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Darlington Law Firm Awarded Top Status in Prestigious Guide for Fifth Time

The guide is used by family offices and professional advisers as a key reference point for private wealth management work and related specialisms.

FCA’s proposals for a new listing regime

Speech by Clare Cole, Director of Market Oversight, FCA to City & Financial's 'The Modernisation of the Listing Regime' event.

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.

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.

Dentons Canada receives Mansfield 4.0+ certification from Diversity Lab

The Mansfield Rule Certification is a key measure of inclusion in the legal industry

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.

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.

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

5 Reasons Your Firm Needs a Comprehensive Compliance Strategy

For 21st-century financial services firms, one directive is clear: firms must improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their compliance programmes to out-perform the competition and succeed over the long term.

Mayer Brown named Real Estate and Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year

Finally, the firm also received the M&A Deal of the Year award for its advisory role in Swire Properties’ sale of City Plaza One to Gaw Capital fund for HK$9.845 billion.

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

Corbett Le Quesne Defends Title at Family Law Awards

It is widely recognised as a leading family law firm in the island.Advocate Corbett commented “To be shortlisted this year after winning last year is a very pleasant surprise.

Financial Regulation Daily Update

It points to the following as areas that firms should look

Singapore Ranked the Top Regulatory Base for Multinationals - Mercator

APAC was also the top region overall on cost and duration.

Mayer Brown named a Working Families Top 30 Employer 2021

Employers were assessed using Working Families’ Benchmark and scored on four key areas to build a comprehensive picture of their flexible and family-friendly policies and practices that support mothers, fathers and carers.

How optimising data can improve IT buying decisions

The adoption of processes that use procurement data to its full potential is a major transformation project that can be daunting for any procurement team, particularly those working in the fast-moving world of IT, which is a sector that lags behind an alr

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