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  • London’s litigation financiers primed to profit on global downturn, Therium chief says

    Legal sector

    London’s litigation funders are in a prime position to capitalise on the global economic downturn, the founder of one the UK’s top lawsuit financiers told City A.M. The economic slump threatens to stretch in-house legal budgets and drive an uptick in legal battles, Therium founder Neil Purslow said, which could force companies and litigants turn [...]

  • Balli Steel execs found guilty of £120m fraud at collapsed trading firm

    Financial Crime

    Two Balli Steel executives have been convicted of using forged documents to mislead banks into lending the bankrupt commodities trader $150m (£122m). A jury at Southwark Crown Court today found Balli Steel executives Melis Erda and Louise Worsell guilty on six counts of fraud. Worsell, the managing director of Balli’s UAE business, and Erda, group [...]

  • UK to ‘use all tools’ available to crack down on thousands of firms that missed property register deadline

    Companies House

    The UK government has vowed to “use all the tools” at its disposal to crack down on the thousands of overseas companies that have failed to report their beneficial owners with Companies House’s new property register. The government pledged to fine and prosecute the “oligarchs and non-compliant organisations” that missed yesterday’s deadline to declare their [...]

  • Baker McKenzie launches ‘thorough review’ into ex-lawyer’s racism allegations

    February 1, 2023

    US law giant Baker McKenzie has vowed to immediately conduct a “thorough review” into claims a mixed-race lawyer was subject to multiple instances of discrimination in one of its European offices. The Chicago firm’s review comes after one of its former lawyers claimed she felt forced to leave her job due to facing poor mental [...]

  • Law firms face fines or closure over ‘incompetent’ solicitors as watchdog renews crackdown

    February 1, 2023

    The UK’s solicitors’ watchdog has warned that law firms could be fined or shut down if they fail to deal with incompetent solicitors, as it looks to take tougher action against firms and lawyers that fail to meet the regulator’s expectations. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) said yesterday that it intends to “broaden the ways” [...]

  • Size matters: Womble Bond Dickinson merger with BDB Pitmans canned as it ‘would be more like a takeover acquisition’

    February 1, 2023

    Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans have scrapped plans for a merger, the firms confirmed today, as analysts suggested the relative size of the former would mean a merger would, in reality, be more like a takeover. The law firms, who first entered talks in Autumn 2022, said in a joint statement they had “decided [...]

  • Vodafone shares fall after European revenues hit by price pressures

    February 1, 2023

    Shares in Vodafone today fell almost two per cent after the telecoms firm said its European revenues dropped over the previous year as price pressures have hit its business. Analysts warned the slide in Vodafone’s revenues comes as company chief executive Margherita Della Valle’s first test as head of the telecoms company after she took [...]

  • Ex-PwC partner denies leaking info to City banker to help Slater & Gordon’s £637m deal

    January 31, 2023

    The former head of PwC’s restructuring business has denied leaking confidential information to a London investment banker that allegedly helped City law firm Slater & Gordon get a better price in a £637m acquisition, a London court heard today. Ex-PwC partner Ian Green is accused of disclosing commercially sensitive information about software developer Quindell’s financial [...]

  • RBG Holdings shares plummet after professional services firm fires chief executive

    January 31, 2023

    Shares in RBG Holdings today plummeted by more than nine per cent after the troubled professional services group said it had fired its chief executive. The AIM-listed professional services conglomerate said in a statement that its board has “lost confidence” in chief executive Nicola Foulston as it stated her “employment contract has been terminated with [...]

  • KPMG UK revenues soar to £2.72bn as chief rules out split

    January 31, 2023

    KPMG’s UK business today posted double digit revenue growth for the second year in a row on the back of fast-paced expansion in its consulting and M&A deals advisory divisions. In an interview with City A.M., KPMG UK’s chief executive said the “very strong financial performance” signalled the strength of KPMG’s “multidisciplinary” model, as he [...]

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