By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Professional Services Editor Maria Ward-Brennan is the Professional Services Editor at City AM, focused on law, Big Four, and other management and accounting consulting firms. She was previously a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. Contact her via email at maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or X (Twitter) @MariaW_B.

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How much cash could a tax avoidance clampdown raise?

May 30, 2024

Predictably both parties are reluctant to suggest they will raise taxes, but in recent weeks both have found a conveniently painless source of funding: clamping down on tax avoidance.
Legal regulator sets out ‘excessive’ fee hikes to boost drained industry fund

May 29, 2024

The legal regulator wants to increase law firm fees by 236 per cent in order to rebuild the sector's compensation fund after it was significantly impacted over the last year
Emma Sleep: CMA threatens legal action against mattress firm over pricing tactics

May 29, 2024

The Competition and Market Authority has threatened mattress company Emma Sleep with a lawsuit unless it "commits to changing its practices"
Next stop £195,000? Another law firm hikes junior lawyer pay

May 29, 2024

Clifford Chance is the latest magic circle firm to raise its newly-qualified salary in a salary war that has no sign of slowing down
Election leaves litigation funding Bill in limbo. What’s next for the multi-billion pound industry?

May 29, 2024

After a huge push from the funding industry to introduce a new law on litigation funding, the PM called on a snap election which now puts it into limbo
Tribunal reverses CMA’s £35m fine against four anti-nausea pharmaceutical firms

May 28, 2024

Four pharmaceutical companies have successfully appealed and reversed a £35m fine imposed by the competition regulator over anti-nausea tablets
City law firm hits Southend United owner with lawsuit over unpaid £400,000 legal bill

May 28, 2024

City-based law firm Taylor Wessing has launched legal action against the owner of Southend United over a near £400,000 unpaid legal bills
London-listed Berkeley Energia launches near £1bn arbitration proceedings against Spain

May 28, 2024

Listed-Berkeley Energia's Spanish entity has filed a request for arbitration proceedings against the Kingdom of Spain over alleged violation of provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty
Standing out: UK law firm Mills & Reeve aims to make a mark in the City

May 28, 2024

How can a mid-tier law firm stand out in the competitive legal landscape of the City? Mills and Reeve's London head sees a unique opportunity to distinguish the firm in the bustling London market
FCA’s anti-greenwashing guidance comes into force next week. Lawyers explain what to expect

May 26, 2024

The FCA's new anti-greenwashing guidance comes into force next week. Lawyers explain to City A.M. what companies should expect from this and the implications if they mess up

Job vacancies fall again in unemployment risk

An England World Cup isn’t just football – it is money, politics and a nation’s bad habits

Bowls Club is the City’s most eccentric (and brilliant) pop-up

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