A look at the top stories on eprivateclient this week…
Monday
The 2019 eprivateclient Top Family Law firms - the third in eprivateclient’s series of rankings of private client advisory firms in 2019 was published.
The European Union (EU) Code of Conduct Group’s economic substance requirements came in to legislation in certain non-EU jurisdictions at the beginning of 2019.
Tuesday
Global auction house Sotheby's announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by BidFair USA, an entity wholly owned by billionaire media and telecom entrepreneur, as well as art collector, Patrick Drahi.
Volaw Trust and Corporate Services Limited, now known as VG Trust and Corporate Services Limited, lost its appeal against Jersey’s Attorney General.
Wednesday
London accountancy firm Bright Grahame Murray appointed David Wakefield as head of private client services.
The governments of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man jointly announced a series of steps regarding each jurisdiction's central register of beneficial ownership information of companies and how they will move towards developing international standards of accessibility and transparency in the coming years.
Thursday
Penningtons Manches is merging with Thomas Cooper, a law firm specialising in international trade, shipping, arbitration and finance.
Jersey-based private wealth specialist and eprivateclient's Top 35 under 35 in the Channel Islands Richard Laignel was promoted to managing associate at offshore law firm Ogier.
Friday
HMRC confirmed the tax gap for 2017-18 is 5.6 percent, meaning 94.4 percent of all the tax due was collected.
The Conservative Party leadership election has finally been whittled down to just two candidates: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt. Eprivateclient examined what each of them could mean for the private client industry.
Additionally, nominations remain open for the 2019 eprivateclient Top 35 Under 35 rankings - the definitive annual list of young private client practitioners. Nominations are invited for young and upcoming stars within the private client advisory professions from the UK and Crown Dependencies.