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INSIGHT: French top court to rule on Nov 15 on UBS’ €1.8BN tax evasion fine – UBS lawyer

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France, Paris, 2023-05-24. Photograph by Xose Bouzas / Hans Lucas. Meeting, bilateral talks, working lunch, between the president of the French republic, and the president of the Republic of Lithuania at the Elysee Palace. Illustration of a French tricolor flag on a mast at the entrance of the Elysee Palace.
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INSIGHT: One of the world’s biggest insurance firms has fallen foul of U.S. sanctions – here are the key lessons

By Mathieu Rosemain

France’s top court will rule on Nov. 15 on an appeal by UBS over a tax evasion case that brought a 1.8 billion-euro ($1.90 billion) penalty on the Swiss bank, the company’s lawyer Patrice Spinosi said on Wednesday.

UBS’ appeal to the country’s highest judicial court represents its last chance to overturn part or all of a 2021 ruling, which upheld that the bank was guilty of both promoting illegal banking services and money laundering in the country.

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INSIGHT: One of the world’s biggest insurance firms has fallen foul of U.S. sanctions – here are the key lessons

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