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By Legal Week | July 13, 2011
Having invented the trust, England has seen its influence over wealth planning wane as thrusting offshore centres have developed their models. JDG Chambers asks how long English law can remain relevant in a rapidly globalising market
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By Legal Week | June 22, 2011
RBC Wealth Management's Joe Donohoe says trustees must take a strong stance when dealing with settlors or risk a bad relationship
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By Legal Week | June 22, 2011
Trustees are often not investment gurus – but Matthew Spencer of Credit Suisse says his company's Portfolio Risk Analyzer can help simulate expertise
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By Simon Petersen | June 21, 2011
Farrer & Co has opened for business in Zurich with the launch of a temporary presence in the Swiss city. The firm began operating out of serviced offices in the centre of Zurich in early June, with the initiative led by private client partner Nick Dunnell and tax head Robert Field, who will be based at the office once a fortnight for a couple of days. The base will focus on providing wealth management advice, including related work in property, funds and trust litigation.
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By Claire Ruckin | February 14, 2011
Societe Generale Private Banking Hambros (SGPB Hambros) has launched a group to advise the legal sector with the hire of two private bankers. Mark Dean and Dominic Peyton, who joined SGPB Hambros at the end of last year as senior private bankers, will provide wealth management advice to lawyers in private practice and at the Bar. Prior to joining SGPB Hambros, Dean was a director at Citi Private Bank, acting as a client relationship manager to UK and international law firms based in London. Peyton was formerly a partner at Coutts & Co in the professional client group, managing a private banking team acting for clients including high-earning solicitors and barristers.
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By Sofia Lind | February 7, 2011
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has recruited Herbert Smith private client tax partner Rupert Ticehurst for the firm's City base. Ticehurst has joined BLP's London office as a partner in the the UK top 20 firm's tax department. He has been a partner at Herbert Smith since 2005 and headed the firm's private wealth and charities practice. He advises on tax and trusts, in particular legal disputes for families, individuals and charities for UK and international clients.
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By Legal Week | February 2, 2011
The recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in Radmacher (formerly Grantino) v Grantino has reversed the ruling of the Privy Council in MacLeod v MacLeod and cleared the way for prenuptial agreements to be made legally binding. The Privy Council is the court of final appeal for, among others, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and the Cayman Islands. Its decisions are binding on the first instance and appeal courts of those jurisdictions. It is worth noting that many of the same judges sit in the Privy Council and in the Supreme Court. Two judges, Lady Hale and Lord Walker, were on the bench for both Radmacher and MacLeod.
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By Legal Week | December 8, 2010
Bircham Dyson Bell has appointed Helen Ratcliffe as its new head of private wealth, replacing James Johnston in the role. Ratcliffe joined Bircham Dyson in 2000 and made partner in 2002. She advises both UK and non-UK domiciled high net worth individuals on all aspects of their estate and tax planning. She also has experience of advising trustees and beneficiaries on all aspects of trusts in both the onshore and offshore context.
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By Legal Week | December 7, 2010
Maurice Turnor Gardner (MTG) has gone from strength to strength since name partners Clare Maurice, Richard Turnor and Ceris Gardner created their spin-off firm from magic circle firm Allen & Overy in May 2009. The firm focuses on private wealth, philanthropy and partnerships. Since its launch, headcount has grown by a third and in September the firm hired two partners to set up a dispute resolution team.
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By Legal Week | December 1, 2010
Even before the financial crisis it was clear that the growing economies, Africa and Asia in particular, were creating an increasing source of individual wealth and new clients for private client lawyers. The increased activity levels witnessed in these regions by corporate and commercial lawyers are mirrored among the private client community, with the number of wealthy people as a proportion of the population growing more rapidly on continents such as Africa than in many other areas.
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By Samantha Joseph | March 19, 2018
Find out who's charging what in our annual survey of attorney billing rates.
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By Samantha Joseph | March 17, 2018
Michael Bromwich is a Harvard-educated litigator who's served federal, state and local governments.
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By Anna Zhang | March 15, 2018
The nation's Supreme Court upheld the "fly-in, fly-out" rule, which allows foreign firms to give ad hoc international law advice.
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By Samantha Joseph | March 13, 2018
The merger creates Ghidotti|Berger, with 14 attorneys practicing in federal and state courts in Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, Nevada and Washington.
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By Shari Klevens and Alanna Clair | March 12, 2018
Many attorneys have some sort of personal relationships with their clients. Many consider their clients to be good or even close friends. Others may…
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By Michael Marciano | March 8, 2018
A Middletown artist from the Democratic Republic of Congo who was nearly executed while incarcerated in his home country is scheduled to find out Thursday in New Jersey if his request for asylum has been granted.
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By Robert Storace | March 1, 2018
Known as the godfather and pioneer of ADR, Frank Sander was generous with sharing his extensive knowledge on the topic with others. He died recently at age 90.
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By Alanna G. Clair and Shari L. Klevens | March 1, 2018
A question many practitioners may face is who “owns” the documents and other material made and stored during the course of a representation: the client, the attorney or the attorney's law firm?
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By Samantha Joseph | February 27, 2018
The firm says there's widespread ignorance about a rule that allows it to write, but not sign, documents prepared for litigants representing themselves in court.
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By Vivia Chen | February 19, 2018
Although there's no indication that Michael Cohen procured Stormy Daniels and other women for President Trump's pleasure, the word captures the spirit of his job.
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