arbitration: Grand Court Clarifies the Scope of Provisional Liquidators' Powers