Media Coverage
22 May 2013
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City AM
Alex Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about Europe’s financial transactions tax potentially facing another series of delays as negotiations continue.
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) has confirmed the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) can obtain wide-ranging relief under section 213 of the Securities & Futures Ordinance (Cap 571) (SFO), including freezing injunctions, before and independent of any Market Misconduct Tribunal or criminal proceedings.
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On March 22, 2013, ISDA opened the DF Protocol 2.0 for adherence to market participants. The DF Protocol 2.0 is part of ISDA’s documentation initiative aimed at assisting the derivatives industry in implementing and complying with the regulatory requirements imposed under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”).
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Media Coverage
15 May 2013
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New York Times
Alexandria Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about EU finance officials clashing over how quickly to establish a common fund and rule book for overhauling or closing down failing banks.
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Media Coverage
25 April 2013
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The Times
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Bylined article by London head of Tax Sandy Bhogal and Alexandria Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, discuss the circumstances around the UK’s decision to call into question the Financial Transaction Tax plan.
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Legal Update
25 April 2013
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
A recent decision in the Southern District of New York casts doubt on the protections afforded by the bank examination privilege in civil litigation.
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On 18 April 2013 the UK government issued a legal challenge to the decision of the EU Council of 22 January 2013 which authorised a subset of the EU (not including the UK) to introduce a financial transaction tax under a little used procedure known as enhanced cooperation.
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Media Coverage
19 April 2013
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Wall Street Journal
Alexandria Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about the UK’s decision to launch a legal challenge to the Financial Transaction Tax.
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Media Coverage
18 April 2013
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The Times
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Alexandria Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about the legal implications raised by the UK seeking Treaty change in Europe.
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Legal Update
27 March 2013
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On March 22, 2013, almost a year to the day after they issued the proposed new Interagency Guidance on Leveraged Lending, the three federal banking regulators—the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, the Agencies)—issued the final version of this Interagency Guidance.
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Media Coverage
26 March 2013
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Bloomberg
Alex Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about the banking crisis in Cyprus and whether the existence of a banking union could have avoided such a situation.
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Media Coverage
20 March 2013
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Law360
Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement partner Alex Lakatos (Washington, DC) is quoted in an article reporting that a California federal judge recently struck down a law that prevents companies from telling their customers that the FBI is spying on them.
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Media Coverage
February 2013
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International Banking and Financial Law Journal
In a bylined article, Alexandria Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, looks at whether the EU will deliver a credible, legally robust system for a European Banking Union following an agreement reached in December 2012.
This article first appeared in and is reproduced with the kind permission of International Banking and Financial Law Journal, February 2013.
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News Release
20 February 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that three lawyers have been named “Client Service All-Stars” by BTI Consulting Group in the 2013 edition: Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement partner Alex C. Lakatos (Washington, DC); Corporate & Securities partner David A. Schuette (Chicago); and former Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Thomas M. Durkin (Chicago), who now serves as a district judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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Media Coverage
15 February 2013
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City AM
Alex Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about the extension of the planned EU financial transaction tax as the 11 countries implementing the charge launched plans to levy the tax across the whole world.
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Media Coverage
14 February 2013
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Financial Times
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Alex Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about the EU financial transaction tax.
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Media Coverage
14 February 2013
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Daily Telegraph
Alex Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about US banks attacking EU plans for financial transaction tax.
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Media Coverage
14 February 2013
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New York Times
Alex Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about the EU financial transaction tax.
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Media Coverage
5 February 2013
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The Independent
Alex Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about plans to ringfence retail banks.
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Legal Update
29 January 2013
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
The recent (January 25) ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit invalidating President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board calls into question the validity of every action taken by the NLRB since January 4, 2012.
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News Release
28 January 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised China International Marine Containers (Hong Kong) Limited (CIMC), part of the largest container manufacturing group in the world, on the establishment of a $600 million US commercial paper program supported by a letter of credit from Bank of China, New York Branch. The transaction marks one of the first letter of credit backed US commercial paper programs by an Asian issuer.
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Media Coverage
25 January 2013
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American Banker (subscription required)
Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement partner Jeff Taft (Washington, DC) is quoted in an article discussing the re-nomination of Richard Cordray as director of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Media Coverage
22 January 2013
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Bloomberg
Alex Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about EU finance ministers fiving the green light to move forward with plans for a financial transaction tax.
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Media Coverage
3 January 2013
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Financial Times
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Financial Services Regulatory partner Angela Hayes is quoted in an article about the FSA’s campaign to crack down on market abuse in 2012, leading to record fines and jail terms.
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Media Coverage
1 January 2013
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Law360
Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement partners Scott Anenberg and Jeff Taft (Washington, DC) are quoted in an article discussing five new US banking regulations that are slated to take effect in 2013.
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