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Over the past 20 years our specialist offshore practice has helped numerous Birmingham-based lawyers relocate to the Channel Islands, the Caribbean, and Bermuda. Our clients include leading international law firms in each of the key offshore jurisdictions, all of which offer the opportunity to maintain a high calibre international practice combined with a much improved lifes...

It’s true to say that the Birmingham legal market is in a very good place and has been for some time. Home to a number of International law firms including DLA Piper, Eversheds, Gowling WLG, Pinsents and Squire Patton Boggs as well as national heavyweights Browne Jacobson, DWF, Gateley, Mills & Reeve and Shoosmiths to name a few. So it may seem odd that given that I speciali...

Spread across four sub-regions: Nottingham and Derby, Leicester, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire, the legal market in the East Midlands is highly diverse with law firms ranging from large international and national firms through to rural business specialists. Would-be relocators to the Midlands naturally gravitate towards Birmingham, however, if you can afford to be open o...

PRESS RELEASE: Taylor Root launch two new offices: Dublin and Birmingham Today 10th September 2019, legal recruitment specialist Taylor Root launches two new offices in Dublin and Birmingham, increasing their offering to 13 locations within 10 countries. Our Dublin office will be headed up by Hamish Richmond and will focus on legal recruitment across the Republic of Ireland ...

Ogier provides legal advice on BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg law. Their network of locations also includes Hong Kong, London, Shanghai and Tokyo. Legal services for the corporate and financial sectors form the core of their business, principally in the areas of banking and finance, corporate, investment funds, dispute resolution, private equity and private wea...

United Kingdom Standard Chartered faces fine over sanctions breaches; Standard Chartered have received a £10m plus fine from the OFSI for failing to prevent sanctions breaches Nationwide ordered to repay £6m after numerous breaches of overdraft charging rules; Nationwide has received a £6m fine from the Competition and Markets Authority, for persistently breaking rules on un...