Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
Citigroup Report Chides Law Firms for Silence on Hackings
March 31st, 2015
Every month it seems another American company reports being a victim of a hacking that results in the theft of internal or customer information. But the legal profession almost never publicly discloses a breach. The unwillingness of most big ...
Oil Companies Draw on Creative Financing to Stay Afloat After Prices Tumble
February 2nd, 2015
North America’s small and mid-sized energy companies are searching for creative ways to stay afloat as investors smell blood in the water from the almost 60 percent fall in the price of oil since June. Oil and natural gas ...
Law Firms Awards
December 29th, 2014
MERGERMARKET EUROPEAN M&A AWARDS 2014 Top investment banks and law firms gathered at the Savoy Hotel in London, to recognise the achievements of Europe’s top dealmakers and reward innovative advisory work on some of the region’s most transformative deals ...
Sysco shares fall as merger hits a snag
November 4th, 2014
Sysco, US’s biggest food distributor to restaurants, is trying to save its $3.5 billion merger with its closest rival US Foods. The company is in talks with the No. 3 distributor, Blackstone Group-owned Performance Food Group, about selling it ...
$20 Billion Property Trusts in India halted by Tax Rules
October 14th, 2014
The Indian government has announced rules for setting up real estate investment trusts, vehicles that may spur $20 billion of property development. None of the money will be spent unless the country’s tax code is revised. “REITs cannot take ...
Private equity groups make $500m UK North Sea oil investment
September 1st, 2014
Buyout groups Blackstone and Blue Water Energy are providing $500m to Siccar Point Energy, a new UK-focused oil company, in one of the largest ever private equity investments in North Sea oil. The move highlights the continuing international appeal ...
Catalunya Banc gets advise from Bakers and Garrigues on €1.2bn sale to BBVA
July 28th, 2014
Baker & McKenzie has advised state-owned Spanish lender Catalunya Banc on its sale to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) for €1.2bn. BBVA won the mandate to buy the bank in a competitive auction run by the Spanish Bank Resturucturing ...
China Shares Roll after PMI Data
July 24th, 2014
Chinese stocks rose, sending the benchmark index to a three-month high, as a jump in the nation’s manufacturing gauge spurred optimism the government will meet its economic-growth target for this year. Industrial Bank Co. (601166) and Poly Real Estate ...
Three Signs the Best Days of Private Equity Are Over
May 12th, 2014
Lest the buyout industry feel left out of the regulatory crackdown that has recently been visited upon hedge funds and major banks, the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated it’s taking a close look at the fees and compliance structures ...
