Earlier last week Pauline Cafferkey, the Scottish nurse who returned to the UK having contracted Ebola herself, was cleared of all allegations of dishonesty and misconduct. She had been working at an Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone in 2014. The NMC referred her case to a Fitness to Practise hearing of the Conduct and […]
“The recent amendment to the UK Finance Bill 2016 to include enabling legislation that would require companies to publish a ‘country-by-country report’ (CbCR), showing where they paid their taxes and earned their revenues, is nothing more than an ineffectual naming and shaming exercise,” says Miles Dean, Managing Partner, Milestone International Tax. “If countries do adopt […]
Having built his law practice on energy companies and advising governments on energy matters, this thought leader has contributed to and witnessed the explosive growth of the oil and gas industry in Africa over the last 10 years. “Centurion Law Group is based on our belief in the potential of this great continent, and our […]
The modern corporate world is pitted with potential legal traps. It takes a skilled and experienced legal professional to guide companies through the challenges involved, challenges which vary from country to country. This month Lawyer Monthly looks at the issues surrounding the corporate world in North America by speaking to Jose Ramon Gonzalez, Chief Legal […]
Anna started her career at AB InBev in 2008 working and leading on the legal aspects of a wide range of key strategic UK projects, including, the Anheuser-Busch InBev combination. Anna was also involved in the reorganisation of AB InBev’s on-trade and various outsourcing operations and exclusive distribution arrangements across the region. She was appointed […]
Winston & Strawn LLP recently announced that Matthew Bate has joined the firm as a partner in its International Arbitration Practice in London. Mr. Bate, who comes to Winston from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, advises and represents parties in relation to international commercial arbitrations, as well as investment treaty arbitrations. “With the […]
Last month one of the largest tech companies in the world, and certainly the biggest in revenue, Apple Inc. was issued with a 13 billion Euro ($14.5 billion) fine from the EU Commission, for unpaid taxes; the largest tax penalty for a US tech company. This logically set in motion a trail of discussions and […]
Partners at UK law firms tend to be younger, on average, the bigger the firm they work for, reveals research by Edward Drummond, a leading management consultancy for law firms. According to Edward Drummond’s research, 72% of partners at the UK’s Top 10 law firms are aged 50 or under – whilst this is only […]
A new legal opinion, written by two former Justice Department officials from the Antitrust Division, argues that a merger between Bayer and Monsanto would violate the Clayton Act, a law enacted by Congress to curb anti-competitive business practices. According to the white paper, a Bayer-Monsanto merger would also be in direct violation of a 2008 […]
Paid 557% markup for IT products - Suppliers are exploiting a lack of transparency in the IT market to inflate product prices, according to the annual KnowledgeBus IT Margins Benchmarking Study. Now in its fourth year, the study shows that the practice of charging excessive margins by suppliers is still commonplace across the legal sector. […]
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