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...Cravath, traditionally a New-York based firm, also recently expanded into Washington, and hired its first English law practitioners, Korey Fevzi and Philip Stopford, in London....
...One scoop to start: US law firm Latham & Watkins is cutting off automatic access to its international databases for its Hong Kong-based lawyers, in a sign of how Beijing’s closer control of the territory...
...Latham & Watkins has hired Seth Gottlieb and Alex Kassai as partners in its emerging companies and growth team. They join from Cooley....
...Philip Rossetti, a senior fellow at R Street, a free-market think-tank, said that climate would enter the US political discourse when political parties realised that younger voters cared about the issue....
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...A different approach by new chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng could upset that delicate balancing act in favour of investment bankers, argues Philip Augar in an FT Opinion piece....
...Chris Horton, a partner at law firm Latham & Watkins, said he expected “plenty more reforms” next year after the regulator had finished consulting on areas including the prospectus regime, secondary offerings...
...striking — the UK intends to go in its own direction, uninfluenced by ongoing EU reforms, and unafraid of having non-equivalent rules,” said Rob Moulton, global co-chair of financial regulation at Latham & Watkins...
...“The biggest issue on our agenda in terms of deal execution is the regulatory backdrop,” Latham & Watkins partner Nick Cline told DD’s James Fontanella-Khan....
...Jarrod Philips, chief accounting officer, will replace McFerran....
...“There are clearly investment tailwinds for growth companies who have been proven resilient through Covid,” said Alex Watkins, co-head of Emea equity capital markets at JPMorgan....
...She joins the firm’s New York office from Latham & Watkins. Smart reads Closed for business The Saudi banker Ali Shihabi moved to the US to advocate for the kingdom among the Washington elite....
...Latham & Watkins has named Alex Martin as a partner in its structured finance practice based in London. He joins from Weil Gotshal. Checkout.com has hired Céline Dufétel as its new finance chief....
...Latham & Watkins added Gianluca Bacchiocchi and Guido Liniado as partners in its New York office, where they will advise on energy and infrastructure deals in Latin America....
...Philip Warland, an investment industry veteran who advises UK fund boards, said Mr Woodford needed to “create a liquidity pool of at least £1bn”....
...DD’s Eric Platt, Ortenca Aliaj and Miles Kruppa have summed up the main elements here, and our colleague Philip Stafford has outlined what to watch out for during the hearing....
...This new work was written for Richard Watkins, former principal horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra....
...“Esma seems to be hedging its bets somewhat,” said Rob Moulton, a partner at law firm Latham & Watkins. “There will be considerable industry pressure not to expand market abuse rules into this area.”...
...It may come as a surprise but the personnel change was actually a move by Altria to rescue an attempted $200bn reunion with Philip Morris International....
...As Winston dies (ta-ta John Lithgow), a red wave sweeps over Britain in the form of pipe-smoking, plain-talking Harold Wilson (Jason Watkins)....
...Watkin Jones’ chief financial officer, Philip Byrom, has sold 18 per cent of his stake in the property developer, banking £1.28m in the process....
...Latham & Watkins has hired two M&A and private equity lawyers, Neal Reenan and Ian Bushner, from rival Kirkland & Ellis. Both will split their time between the firm’s Boston and Chicago offices....
...They aim to chase an “impact strategy” — albeit on a commercial footing, says chief Andrew Watkins-Ball....
...Latham & Watkins, a law firm, has hired Jonathan Castelan as a partner. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis....
...Job moves Philip Lee, Deutsche Bank south-east Asia vice-chairman and chief country officer for Singapore, is leaving the bank, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg....
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