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• Singapore firm Allen & Gledhill scoops up multiple awards

  May 16 2012 Singapore law firm Allen & Gledhill was the big winner at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2012, an industry event to recognised excellence in the South East Asia region.... more

• Proposed reform would allow foreign firms more than one office in Japan

  Apr 09 2012 A reform bill drafted by the Justice Ministry of Japan would, if passed, allow foreign law firms to set up more than one office in the country. Some foreign law... more

• Survey shows in-house counsel getting bigger piece of the pie

  Apr 04 2012 The Association of Corporate Counsel has conducted a survey that charts the growth of in-house-legal departments and the reduction in law firm-litigation spending over... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership

  Mar 29 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 20 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, the same number as were promoted last year. This year’s... more

• Indian law firm M.V. Kini & Co takes on 2 new partners

  Mar 21 2012 Indian law firm M.V. Kini & Co has boosted capacity with two new hires - tax partner Shrikant Kamat will be joining the firm’s Mumbai office and corporate partner Ram... more

• Vodafone Tax case restores investor confidence in India

  Jan 29 2012 Experts say that the landmark Vodafone tax case in the Supreme Court of India has boosted India’s image and reinforced standards of fairness and impartiality in the... more

• US firms Bingham McHale and Greenebaum Doll & McDonald to merge

  Dec 22 2011 US firms Bingham McHale and Greenebaum Doll & McDonald have announced plans to merge. The combined firm will maintain offices in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, and have a... more

• Pan Southeast Asian firm DFDL Mekong launches in Indonesia

  Dec 05 2011 Southeast Asian firm DFDL Mekong has launched a presence in Indonesia via an alliance with local firm MX Law. The Indonesian practice will be led by William D.... more

• Four firms lead $3.6bn deal for sale of spectrum licenses

  Dec 05 2011 Verizon Wireless is set to purchase wireless spectrum licenses from a consortium of cable carriers known as SpectrumCo for a sum of $3.6 billion. According to Verizon,... more

• Taylor Wessing to launch tech practice in London

  Oct 25 2011 Taylor Wessing is set to boost its technology capacity with the launch of a second office in London. The office, in east London's 'Tech City' will offer expertise in... more

• Salans makes lateral hires in Paris and Frankfurt

  Sep 15 2011 Salans has hired three partners across its France and Germany practices. The firm raided Bird & Bird for talent, scooping up the co-head of the firm’s French IP... more

• Lombardi Aguilar Attorney To Speak at New York State Bar Association Panel Discussion

  Sep 04 2011 Sep 04, 2011 - Lombardi Aguilar Group partner Alvaro Aguilar-Alfu will be a speaker at a panel discussion during the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)... more

• Weil Gotshall hires four-partner team from Clifford Chance in London

  Jun 16 2011 The London office of Weil Gotshal & Manges has scooped up a four-partner team Clifford Chance. The departure of funds partners Ed Gander, Nigel Clark and Nick Benson... more

• Forty redundancies at Addleshaw Goddard

  May 24 2011 Addleshaw Goddard has announced plans to make 40 redundancies in its business services division support staff, as part of a major restructure. The cuts follow reports... more

• Delhi High Court stays proposed service tax on lawyers

  May 06 2011 The Delhi High Court and Guwahati High Court has stayed the Central Government’s decision to impose a service tax upon lawyers from 1 May. The Delhi High Court Bar... more

• High demand for energy law recruits in Canada

  Apr 18 2011 Interesting article here about the demand for recruits with an interest in energy law in Canada. In light of predictions that the energy sector will fuel Canada’s... more

• Morrison & Foerster boosts Tokyo tax practice with White & Case hires

  Apr 05 2011 Morrison & Foerster has boosted its tax practice with the hire of top international tax lawyer Eric Roose of White & Case. Roose joins Morrison & Foerster’s Tokyo... more

• Slaughter and May elects practice heads and promotes five to partnership board

  Mar 31 2011 Slaughter and May has elected new heads for its financing and tax practices. Paul Stacey takes over the role as head of the financing practice, replacing outgoing head... more

• Course of Brazilian Tax Law: limitations on the power of taxation in Brazil

  Mar 29 2011 Course of Brazilian Tax Law: limitations on the power of taxation in Brazil For those who dislike the multidisciplinarity, do not waste your time reading the rest of... more

• Indian firm Majmudar boosts corporate M&A practice with Bharucha hire

  Jan 18 2011 Rukshad Davar from Bharucha joins Majmudar & Co. International Lawyers as a partner to handle corporate / M & A, tax and real estate. Rukshad said, “I have recently... more

• A&O paris corporate head leaves to establish boutique firm

  Jan 06 2011 Allen & Overy’s Paris corporate head, Nicolas Bichot, has announced plans to leave the firm to establish a boutique practice. Bichot & Associés will focus upon M&A and... more

• Vodafone: Indian Surpreme Court asks for 1% share in booty

  Dec 20 2010 The Indian Supreme Court has asked for 1 percent or Rs. 25 crore (approximately $6 million), to handle the Vodafone tax battle relating to a deposit of Rs. 2,500 crore... more

• NUJS in association with Max Planck Institute held workshop on Innovation, Creativity and IP Policy

  Dec 01 2010 National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata recently held a workshop with Max Planck Institute on Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law. The... more

• New global tax head for Freshfields

  Nov 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed London-based partner Colin Hargreaves as head of its global tax group. Hargreaves will take the role in January 2011,... more

• US Government lawyers see a two year salary freeze

  Nov 30 2010 The US Government has taken the step of freezing salaries on federal employees for two years. Lawyers who left big law looking for some stability during the... more

• Allen & Overy elect new management committee for global tax practice

  Nov 10 2010 Allen & Overy has announced the election of a new global head of tax. German partner Gottfried Breuninger will lead the tax management committee, assisted by two... more

• Vodafone files another petition in the Bombay HC against new move by IT dept

  Oct 18 2010 There seems to be no end to the troubles that are facing Vodafone. After its petition was rejected by the Bombay High Court in September questioning the jurisdiction... more

• Jones Day loses four US attorneys to Baker Hostetler

  Oct 18 2010 Jones Day has lost a quartet of attorneys to rival firm Baker Hostetler in Cleveland. Ellen Halfon, Joseph Korpics, Lisa Roberts-Mamone and Joseph Verciglio will... more

• UK firms consider ways to mitigate increased income tax

  Oct 14 2010 A number of UK law firms are considering setting up subsidiary service companies or introducing new ownership structures in order to avoid the maximum 50 per cent... more

• Bombay High Court rules on Vodafone’s petition

  Oct 05 2010 This article summarizes a recent decision of the Bombay High Court (BHC) in the case of Vodafone International Holdings B.V. The issue before the BHC was whether the... more

• Indian government contests PVR's claim in the service tax case

  Aug 25 2010 The Revenue Department has contested the petition filed by PVR Pictures in the Delhi High Court against the Government’s decision to levy service tax on copyright... more

• UK firms may be required to pay more tax in India

  Jul 21 2010 UK firms may be required to pay more tax in India, according to a new ruling by the Mumbai bench of Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal. The order, issued on July 16,... more

• Mumbai court rules that Linklaters must pay tax in India

  Jul 19 2010 In a landmark ruling, the Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) held that Linklaters, a UK law firm delivering services to clients in India is... more

• Direct Tax Code – Conversation with SR Patnaik, Direct Tax Partner at Luthra & Luthra

  Jun 17 2010 Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday released a draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC). The press release from the Government said “….Government will consider... more

• Service Tax dispute continues: Delhi HC passes orders

  Jun 07 2010 Senior Counsel Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi’s arguments in an earlier case helped to secure five petitioners favorable stay orders from the Delhi High Court on June 1... more

• Greek lawyers protest new austerity tax

  May 21 2010 Lawyers in Greece are engaged in protest against the harsh fiscal measures put in place to stave off national default, which include a new 21 per cent tax on legal... more

• Norton Rose promotes 23 to counsel

  May 17 2010 Norton Rose has promoted 23 lawyers to counsel in the firm’s first round of counsel promotions since the merger with Australia's Deacons. Of the 23, five lawyers have... more

• ELP advise HAL on tax dispute in SC

  May 14 2010 The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Sales Tax and Value Added Tax departments of the Government of Karnataka in response to a Special Leave Petition... more

• >> Newsletter 02-2010 of Brazilian Business Law

  Mar 02 2010 >> Newsletter 02-2010 of Brazilian Business Law NEWSLETTER 02-2010 OF BRAZILIAN BUSINESS LAW __________________________________________________ by Rafael De Conti... more

• LAG Group Panama Attorney Participates in Singapore Panel on Trusts

  Jan 02 2010 Singapore, Singapore, December 04, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) International Section recently held its Fall conference in Singapore... more

• Panama Attorney Participates in Panel Discussion on Trusts held in Singapore

  Dec 03 2009 The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) International Section recently held its Fall conference in Singapore titled "New York and New Asia: A Partnership for the... more

• Turkey fines Google $47m for tax dodging

  Nov 14 2009 Istanbul's tax department has fined Google 71m Turkish lira over the Internet giant's non-payment of profit taxes, Turkish media report. Google says it is not... more

• Clifford Chance heads for Indian High Court showdown

  Nov 12 2009 The Supreme Court of India has requested Clifford Chance to provide details of its India-billings of more than a decade ago in its long-running dispute against the... more

• Turkish Bonds, Stocks Tumble on Foreign Tax Ruling

  Oct 16 2009 Turkish bonds plunged, lifting yields by the most in three years, as the Turkish Lira and the benchmark IMKB-100 index of the Istanbul Stock Exchange slumped after the... more

• New Group: Offshore Legal Circle

  Sep 21 2009 The offshore legal circle refers to a number of law firms practicing in offshore jurisdictions. The term paraphrases "Offshore Magic Circle" which was adopted as an... more

• Weil Gotshal takes on new tax partners in London and New York

  Aug 26 2009 Weil, Gotshal & Manges has expanded its international tax practice with two new partners. Brenda Coleman, corporate tax partner at Allen & Overy, will join Weil... more

• Law firm sues former KPMG vice chairman in tax fraud case

  Aug 17 2009 New York tax law boutique Kostelanetz & Fink is seeking more than $1.3 million in fees from Richard H. Smith, a former KPMG vice chairman and partner. In the... more

• Linklaters hit by partner exodus to Herbert Smith in Madrid

  Jul 27 2009 Linklaters Spanish tax head Nicolas Martin is joining Herbert Smith along with two associates, becoming the fifth Linklaters partner in just three months to leave the... more

• Stephan Eilers to retake the Freshfields global tax helm

  Apr 26 2009 German partner Stephan Eilers will lead Freshfields' global tax practice, the firm recently announced. Mr. Eilers previously led the practice from 2002-2005 after... more

• Linklaters hires tax specialist Lewis Steinberg

  Apr 07 2009 Linklaters has hired UBS tax specialist Lewis Steinberg as a new member of the team chairing Linklaters' US practice. In addition to his role as co-chair of the US... more

• Former KPMG manager Larson gets 10 years for tax evasion

  Apr 01 2009 John Larson, former senior manager at KPMG, received a 10-year sentence today after being convicted in December of tax fraud charges. Former colleagues Robert Pfaff... more

• Chadbourne secures win for refund clients

  Mar 18 2009 The US Internal Revenue Service will publish information on its website enabling individuals who lost money as a consequence of Bernard Madoff's unlawful activities to... more

• $30bn bailout money doesn’t stop AIG from suing the U.S.

  Mar 03 2009 The AIG is suing the U.S. over a disputed $306 million in taxes, interest and penalties, despite the government has decided to inject the troubled insurer with an... more

• Ex-Greenberg Traurig tax chairman Gordon pleads guilty

  Dec 15 2008 Jay Ira Gordon, ex-chairman of Greenberg Traurig's tax practice pleaded guilty to defrauding the Internal Revenue Service and is cooperating with the government in a... more

• Gloomy profit outlook at Herbert Smith

  Dec 01 2008 Herbert Smith has ditched plans to overhaul its financial reporting system after a gloomy profit outlook made it likely that partners would be left out of pocket. more

• Thompson & Knight expands São Paulo office

  Oct 22 2008 The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP, through its affiliated office Tauil & Chequer Advogados, announced the expansion of its São Paulo office with the... more

• Former Arnold & Porter partner Cinquegrani admits tax fraud shelter

  Sep 12 2008 Peter Cinquegrani, a former partner in the U.S. law firm Arnold & Porter, pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to commit tax fraud and tax evasion on behalf of... more

• Kirkland boosts City tax team with Weil hire

  Sep 05 2008 Kirkland & Ellis has added to its London tax practice with the hire of Jane Scobie from US rival Weil Gotshal & Manges. more

• Clifford Chance hires Linklaters tax lawyer Robert Smith

  Sep 04 2008 Clifford Chance has turned to magic circle rival Linklaters for its latest New York partner hire, signing up tax lawyer Robert Thornton Smith. more

• Thompson & Knight Continues to Expand Tax Practice

  Jun 10 2008 The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP has announced the addition of Associates John Anderson, William P. Lepak, and Daniel L. Meehan III for its tax practice.... more

• Britain could lose out in a global game of chance, Clifford Chance partner warns

  Jun 02 2008 The global managing partner of Clifford Chance, David Childs, believes that government plans to amend the tax on business could backfire. “We know that a number of... more

• Reed Smith Adds Partner With Federal Tax Expertise

  Apr 14 2008 Reed Smith LLP, one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, today announced the addition of Arnold E. Grant as a partner in the Tax, Benefits and Wealth Planning... more

• Reed Smith Adds Partner With Federal Tax Expertise

  Apr 14 2008 Reed Smith LLP, one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, today announced the addition of Arnold E. Grant as a partner in the Tax, Benefits and Wealth Planning... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell recruits Shearman tax partner McGowan to underpin City push

  Apr 06 2008 Sullivan & Cromwell has ended its search for a senior UK tax partner after recruiting Michael McGowan from the London arm of Shearman & Sterling. The appointment of a... more

• Korean Tax Authorities Launch Audit of Largest Law Firm Kim & Chang

  Feb 06 2008 The National Tax Service (NTS) has launched an audit of the country's largest law firm, Kim & Chang, over tips that the firm may have avoided paying taxes, tax... more

• Problems mount for Powell Goldstein

  Jan 15 2008 Last week the Atlanta-based firm lost a big chunk of its health care practice group in Washington -- and yesterday, two partners and two counsel will leave the firm's... more

• American law firms: overpaid, over here and taking over?

  Jan 09 2008 Among her 300 million citizens, America finds room for 2.2 million prisoners, half a million soldiers — and 1.1 million lawyers, increasing numbers of whom find their... more

• Nörr makes KPMG lateral hire to head Kiev tax team

  Dec 31 2007 Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz has appointed a new head of tax at its Kiev office. The German firm hired Yuri Delikatny from KPMG to head the tax practice at its Ukraine... more

• Russia, UK trade legal barbs over British Council shutdown order

  Dec 15 2007 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Friday defended a Russian government directive earlier this week to shut down local offices of the British Council by January 1,... more

• Taxing times for China's foreign firms

  Oct 12 2007 The good old days of preferential tax treatment for foreign companies in China are set to end as of January 1, 2008, but Chinese tax advisers say they may see some... more