Hints and tips:
...Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired Travers Smith’s Katie McMenamin as a partner in its fund finance practice, based in London....
...Real consumption, led by surging car buying (Rob did his part), soared 3.7 per cent in the first quarter, more than offsetting a small decline in fixed-investment....
...Antitrust lawyer Karen Kazmerzak has joined Simpson Thacher from Sidley Austin as a partner in Washington DC....
...Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired Erica Rozow as a partner focused on Erisa-related aspects of investment fund matters, based in New York. She joins from Kirkland & Ellis....
...“There are whole cultures that manage to eat, drink and celebrate without alcohol, and we often look to them for inspiration,” says bar manager Rob Simpson....
...Alden Millard has been elected chair of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s executive committee....
...Misgivings that the medium would rob the ceremony of its ancient mystique proved misplaced....
...“The Spac is a good product, but the volume has been incredible this year so you are going to see some indigestion,” said Rob Fullerton, global head of leveraged finance at Jefferies....
...Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has appointed Lauren King as a partner in its private funds practice in New York. She joins from Goodwin....
...But in director Anthony Simpson-Pike’s staging, the same directness and easy rapport become more charged as we go on....
...DD’s Rob Smith and Arash Massoudi and the FT’s Stephen Morris set it all out in this deeply-reported tale....
...Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired Geoffrey Bailhache as a partner....
...Additional reporting by Kaye Wiggins Letter in response to this article: A G4S veteran’s view of the GardaWorld offer / From Rob McDonald, Bali, Indonesia...
...Harry Shearer, who played bassist Derek Smalls in the film and later voiced a number of characters in The Simpsons, launched the lawsuit against the two divisions of French media conglomerate Vivendi in...
...DD also enjoyed this tale from Bloomberg, which recalls an interesting celebrity endorsement — OJ Simpson....
...Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired Katherine Krause, a managing director in Goldman Sachs’ legal department, as a partner in its M&A practice in New York....
...If you understand the law, it pays to be stubborn, writes the FT’s Rob Smith. (FT) What’s in a name?...
...Iain Simpson of Barclays Research reckoned the reset would be 200 basis points, and pointed out that Reckitt had already hiked capital spending....
...Colin Simpson joins as head of asset management for infrastructure. He previously worked for Amber Infrastructure....
...Matches created by chef Isaac McHale and drinksman Rob Simpson include sardine sashimi with white peony tea; pork and hispi cabbage with a smoky lapsang souchong; and a dessert of strawberries and meadowsweet...
...At Annie’s, the grocer’s, Sue Simpson greets every customer by name. Most just roll their eyes when asked about Brexit. Marjorie Robinson, a pensioner, sums up the mood....
...The far-flung nation seems to be as attractive as ever for wealthy individuals considering places they can bolt to in the event that war, pestilence or revolution robs them of the comforts of western civilisation...
...First, it robs you of a disarmingly effective tool....
...Harry Shearer, who played bassist Derek Smalls in the film and later voiced characters in The Simpsons, has got the band back together to amend the suit....
...But the buck always stopped somewhere short of Rob, Harry, Chris and myself. It’s time for a reckoning. It’s only right.”...
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