Hints and tips:
...In many UK companies the role of general counsel has become more significant in recent years — like in the US, where GCs have a highly influential role....
...On a conference call with analysts in January, Gray said Breit had “weathered the storm” in real estate markets, but he warned that Blackstone did not expect to see a “V-sharped recovery” in property values...
...“We would acknowledge that this is not going to be some sort of a V-shaped recovery. There are going to be plenty of troubled deals in the market,” added Gray....
...In return, mineral and energy concessions — as in Mali, where a mining code reform will allow foreign concessions to be reallocated to Russian companies — finance Moscow’s operations....
...Centre (providing social services to people in Chinatown)....
...Such tussles reflect the City’s strict corporate codes, although it is worth noting that the UK lacks US-style restrictions on closed-end funds’ performance fees....
...Lake Nona Fund / LN Sports & Health Tech Fund I, LP . . . Exponent Founders Capital I, LP . . . SH Fund, LP . . . Curated [chef recommends] . . . Race Capital II, LP . . ....
...On the same evening, the investment bank Evercore hosted an Ibiza-themed dinner and cocktails evening at Soho House with a “summer white” dress code and a performance from Groove Armada....
...To get there, Ant is building Alipay+ into a universal QR code, so a Korean user of KakaoPay e-wallet or a Malaysian user of Touch ‘n Go e-wallet can pay for a taxi in Singapore by scanning the Alipay+ code...
...“Here, the focus has mainly been on FMCG [fast moving consumer goods] products,” says Victoria Waugh, co-founder of V&V Sustainability Consultancy....
...As ever, reach out to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) and me (sid.v@ft.com) with your thoughts, suggestions and comments. We’ll be back again next Monday. Happy reading!...
...Meta announced earlier this month that it was building an NFT service through Polygon, an Ethereum-based platform....
...As ever, reach out to us with your thoughts (imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com). Thanks, and happy reading....
...‘We’ve cracked the code’ DCI — now renamed Blackstone Credit’s Systematic Strategies unit — was built for this era....
...That kind of service could encourage savers to push more transactions through Dave products....
...“As a group, GCs have a huge role to play to set up the contractual frameworks that drive behaviour,” says Wardle....
...Though he was voted out over his handling of the crises, McKinsey’s former global managing partner Kevin Sneader may be the latest to crack McKinsey’s code to success: get in, and get out....
...When her father George VI died in February 1952, the code had been “Hyde Park Corner”....
...Besides taxi services, they could also be used for cargo and medical evacuations....
..., Birley shops in the City George BukhovCo-Founder, Burger & Lobster Restaurant Group Joel and Divia Cadbury Richard CaringChairman, Caprice Holdings Jean-Francois CasanovaCEO Dream International B.V....
...Henry V would blush. If your truck is capable of more than 56 miles an hour, regardless of what speed you are doing, they can fine you. They love to check your tacho....
...RiseBoro is a tax-exempt charity, so it enlisted help from AIG’s SunAmerica subsidiary, which in the 1980s had hired an accountant named Mike Fowler to find ways of making money out of the federal tax code...
...Feel free to email Imani or me at sid.v@ft.com or imani.moise@ft.com. Have a great week!...
...His time there roughly coincided with the arrival of Japan’s stewardship and governance codes....
...DD would love to hear from LPs with thoughts on the matter. Email due.diligence@ft.com....
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