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...Tom Whelan, global head of private equity at Hogan Lovells, is leaving the law firm to join McDermott Will & Emery....
...Bernard Arnault, the chairman and chief executive of LVMH, has said in an interview that he waited to be sure there wouldn't be a second round of two extremist (anti-EU/protectionist) candidates before he...
...That’s Bernard Arnault, the so-called “wolf in cashmere”, known for his sphinx-like inscrutability....
...john.mcdermott@ft.com Twitter: @johnpmcdermott...
...Bernard-Henri Lévy, philosopher, film-maker, action man, saviour of Libya, scourge of pithiness, peripatetic paramour and shirt-button revisionist, is afraid of paintings....
...john.mcdermott@ft.com...
...Our NY correspondents Cardiff Garcia and John McDermott present what we expect will be the first of many mirthful FT Alphaville annual awards....
...Not only must they abide by our rules and principles but they must not turn a blind eye to the misconduct of others,” Ms McDermott says....
...HSBC has agreed to pay $62m to investors in a hedge fund that fed money to fraudulent money manager Bernard Madoff, becoming the first custodian bank to settle a class-action lawsuit connected to the scandal...
...Jean Bernard Lévy, Vivendi’s chief executive, said the increase in profits that would result from the deal, subject to completion, would allow the group to raise the dividend for shareholders of Europe’s...
...HSBC continued to act for funds that fed money into Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme in spite of repeated warning from the bank’s own executives and outside auditors about the “baffling” and potentially fraudulent...
...The Irish courts are currently hearing several dozen cases brought by investors in Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities, the company of the convicted fraudster....
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