A new study examining the security practices of law firms has found that only one organisation out of the top 100 UK firms, Walker Morris, has sufficient measures in place to fully protect against email fraud. With the threat of phishing attacks increasing by 65% in 2016, this revelation serves as a stark warning to […]
As part of A&O’s 2017 Annual Review, ‘Leading in Uncertain Times’, its ‘Perspectives on Brexit’ report considers some of the key questions for Allen & Overy and its clients regarding a UK exit from the EU. The A&O website reads: “With the negotiations gaining momentum, we have focused this report on three main issues: the future of EU/UK trade, […]
DLA Piper has advised hotel owner and operator QHotels Group on its acquisition via joint purchase agreement by China's Cindat Capital Management and UK investment firm Aprirose. The two purchasers will each acquire a 50% stake in the company. The final purchase price was £525 million, making it the largest deal in the UK hotel […]
Big Data, it seems, is everywhere. The capacity and speed delivered by new technology systems allows incomprehensibly large sets of data to be analysed by computers, revealing patterns, trends, and associations that can then be used to analyse and predict with greater certainty. This is very useful in the practice of law which is characterised […]
Here Richard Grint, financial services expert at PA Consulting Group warns firms to start acting now to implement a framework that will monitor and mitigate risks of the new tax evasion fines to be implemented by HMRC this month. Firms need to start acting now to implement a framework that will monitor and mitigate risks. […]
We speak with Marc Mercier, a Barrister based in Brisbane, who touches on corporate law, human rights and equality, as well as the keys behind to becoming a successful barrister. Marc is soon releasing the first body corporate law textbook for Queensland, which will help simplify the complicated, and somewhat fragmented nature of the law. His […]
A controversial plan to create a new company stock at US company Facebook, which resulted in legal action on behalf of some of its shareholders, has been dropped by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The news will come as a relief to both Zuckerberg and the shareholders, who were gearing up for a legal battle scheduled to […]
International legislation and local regulations in Romania For almost 30 years, the “Eastern Block” has been busy transitioning to a ‘market economy’. For some countries, such as Romania, this has been a radical proposition, not least because the starting point was very much to the very left of the spectrum of socialist economies, with very […]
Being General Counsel requires extensive business expertise that complements comprehensive knowledge about regulations and legislations. Mastering both sectors is a huge task, yet a successful General Counsel makes it look somewhat simple. We speak with Richard Hughes, whose professional background as a Partner in a 103-year-old San Francisco area law firm, tenured college professor, elected […]
Accountancy giant PwC have signalled their continued intent to bolster their legal services ranks with their first US Law office. Unable to register under their own name due to regulatory issues, the company are launching a new law firm, ILC Legal, and plan to open this month in Washington D.C. in a move to expand […]
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