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...Sexual affairs between some staff sparked an internal investigation that probed partners’ behaviour during client events. The return on investment of the Asia growth strategy is also being questioned....
...Sidley Austin has hired Kirkland & Ellis’ Nicholas Cassin as partner in its investment funds practice, based in New York....
...The FT’s Nikou Asgari and Joshua Oliver report on the culture inside FTX, where a lack of internal controls meant that spending went largely unchecked....
...JPMorgan’s executive chair of investment and corporate banking Carlos Hernandez will retire next year, according to an internal memo seen by DD....
...THG and SoftBank: the end of the affair SoftBank has ended its brief love affair with THG, the cash-burning purveyor of lipstick and protein powder that calls itself a tech company....
...PwC said that women made up 41 per cent of internal partner admissions this year, although still accounted for fewer than a quarter of the partners at the firm....
...That is equivalent to 8.5 hours a day, excluding internal meetings, marketing and study. But a busy lawyer could bill closer to 2,500 hours or 10.6 hours a day....
...But other bosses said relying on personal judgment posed a problem, given the need for clear internal guidelines about staff behaviour....
...He took up his post at the DOJ in July 2018 from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner....
...Coty has appointed Princess Anna of Bavaria, a journalist and author known as Anna von Bayern, as chief corporate affairs officer....
...“We like the appointment and see no risk to Macquarie’s very successful long-term strategy,” said Mr Ellis....
...Kirkland & Ellis is understood to have ploughed through 60 terabytes of data during its investigation....
...Among other things, Mr Davies is planning legal action, saying he has not been privy to Rio’s internal inquiry led by US law firm Kirkland & Ellis, or seen any evidence to justify his sacking....
...At the same time, Debra Valentine, the head of legal and regulatory affairs, stepped down. The internal review was carried out by US law-firm Kirkland & Ellis....
...Samis joins as a partner from Kirkland & Ellis....
...But MPs said Mr Ellis was implicated because he had an important risk management role at the time of its failure....
...It says it hired 50 people at a recent recruitment event in Corby, 23 miles northeast of Northampton, and also participated in a jobs fair organised by Michael Ellis, MP for Northampton North....
...But there are implications for Britain’s internal dynamics, as well as its relationship with the rest of Europe....
...But whatever France does, the basic trend is one of a west that is limiting its own political ability to use force, above and beyond its internal divisions and the changing balance of military power....
...“You have all of these governments that, for internal political reasons, have to pretend they don’t have problems....
...According to prosecutors, Mr Freedman prepared his own taxes and underreported his income to the Internal Revenue Service by a total of $2.1m during those years....
...Philip Booth, Institute of Economic Affairs: My best guess is “one” (with odds of less than 0.5). Coming in with slightly lower odds is an answer of “two”....
...But the economy will not achieve internal balance, with a clear shortfall of demand versus the economy’s potential....
...Mr Barak said: “The government of Israel and the defence establishment are working hard and intensively to find the right way to make progress in the Shalit affair....
...Colin Ellis, British Venture Capital Association When a new chancellor comes in and whacks VAT up to 20 per cent, it’s a bit unfair to expect the Bank to raise rates in response....
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