Jack Womack

November 27, 2023 | International Edition

One person said the removal could mean the firm has paid a ransom to the hacking group, which is one of the most notorious in the world and is viewed as having strong links to Russia.

By Jack Womack

2 minute read

November 27, 2023 | International Edition

Fergus Wheeler and Paul Yin will both join Latham's banking practice in London, and are leaving Akin after less than a year with the firm.

By Jack Womack

2 minute read

November 23, 2023 | International Edition

A&O faces having confidential data published on the dark web following an attack by ransomware group LockBit—a cyber security expert explains how the firm's merger with Shearman could well have caught the hackers' attention.

By Jack Womack

7 minute read

November 20, 2023 | International Edition

A quieter deal market has affected the controversial practice, meaning that 'lenders don't feel they're being told what to do', according to advisers.

By Jack Womack | Paul Hodkinson

3 minute read

November 16, 2023 | International Edition

'My prediction is that there is no way what he is proposing gets off the ground,' one lawyer who worked on the Supreme Court case said of the Prime Minister's plans.

By Jack Womack

4 minute read

November 15, 2023 | International Edition

Earlier this week, the UK's Serious Fraud Office arrested seven individuals and carried out searches across nine locations as part of a criminal investigation into Axiom Ince.

By Jack Womack

2 minute read

November 15, 2023 | International Edition

The controversial policy proposed that illegal immigrants or asylum seekers would be relocated to Rwanda for claim processing, asylum and resettlement.

By Jack Womack

3 minute read

November 14, 2023 | International Edition

The precise parameters of how non-financial misconduct is treated by the regulator has remained unclear and undefined.

By Tracey Dovaston and Alessia de Quincey, Pallas Partners

5 minute read

November 14, 2023 | International Edition

SFO investigators were accompanied by Metropolitan Police officers as they raided offices in locations in the South East of England early Tuesday morning.

By Jack Womack

2 minute read

November 14, 2023 | International Edition

The firm has also established exclusive relationships with firms in Mozambique and Brazil, and incorporated a Mexican firm—all in the past two months.

By Jack Womack

2 minute read