Will the Economic Crime Act tackle the UK’s £350bn fraud issue? October 26, 2023 The government's legislation designed to tackle economic crime received royal assent today after months of back and forth between the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
War Pony is a character-driven tale from the American Honey team June 9, 2023 A hit at last year’s Cannes, War Pony is set in the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota reservation in South Dakota, within the Indigenous community that lives there. It focuses on two loosely-connected stories: Bill (Jojo Bapteise Whiting), a young father trying to hustle his way into a better situation; and Matho (Ladainian Crazy Thunder), whose [...]
The young visionary leading McDermott London office to “elite” status July 1, 2024 Few people under 40 run a global law firm’s City office, but Aymen Mahmoud of McDermott Will & Emery is leading the way
Watchdog raises ‘greenwashing’ concerns over sustainable loans – but experts question need for ‘hard laws’ June 30, 2023 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has highlighted a number of issues in sustainable lending which are stymying the growth of the market. In a letter sent yesterday to sustainability heads at banks, the watchdog noted that the market for sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) – which link borrowing costs to sustainability targets – had “grown rapidly” over [...]
After EU passes crypto rules, lawyers ask whether the UK will follow suit July 4, 2022 The EU’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, decided last week, will be the world’s first regulatory framework for crypto and could serve as a “benchmark” for the UK’s own legislation, according to legal experts. The MiCA regulation, which will come into force at the end of 2023, will apply to crypto-asset issuers and service [...]
Founders Spotlight: an interview with Laetitia Grimaud-Agaesse, Co-Founder & Head of Growth of D2X June 3, 2024 Each month, Blockbeat will conduct an exclusive interview with a visionary founder within the world of blockchain technology, showcasing their impactful contributions to the field. Founders Spotlight is proudly presented by CryptoMondays London. When it comes to visionary entrepreneurs, few figures stand out as prominently as Laetitia Grimaud-Agaesse, the dynamic Co-Founder and Head of Growth [...]
DWF launches menopause policy in bid to tackle legal sector’s staffing crisis November 1, 2022 DWF has launched a new firm-wide policy to support women going through the menopause, as it seeks to boost its retainment of staff in the face of an exodus of older women from the UK’s workforce. The UK law firm’s policy seeks to support DWF employees going through the menopause with a view to raising [...]
AI code of conduct ‘always doomed to fail’ say UK lawyers as guidance shelved February 5, 2024 City lawyers have said a voluntary code of conduct for artificial intelligence (AI) was "always doomed to fail".
Norton Rose Fulbright cuts ties with Russia over ‘brutal invasion’ of Ukraine March 7, 2022 Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has confirmed it is shutting down its operations in Russia.
Square Mile and Me: Stuart Bedford on dealmakers, desert challenges and Villa Park May 18, 2023 Each week we ask the great and good of London’s finance world to take a trip down memory lane. This week, it’s Stuart Bedford, Head of Law at KPMG What was your first job? It was running a stock room at a wallpaper warehouse What was your first job in financial services? This was when I started out [...]