Speechly Bircham to open offices in Luxembourg, Zurich
London law firm Speechly Bircham has today announced the opening of two new European offices. The firm is opening in…
ByMonth: May 2011
Clarke In, Warsi Out?
Despite rumours to the contrary, portly Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke will not receive rough justice at the next reshuffle Despite…
ByClass War at Hay-on-Wye
Class war is normally an abstract concept. But it nearly became reality at How the Lights Get In, a Spear’s-sponsored…
ByHong Kong Art Fair blog
I will be in Hong Kong from Tuesday for the art fair, blogging here about the art, the parties, the…
ByHow the Light Gets In
26 May-5 June Hay, Wales Website HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s first philosophy and music festival, is back. This May, thinkers, performers,…
ByBercow Bercan't
Raucous laughter yesterday before President Obama’s address, after a flunkey announced that the Speaker would ‘make a brief speech.’ Raucous…
ByPatriotism and the Brits
We unfurl our flags when the occasion seems right, an example being the recent Royal Wedding, but patriotism on a…
ByHong Kong Art Fair
Hong Kong 26-29 May Website Back for its fourth year, ART HK 11 – Hong Kong International Art Fair will…
ByRights and wrongs of superinjunctions
Spear’s is in an odd position regarding superinjunctions. As a magazine, we believe in freedom of the press – but…
BySpear’s Wealth Forum
XX September London hotel Spear’s will be doing what it does best helping wealth managers, lawyers and other private client…
ByB’berg: Singapore to create most WM jobs
Singapore will create more jobs in financial services during the next 12 months than any other city, beating London and…
ByMay Fayre
The good burghers of Mount Street – from modern shop-holders to eighteenth-century ladies on stilts – came up last night…
ByFamily (Mis)fortunes
When a marriage dissolves, what happens to the family business? Sarah Whitten of Charles Russell says it’s a monetary matrimonial…
ByJP Morgan: HNWs unhappy with philanthropy
Only 7 per cent of HNW clients surveyed by JP Morgan Private Bank are happy with the amount of money…
BySyon Park
The guest list included: Gillian Anderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Zara Martin, Dan Pirrie, Geordie Greig, Hugo Burnand, Ben Elliot, Simon Hammerstein…
ByNeuberger: Use super-injunctions sparingly
Super-injunctions should only be issued in exceptional circumstances, according to a judicial Committee chaired by Master of the Rolls, Lord…
ByPAD London returns, PAD NY launches
Fair organisers Patrick Perrin and Stéphane Custot are pleased to announce the return of PAD London 2011, the strongest edition…
ByMan: April sees hedge funds recover
April was a month of recovery for hedge funds as managers took advantage of a renewed appetite for risk following…
ByTrustees no longer protected from legal action
A Court of Appeal decision delivered last month is likely to result in a greater number of legal actions against…
ByChateau d’Yquem new Chinese favourite
With Chinese drinkers queuing at the bars of Shanghai and Beijing to buy d’Yquem (often described as the world’s greatest…
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