As a big baseball fan (Go Red Sox!), one of the most fascinating aspects of the sport is how international it has become.

Despite turmoil in the capital markets and subprime sector, our clients in 2007 kept us busy closing transactions all year. We were particularly active with property sales and purchases, joint venture investments, large leases and permanent financings.

The continuous and dramatic volatility in prices for oil and natural gas has predictably resulted in financial pressures on oil and gas exploration and production companies.

The significant global expansion in funds has exerted considerable pressure on established fund centres. Gibraltar has been proactive in attracting fund business by enacting specific legislation for the setting up of funds quickly whilst maintaining high professional and regulatory standards.

Our recommendations to clients have not materially changed despite the current economic environment. We continue to recommend that businesses in financial distress be proactive and seek legal advice...

The draft PCG 2021/D1 outlines the ATO's compliance approach to the splitting of professional services firm profits.

Our October, 2005, article described increased personal risks faced by directors and officers of public companies in the current corporate governance climate. This article describes steps directors and officers can take to minimize and manage these risks.

The United States government has opened another front in its campaign against U.S. taxpayers using secret offshore bank accounts to evade their tax responsibilities, with the Justice Department filing a lawsuit seeking the names of Americans believed to be hiding funds in bank accounts at HSBC in India.

Timing is everything when it comes to sports. This couldn't be more true, as the Government of India is set to discuss the Prevention of Sporting Fraud Bill, 2013 ("the Bill") in the Indian Parliament, in a bid to curb issues such as match fixing that have brought much embarrassment to the sporting community in India.

Key to the success of any fraud recovery plan is tied to the accuracy and completeness of our understanding of the fraudster himself – or of his characteristics, habits and modus operandi. So what has that to do with redefining the victim?

En janvier, on ne peut y échapper : les REER, les CELI et maintenant le tout nouveau CELIAPP sont sur toutes les lèvres.

Grant Howitt, Trust and Company Director at Intertrust in Guernsey, looks at the Island’s proposed new image rights legislation and what it might mean for sports people worldwide.

The Cooperation with Other Jurisdictions on Tax Matters (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 have recently been amended by virtue of Legal Notice 342 of 2019 in order to transpose Council Directive

Confiscation law can be hard to understand, even for lawyers.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a 341-page concept release in April requesting market participants to comment on its proposals to update and modernize Regulation S-K.

Private equity (PE) investment in India has evolved as a significant driver of corporate growth and economic expansion. Over the years, it has attracted both domestic and international investors...

Since the end of World War II, Germany's foreign policy and economic well-being were built on three core pillars: (i) a strong transatlantic alliance and friendship, (ii) stable and influential ...

In honour of International Women's Day, the Blakes Restructuring & Insolvency group presents a special edition of the Blakes Sound Business podcast featuring reflections from three restructuring...

Investors thinking about investing in a private company or project need to ask a number of key questions and deal with certain issues before committing themselves to this type of investment.