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A shrinking world for evaders
UK residents with Swiss bank accounts must disclose their UK tax liabilities or pay a witholding tax. Baker & McKenzie’s Ashley Crossley discusses the impact of the high profile move against tax evasion
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
Rising capital - the evolution of China's private client legal market
At Legal Week’s Private Client Forum Asia earlier this year, KhattarWong’s Gurbachan Singh and Baker & McKenzie’s Michael Olesnicky discussed the evolution of the private client legal market in China
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Flight to clarity - the importance of market positioning for law firms
Baker & McKenzie’s Gary Senior extols the importance of market positioning for law firms – especially during a financial downturn
16 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
US invaders back on the offensive
The number of partner promotions in the City offices of US law firms is on track to exceed last year's tally, with 33 new partners made up in London in 2011 so far out of a global promotions total of 382. Legal Week's annual survey of US firms' lat...
01 Mar 2011 | 07:49 |
Hong Kong shines as global IPO market evolves
Despite the volatility of markets since the global financial crisis, companies have more choices than ever when deciding where to go to raise capital. One of the big trends in capital markets over the past decade has been the increasing willingness of...
16 Nov 2010 | 10:26 |
Out in front - Unilever on its IP outsourcing deal with Baker & McKenzie
Third-party LPOs aren't the only ones in the outsourcing game. Alex Aldridge speaks to Unilever about its decision to use Baker & McKenzie to do its low-cost work
02 Nov 2010 | 06:25 |
Latin America: Fifty years to overnight success
When our firm began opening offices in Latin America 55 years ago, it was a very different world. Most of our initial work centred on helping US companies set up subsidiaries in countries like Venezuela. We later helped clients establish manufacturing...
22 Sep 2010 | 11:00 |
Basel III - ill-advised sequel or sound banking rules?
Amid the swathe of proposed rules and regulations that are likely to apply to banks, financial institutions, rating agencies and others in the wake of the financial crisis, there are a significant number of new rules relating to capital adequacy treat...
14 Jul 2010 | 09:58 |
Tax and pensions: Pensions in peril
A recent ruling on the IMG case underlines the perils for employers trying to counteract their growing pension burden. Arron Slocombe reports on the issues when moving away from defined benefit schemes
05 May 2010 | 09:34 |
Bakers City chief on the four key challenges for the global law firm
Recent moves by some English firms to establish a presence in Australia seem to have re-ignited interest in the concept of the global law firm. This is good news, given it was not so long ago that it looked as if the global downturn would result in in...
14 Apr 2010 | 11:04 |
Tax evasion in spotlight in post-crunch crackdown
With all the talk of the bank bonus tax, global financial institutions' reassessment of their commitment to London and UK politicians other than Boris Johnson queuing up to bash the City, you might question what place London will have in the financial...
13 Jan 2010 | 11:07 |
Switzerland: Code breaking
It is a popular view that Swiss bank secrecy attracts undeclared, illegal money - that it exists only for this purpose and that the need for its removal is self-evident. Many believe that the first steps to achieve this have been successfully taken, w...
29 Jan 2009 | 02:03 |
Global 100: Man of the world
They came in saris, cheongsams, and Muslim headscarves - plus the usual black tuxedos and glittering gowns. After cocktails and tapas in the marble halls of the National Art Museum of Catalonia, they streamed into a Roman amphitheatre for an intimate ...
16 Oct 2008 | 03:29 |
Employment, equal opportunities and diversity: Divided by faith
A recent case involving Islington Borough Council highlights the difficulties faced by an employer seeking to balance the competing legal protections afforded to its employees. Here we consider the inherent conflict created by the rights of employees ...
19 Jun 2008 | 03:04 |
Russell Lewin: A call to arms for diversity
We live in a world of luminous diversity and there are few places where humanity's rich variety is more apparent than in our capital city: a socioeconomic melting pot and haven for immigrants - whether from Belfast, Barbados or Bangalore - for over a ...
20 Mar 2008 | 00:00 |
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