Private Client

Breaking away - the rapidly globalising trusts market

By Legal Week | July 13, 2011

Having invented the trust, England has seen its influence over wealth planning wane as thrusting offshore centres have developed their models. JDG Chambers asks how long English law can remain relevant in a rapidly globalising market

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Managing expectations – why trustees must take a strong stance when dealing with settlors

By Legal Week | June 22, 2011

RBC Wealth Management's Joe Donohoe says trustees must take a strong stance when dealing with settlors or risk a bad relationship

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Computer assisted - Credit Suisse's Portfolio Risk Analyzer can help trustees simulate investment expertise

By Legal Week | June 22, 2011

Trustees are often not investment gurus – but Matthew Spencer of Credit Suisse says his company's Portfolio Risk Analyzer can help simulate expertise

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Farrers secures Zurich presence with temporary office initiative

By Simon Petersen | June 21, 2011

Farrer & Co has opened for business in Zurich with the launch of a temporary presence in the Swiss city. The firm began operating out of serviced offices in the centre of Zurich in early June, with the initiative led by private client partner Nick Dunnell and tax head Robert Field, who will be based at the office once a fortnight for a couple of days. The base will focus on providing wealth management advice, including related work in property, funds and trust litigation.

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New SocGen private banking group to offer advice to legal professionals

By Claire Ruckin | February 14, 2011

Societe Generale Private Banking Hambros (SGPB Hambros) has launched a group to advise the legal sector with the hire of two private bankers. Mark Dean and Dominic Peyton, who joined SGPB Hambros at the end of last year as senior private bankers, will provide wealth management advice to lawyers in private practice and at the Bar. Prior to joining SGPB Hambros, Dean was a director at Citi Private Bank, acting as a client relationship manager to UK and international law firms based in London. Peyton was formerly a partner at Coutts & Co in the professional client group, managing a private banking team acting for clients including high-earning solicitors and barristers.

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Herbert Smith private client tax partner joins BLP's London office

By Sofia Lind | February 7, 2011

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has recruited Herbert Smith private client tax partner Rupert Ticehurst for the firm's City base. Ticehurst has joined BLP's London office as a partner in the the UK top 20 firm's tax department. He has been a partner at Herbert Smith since 2005 and headed the firm's private wealth and charities practice. He advises on tax and trusts, in particular legal disputes for families, individuals and charities for UK and international clients.

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Offshore: In case of divorce

By Legal Week | February 2, 2011

The recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in Radmacher (formerly Grantino) v Grantino has reversed the ruling of the Privy Council in MacLeod v MacLeod and cleared the way for prenuptial agreements to be made legally binding. The Privy Council is the court of final appeal for, among others, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and the Cayman Islands. Its decisions are binding on the first instance and appeal courts of those jurisdictions. It is worth noting that many of the same judges sit in the Privy Council and in the Supreme Court. Two judges, Lady Hale and Lord Walker, were on the bench for both Radmacher and MacLeod.

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Bircham Dyson appoints new private wealth head

By Legal Week | December 8, 2010

Bircham Dyson Bell has appointed Helen Ratcliffe as its new head of private wealth, replacing James Johnston in the role. Ratcliffe joined Bircham Dyson in 2000 and made partner in 2002. She advises both UK and non-UK domiciled high net worth individuals on all aspects of their estate and tax planning. She also has experience of advising trustees and beneficiaries on all aspects of trusts in both the onshore and offshore context.

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Private Client/Family Team of the Year

By Legal Week | December 7, 2010

Maurice Turnor Gardner (MTG) has gone from strength to strength since name partners Clare Maurice, Richard Turnor and Ceris Gardner created their spin-off firm from magic circle firm Allen & Overy in May 2009. The firm focuses on private wealth, philanthropy and partnerships. Since its launch, headcount has grown by a third and in September the firm hired two partners to set up a dispute resolution team.

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Emerging wealth - how new money in burgeoning economies is creating a wave of private client work

By Legal Week | December 1, 2010

Even before the financial crisis it was clear that the growing economies, Africa and Asia in particular, were creating an increasing source of individual wealth and new clients for private client lawyers. The increased activity levels witnessed in these regions by corporate and commercial lawyers are mirrored among the private client community, with the number of wealthy people as a proportion of the population growing more rapidly on continents such as Africa than in many other areas.

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Daily Business Review

Spoiler Alert: Most of South Florida's Top Law Firm Billers Are Men

By Samantha Joseph | March 19, 2018

Find out who's charging what in our annual survey of attorney billing rates.

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National Law Journal

Meet the Lawyer Representing Fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe

By Samantha Joseph | March 17, 2018

Michael Bromwich is a Harvard-educated litigator who's served federal, state and local governments.

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International

India Says 'No' to Foreign Law Firm Offices but Allows Foreign Lawyers to Advise Clients on a 'Casual' Basis

By Anna Zhang | March 15, 2018

The nation's Supreme Court upheld the "fly-in, fly-out" rule, which allows foreign firms to give ad hoc international law advice.

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Daily Business Review

South Florida, California Firms Merge to Create National Practice

By Samantha Joseph | March 13, 2018

The merger creates Ghidotti|Berger, with 14 attorneys practicing in federal and state courts in Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, Nevada and Washington.

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Texas Lawyer

The Interplay of Ethical Rules and Attorney-Client Intimate Relationships

By Shari Klevens and Alanna Clair | March 12, 2018

Many attorneys have some sort of personal relationships with their clients. Many consider their clients to be good or even close friends. Others may…

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Connecticut Law Tribune

Quinnipiac Pro Bono Students Secure Asylum for Congolese Artist in Life-and-Death Struggle

By Michael Marciano | March 8, 2018

A Middletown artist from the Democratic Republic of Congo who was nearly executed while incarcerated in his home country is scheduled to find out Thursday in New Jersey if his request for asylum has been granted.

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Connecticut Law Tribune

Harvard's Frank Sander, 'Godfather of ADR,' Dies at 90

By Robert Storace | March 1, 2018

Known as the godfather and pioneer of ADR, Frank Sander was generous with sharing his extensive knowledge on the topic with others. He died recently at age 90.

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Connecticut Law Tribune

Who Owns What? Responding to Requests for Client Files

By Alanna G. Clair and Shari L. Klevens | March 1, 2018

A question many practitioners may face is who “owns” the documents and other material made and stored during the course of a representation: the client, the attorney or the attorney's law firm?

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Daily Business Review

South Florida Firm in Hot Water for Ghostwriting Pleadings for Pro Se Defendants

By Samantha Joseph | February 27, 2018

The firm says there's widespread ignorance about a rule that allows it to write, but not sign, documents prepared for litigants representing themselves in court.

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The American Lawyer

The Lawyer As Pimp

By Vivia Chen | February 19, 2018

Although there's no indication that Michael Cohen procured Stormy Daniels and other women for President Trump's pleasure, the word captures the spirit of his job.

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