Smith & Raver, LLP

H2O’s auditor warns accounts ‘do not give a true and fair view’

...The asset management firm restructured in 2022, with London-based H2O AM LLP — which is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority — selling its key subsidiaries to its Luxembourg parent company....

March 3, 2024

NatWest Group

Law firm set to miss first deadline on NatWest’s Farage review

...NatWest announced Travers Smith’s appointment on July 28 as it struggled to contain the scandal....

September 4, 2023

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific

Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region

Allen & Overy LLP

Allen & Overy rolls out AI contract negotiation tool in challenge to legal industry

...Other law firms including Addleshaw Goddard, Travers Smith and Macfarlanes have also rolled out generative AI pilots internally....

December 21, 2023

Odey Asset Management LLP

JPMorgan cuts ties with Odey Asset Management

Move comes as firm’s subsidiary Brook Asset Management blocks withdrawals from one of its funds

June 13, 2023

Adani Group

Adani ditched Big Four auditor for UK subsidiaries

...“Crowe UK LLP is one such firm,” he said, noting that Crowe’s global network is in the top 10 accounting networks in the world....

February 5, 2023

Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

How big should a US law firm be? Plus: top 35 innovative firms

Growth, the ideal size and generative AI are key questions for US law firm leaders

December 5, 2023

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Summit

Guiding business in a new global age

Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

Legal ‘change makers’ ambitious for impact

...David CohenPartner Reed Smith David Cohen leads the firm’s global records and electronic discovery team....

December 5, 2023

Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe

Generative AI: a legal revolution is coming — eventually

The new tech is not just a tool, it is a ‘game-changer’ for law firms. Plus: Pinsent Masons tops the FT 50 most innovative law firms in Europe

September 22, 2023

Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe

Business of law: best practice in legal work

Case studies showcase how law firms are innovating as businesses

September 22, 2023

Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe

Practice of law: best examples in legal work

Featuring the most innovative services that lawyers have developed for clients

September 22, 2023

News in-depthPrivate equity

Private equity groups step up pursuit of white-collar partnerships

...The trio — Moore Kingston Smith in the UK and Moore Belgium, both backed by Waterland, and New Mountain Capital-backed Citrin Cooperman in the US — posted revenue growth more than double that of Moore Global...

March 18, 2024

Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe

Legal practitioners’ full breadth of expertise

...Watson also helped set up the firm’s own sustainability targets and policies, and started a training programme with Oxford university’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, to improve colleagues...

September 22, 2023

Victoria PLC

Victoria plc’s audit nightmare

“We were therefore unable to reduce the risk of material fraud or error to an acceptable level”

September 24, 2023

UK companies

The violent past of the man behind Victoria plc’s troublesome subsidiary

Auditor’s warning adds to scrutiny of Hanover Flooring and its director Batash Karim

October 4, 2023

Victoria PLC

Royal carpet maker Victoria’s shares tumble on auditor’s fraud risk warning

Grant Thornton raised concerns over one of group’s subsidiaries

September 25, 2023

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe

Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region

Victoria PLC

How an alleged ex-gang member is tied to royal carpet maker Victoria

...Ezi Floor’s members were the partners in the LLP who ultimately owned the company....

November 7, 2023

Special ReportAsia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers

Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Awards 2023: the winners

...Training and Development WongPartnership Innovation in Adjacent Services Atsumi & Sakai DLA Piper Innovation in Smart Delivery Corrs Chambers Westgarth Innovation in Digital Legal Practice Herbert Smith...

May 5, 2023

Special ReportAsia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers

Challenge of Asia-Pacific complexity is the spur to its creativity

The need to untangle differences in business culture, politics and regulation means the region’s legal sector is open up to experimentation

May 5, 2023

The Big Read

Kirkland & Ellis: is it party over for the world’s most profitable law firm?

...The firm advised Vista on matters ranging from negotiations with investors over buyout funds to the agreement that shielded Vista’s billionaire chair Robert Smith from prosecution for his part in one of...

December 12, 2023

Asda Group

Asda chair defends £2.3bn deal for UK operations of sister group EG

Stuart Rose says purchase of businesses from heavily indebted EG will help Asda’s push into convenience sector

May 30, 2023

Asda Group

Asda’s owners recycle proceeds of earlier deal to fund EG takeover

Promised £450mn of extra equity comes from a warehouse sale and leaseback that was part of the original buyout

June 4, 2023

Odey Asset Management LLP

Odey Asset Management halts trading in fourth fund

Crispin Odey quits as a director of ICP Holdings, which operates in the Lloyd’s of London market

June 16, 2023

News in-depthUK retail industry

Asda price: how buyers bagged a £6.8bn supermarket chain for £200mn

Jersey and Luxembourg filings reveal financial engineering behind the UK’s biggest leveraged buyout in a decade

April 14, 2023

Special ReportAsia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers

India gradually opens up to foreign law firms

...Firms including DLA Piper, Herbert Smith Freehills and Baker McKenzie are now weighing whether to open offices in the country....

May 5, 2023

Investing in funds

Research advises caution over fund managers who switch firms

...Star stockpickers such as Terry Smith, founder of investment house Fundsmith, have proved popular among retail investors. But volatile markets have translated into big fluctuations in performance....

June 9, 2023

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