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February 13, 2024

EG Group in talks to sell some UK assets to co-founder Zuber Issa

...EG Group is in talks to offload some UK assets to billionaire co-founder Zuber Issa in what the company told investors was an attempt to reduce the debt pile of its petrol-station empire....

March 6, 2024

FT Live

Bank of the Year Awards 2024

Recognising the best in banking globally

Liberty Media Corp

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

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 Live

Transforming the Finance Function with AI

Strategies for delivering advanced analytics, automation and decision-making

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

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

Due Diligence

CVC’s tortuous path to going public Premium

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

April 16, 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

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

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

FT Live

Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?

Exclusively for FT subscribers

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

UK inflation

UK shop price inflation drops sharply to lowest level in almost 2 years

...Separate data also released on Tuesday by the research company Kantar showed grocery inflation declined more slowly to 6.8 per cent in January, from 6.9 per cent in the previous month....

January 30, 2024

Travel

Shortcuts: Explora launches new expeditions and the ‘power-hour’ lunch comes to London

...Now though, the company is looking beyond its core business of luxury lodge-based trips....

March 30, 2024

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong fast-tracks tough new national security law

...Foreign companies have become increasingly wary of Hong Kong’s political situation....

March 8, 2024

Gillian Tett

Green audits are coming for a company near you

...Since most large American entities touch the Golden State, this will suck 8,000 companies into the net, according to Crunchbase estimates....

February 29, 2024

Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

How big should a US law firm be? Plus: top 35 innovative firms

...Latham & Watkins, which tops the FT’s annual ranking of law firms for the region this year (see index below) was one of the first US law firms to consciously integrate innovation into its strategic priorities...

December 5, 2023

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