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...With an increasing number of disputes and multiple cases of litigation, PFI is now entering a painful wind-down....
...So having said that, I don’t think litigation alone will solve the problem in time. Litigation works best as one of the remedies. It can also be quite piecemeal....
...He pointed to a lag in big banking disputes after the global financial crisis. “Litigation is normally busy in a recession but it doesn’t get busy when we’re in the depths,” he said....
...So they turn to a big deal banker, Sir António Horta-Osório, who was knighted for his turnaround of Lloyds Bank after the financial crisis in the UK....
...“Thankfully, this nonsense and poor oversight is about to end when António starts.”...
...Walter Kielholz, the outgoing chair and former CEO of Swiss Re, said Gottstein had a “strong personality to lead an organisation like Credit Suisse, in good and in difficult times.”...
...They’re not wrong, Lex explains, but that’s only a part of the story....
...Private equity, restructuring and litigation all surged in concert, a rare occurrence as they often perform well at different points of the cycle....
...Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has recruited Antonio Bavasso as a partner in the antitrust and trade regulation practice....
...His obligation to litigation funder Therium may be £2m-£3m. Hardly enough to buy that dream pad in New Zealand Edmonds is said to be hankering after....
...In particular, he points to “a cognitive dissonance” between companies’ desire to create a permissive culture to appeal to young talent and their sudden fear of #MeToo litigation....
...It’s rather like being the novelty dog act on Britain’s Got Talent when you’re only up against a geriatric Britney Spears impersonator....
...Like they always say, the market can go on being wrong for long enough to lose you all your money even when you’re right, though Mr Ackman is hardly in those straits himself yet....
...“The changes will enable Antonio Vázquez and Sir Martin Broughton to focus on their IAG role.”...
...Mike O’Neill, Citi chairman, told the audience, in rare comments: “You’re never going to find out chapter and verse of what we learned from the Fed.”...
...productive deeds not done because of fear of litigation....
...If the plan is approved, the company is still likely to relaunch on the stock market amid a welter of litigation, both in Italy and the US....
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