Carey Olsen Singapore partner Linda Lee has been named one of the top 10 lawyers working
for offshore law firms in Asia by Asian Legal Business.
As in other years, Asian Legal Business continues its annual tradition of picking Asia's standout lawyers working
for offshore law firms.
Not exact matches
The talks also explored ways to improve the «integrity» of global financial flows, especially following the release of the so - called «Panama Papers,» which disclosed details of
offshore companies set up
for wealthy individuals and companies by the Panama - based
law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Criticism was directed at Appleby, the
offshore law firm at the heart of the Paradise Papers,
for bringing legal action against the Guardian and the BBC over their reporting.
Armed with the knowledge of how little
law firms might pay
for offshore work, corporations can use the threat of cutting them out and sending legal tasks overseas on their own to force
law firms to reduce fees.
Vitaly Timokhov, a tax lawyer at Tax Chambers LLP, says the
law firms could have been involved to incorporate the Canadian side of these companies, act as advisers
for beneficiaries, or settlors of trusts, or help set up an
offshore financial structure
for companies to create «tax efficiencies.»
In the legal field, we see tasks that used to fall to junior associates working in those proverbial
law firm basements — doing document review,
for example — now being done more efficiently and cost - effectively through outsourcing, and not just from
offshore locations like India and the Philippines, but onshore in the US and UK, or as a hybrid onshore /
offshore model, or even onsite.
The successful listing of Cora Gold is another endorsement
for Carey Olsen as the
offshore law firm of choice
for international companies looking to list in London as well as in other international markets.
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For the 52,000 terrified holders of
offshore accounts at UBS, the ability to get the views of several
law firms on the day of the announcement would have considerable advantages to simply reading about it in the WSJ.
We act
for a diverse range of international and local organisations and represent more LSE - listed clients than any other
offshore law firm (Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide).
The cost - saving rationale is obvious — clients are demanding more
for less from their
law firms, and near - shoring offers an obvious means
for cost - efficiencies, in more familiar and manageable setting than some of the far - flung
offshore destinations.
First,
for law firms,
offshore service centers are an internal cost - saving / revenue generating measure, not one that necessarily drives value to clients.
Tahota
Law Firm, as domestic legal counsel
for the underwriters, was involved in the offering of the first group
offshore US dollar bonds by Chengdu Communications Investment Group Co (CCIC).