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AS Theresa May became British Prime Minister on July 13, 2016, she has admitted she faces the toughest of briefs. Unravelling 43 years of close legal relations with the UK’s European Union (EU) neighbours will be complex, difficult, and involve some serious economic and financial losses on the way.…

PAKISTAN has been staging talks with the British government to lessen impact of Brexit on Pakistan’s textile and other key industries.

A senior official at Pakistan’s ministry of commerce told WTiN.com that Pakistani officials had already consulted London officials about how trade concessions available to Pakistan through the European Union’s (EU) GSP+ scheme would continue after a UK exit from the EU.…

FACED with evidence that international charities continue to face restricted access to banks over de-risking concerns, the global AML body the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) voted at its plenary session in South Korea in June to revise its Recommendation 8 and the accompanying Interpretative Note addressing the problem.…

One month after the UK’s Brexit referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU) on June 23, the British clothing industry has been weighing up the immediate impact and trying to assess what might happen in advance of any longer-term trade solution.…

Three former Barclays Bank employees were convicted of conspiracy to defraud in Southwark Crown Court yesterday (July 4) for manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for United States dollars. In a case brought by the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), a jury convicted submitter Jonathan Mathew and traders Jay Merchant and Alex Pabon of US dollar LIBOR rate rigging between June 2005 and September 2007.…

Financial directors whose companies make the most of London being a key centre of cross-border commercial litigation and international arbitration services will have to keep a close eye on how these conflict resolution services may change as a result of Britain quitting the European Union (EU).…

Significant European Union (EU) company law changes are set to add to the training challenge for non-executive directors who are working on boards outside their home country. The difficulties are compounded where flexibility for member states or companies to implement directives, regulations and recommendations adds local nuances to the know-how required to serve on a board in a jurisdiction with which a director is not previously familiar.…

Significant European Union (EU) company law changes are set to add to the training challenge for non-executive directors who are working on boards outside their home country. The difficulties are compounded where flexibility for member states or companies to implement directives, regulations and recommendations adds local nuances to the know-how required to serve on a board in a jurisdiction with which a director is not previously familiar.…

Delivering products that are present in everyday life to unknown markets across the globe, online sales are essential to boost the already booming EUR77 billion European cosmetics market, Cosmetics Europe director general John Chave told last week’s ‘Personal care in a changing world’ conference in Brussels (June 13-17).…

The US deodorant and antiperspirant market is in good shape, experiencing and projecting steady growth year after year in a largely saturated market where innovation is key to driving sales. Euromonitor International, the London-based market research firm, released a report in April 2016, which says the US deodorants market tends to grow “solidly” but “rarely dramatically”. …