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February 13, 2024

Formula One owner closes in on €4bn deal for MotoGP

...Formula One owner Liberty Media is in exclusive talks to buy the company that owns MotoGP for more than €4bn, in a deal that would unite the elite car and motorcycle racing series, according to people familiar...

March 27, 2024

FT Live

Bank of the Year Awards 2024

Recognising the best in banking globally

News updates from February 13: US inflation slows to 3.1%, Gazans flee Rafah ahead of expected invasion

Latham & Watkins cuts off its Hong Kong lawyers from international databases

...The move underscores the growing difficulties for global companies operating in a city that made its name as an international financial hub....

February 13, 2024

Travel

How I got from Gatwick to Rome — on an invalid passport

...Jonathan Watkins is an independent curator, and was previously director of the Ikon Gallery and curator of the Serpentine Gallery....

November 30, 2023

Inside BusinessKaye Wiggins

In Hong Kong, companies do not know what to worry about or why

...Lawyers at other international firms say they do not take the Latham & Watkins approach, and have no plans to....

March 12, 2024

FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

Wall Street fell out of love with equity hedge funds

...US law firm Latham & Watkins is cutting off automatic access to its international databases for its Hong Kong-based lawyers, one of the oldest and best-known hedge fund strategies has suffered nearly $150bn...

February 13, 2024

FT Live

TNW Conference 2024 - The Next Web

Europe’s leading tech event for corporates, startups, investors and governments

US & Canadian companies

Nearly all Americans agree . . .

...When asked about the source of the claim, a BPI flak directed us to a paper from Latham & Watkins....

March 7, 2024

LexArtificial intelligence

Rent the Runway needs more than AI to go from rags to riches Premium

...The stock, worth $345 when the company went public in October 2021, now trades at just over $11, to give RTR a market value of $41mn....

April 19, 2024

Due Diligence

Who’s getting rich from CVC’s IPO? Premium

...Latham & Watkins has hired Yohei Nakagawa as partner in the M&A and private equity practice in Tokyo. He previously worked for Morrison & Foerster....

April 23, 2024

ReviewDance

Hung Dance, London review — a man, a woman and a giant feather

...It was a busy, buzzy Friday night at Notting Hill’s Coronet Theatre, where the 30-artist, 16-day Taiwan Festival was entering its second week with Taipei’s Hung Dance company....

April 22, 2024

Oil & Gas industry

Ithaca Energy agrees £750mn deal for most of Eni’s UK oil and gasfields

...The two companies revealed last month that they were in talks about the North Sea assets and on Tuesday, confirmed the deal had been agreed....

April 23, 2024

Paul Killik

Why buying company shares has gone out of fashion

...These investors, however, have very little say in the running of the companies contained in their funds, unlike direct shareholders....

April 5, 2024

Inside BusinessSujeet Indap

Test case looms for companies seeking US bankruptcy protection

...Culberson has asked the court to claw back the $2mn in fees paid to Jackson Walker and the $26mn paid to Sorrento’s primary counsel, the international powerhouse Latham & Watkins....

February 26, 2024

ReviewDance

English National Ballet’s Carmen is sharp but sexless

...Petit’s modern masterpiece was acquired by English National Ballet during the directorship of Wayne Eagling in 2011 but the company’s current head, Aaron Watkin, has gone shopping for another: the 2015 full-evening...

April 2, 2024

Janan Ganesh

The rise of the political casual

...There is a misconception that football fans aim to avoid people who have zero interest in the sport. No. The real drag is the casual: the office pest who wonders how “your lot” got on over the weekend....

February 9, 2024

FT Live

Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?

Exclusively for FT subscribers

The Art Market

Marlborough Gallery to close as tougher times bite

...Watkins says that, in the immediate term, the pair are focused on helping their artists find new representation, where needed....

April 4, 2024

Thames Water

Thames Water crisis prompts jitters over ‘gold standard’ debt model

...to a default on the holding company’s bonds....

April 23, 2024

TikTok Inc

TikTok gears up for legal fight in US to prevent ban

...Andersen indicated to some staff that he would stay on in the short term as the company steadied itself ahead of the expected legal battle, the person added....

April 22, 2024

Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

North America Innovative Lawyers Awards 2023: the winners

...We are pleased to reveal the winners of the FT Innovative Lawyers North America Awards 2023, celebrating innovation in the legal industry....

December 5, 2023

Due Diligence

CVC’s tortuous path to going public Premium

...Ultimately, the company decided the perks outweigh the drawbacks....

April 16, 2024

Robin Lane Fox

It may be midwinter but summer gardening starts here

...From experience, Watkins has learnt what I had not fully grasped, that seeds of some of the boldest and most popular categories of border plant need to be sown and stood outdoors while winter persists....

February 2, 2024

UK inflation

UK food inflation near 2-year low, data shows

...“Shop price inflation has slowed and the underlying trend in prices will be downwards over the next few months,” said Mike Watkins, head of retailer and business insight at NielsenIQ, which put out the survey...

February 27, 2024

Cravath

Cravath creates non-equity partner tier as it seeks to retain legal talent

...In a company-wide note sent on Tuesday, a copy of which was seen by the Financial Times, presiding partner Faiza Saeed said the firm had “recently established the salary partner role” to help it “retain...

November 7, 2023

FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

A look at Temu’s murky business model

...Plus, the FT’s Dan McCrum unpacks the mystery behind how Temu took over the retail world....

March 8, 2024

UK inflation

UK shop price inflation falls to lowest level in more than a year

...“As inflation continues to decelerate, we now need an uptick in sentiment to help retail sales over the next eight weeks,” said Watkins....

October 31, 2023

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