Practice areas

Pan-Iberia law firm Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira has been chosen by the Spanish government and a group of leading banks to advise on the largest financing transaction in Spanish history. | 14yrs

US lawyer Kevin E Evans goes on a client mission in Afghanistan to investigate allegations of corruption on a USAID programme | 14yrs

More than half of Britain's executives would not rule out flouting ant-bribery laws to clinch a deal, a report published today claims as researchers maintain that UK companies are failing to take recently-implemented legislation seriously. | 14yrs

Two top on-line gambling operators have been hit with heavy bills following the Spanish government's tax clampdown on internet gaming. | 14yrs

Tax evasion and corruption in Greece demands more attention than country's national debt, according to a leading think tank. | 14yrs

Businesses have less than three months to prepare for the Olympic Games in London, warns Tom Flanagan. | 14yrs

EU institutional reforms are key to ensuring the financial crisis never happens again. Donnacha O Connor reports from Ireland | 14yrs

Robert Hoyt has been announced as general counsel of Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Group, according to ALM's Corporate Counsel. | 14yrs

Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $202 million to settle claims that it misled a US government housing agency to profit from the resale of mortgages, potentially causing thousands of Americans to face defaulting or eviction. | 14yrs

Facebook's $1 billion purchase of photo-sharing application Instagram is being investigated by the US Federal Trade Commission, potentially postponing the deal's close beyond the forecasted second quarter. | 14yrs

More than 100 bankers won a London High Court claim for £42 million in unpaid bonuses against Germany's second-biggest bank, with at least five of the claimants set to pocket more than £1m each. | 14yrs

The biggest multi-party legal action in British history is gathering pace in Liverpool as more than 10,000 potential claimants are reported to be gearing up to sue a woodchip factory. | 14yrs

Ruling gives green light to UK athletes with past bans and triggers potential rift with world anti-doping authorities | 14yrs

A new law gives plaintiffs in product liability cases the opportunity to forum shop, much to the consternation of foreign manufacturers. Paolo Beconcini discusses the implications of this legislation for foreign companies. | 14yrs

The World Intellectual Property Organisation has seen its fair share of ups and downs in recent times, says Trevor Cook | 14yrs

Civil rights activists in the US are pressing a leading equality body to clarify the rules under which lawyers at federal agencies involve themselves in discrimination complaint processes. | 14yrs

American financial services corporation Citigroup has lured Rohan Weerasinge from New York-based law firm Shearman & Sterling, reports ALM's Law.com. | 14yrs

London-based global law firms Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy are advising the National Bank of Abu Dhabi on a $750 million five-year bond, according to ALB's The Brief magazine. | 14yrs

Margaret Cole - the in-demand former managing director of Britain's Financial Services Authority's conduct business unit - has been appointed general counsel of PricewaterhouseCoopers UK. | 14yrs