Comment, Analysis & Research

09/20/2021

Let's be clear on lawyers' costs

Recently, there was media coverage about lawyers charging £600 and £700 an hour, and the press stories reported how a losing party in a legal case had had to pay at those rates.

09/19/2021

Baker McKenzie wins 13 awards

The Firm also won "Australia Firm of the Year" for the second consecutive year. Meanwhile, member firm Wong & Partners took home "Malaysia Firm of the Year" for the fifth year.

09/15/2021

Wills and Estate Administration for Non-UK Residents

Following the tax changes over the last few years on UK residential properties, there has been a mass de-enveloping of UK residential properties held in trusts and offshore companies, a significant proportion of which are now held in individual names.

09/15/2021

Be afraid of shadow IT, be very afraid

Some policies may include an acceptable use policy, work from home policy, bring your own device policy and also a legal risk acceptance policy.

09/15/2021

Fund finance: regional perspectives and updates

The global fund finance market has shown much resilience over the last 18 months and as we head into the last few months of 2021, our team offer their thoughts and insights on what we are seeing in each of our regions.

09/14/2021

Common Sense in Common Law Recognition

In that panel, the speakers discussed recent developments in the law regarding the appointment of “light-touch” provisional liquidators in Offshore jurisdictions to facilitate restructurings, and the recognition and assistance to such appointe

09/14/2021

Mourant Regulatory Update - Guernsey

The proposed amendments to the Insurance Laws transfer the enforcement, sanctions and penalty provisions from those laws into the new 2020 Enforcement Powers Law