Search Results for: Baker McKenzie
Law firms join blockchain platform
February 28th, 2018
A group of top law firms have joined forces with an enterprise software company including Baker & McKenzie and Clifford Chance. A software firm R3 has launched the Legal Centre of Excellence (LCoE) as a platform for the global ...
Global law firm reveals FY17 results; Record global revenues
August 2nd, 2017
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has issued today a press release to announce revenues for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2017 (FY17). Below is the announcement a it was published: Baker McKenzie, the leading global law firm, has announced ...
The legal firms that advice L’Oreal to sell The Body shop for €1bn
June 13th, 2017
Linklaters, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Baker McKenzie are advising as L’Oreal looks to sell The Body shop for €1bn to Brazilian cosmetic company Natura. Natura is in exclusive negotiations with L’Oreal, which put The Body Shop up for ...
Dentons makes it onto Standard Chartered’s overhauled global legal panel
May 19th, 2017
For the first time Dentons has won a spot on Standard Chartered’s global legal panel while Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Baker McKenzie, Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, Slaughter and May and Linklaters have all been reappointed. Review ...
Rising number of carve-out deals providing legal opportunities
February 16th, 2017
Carve-outs are becoming more prominent as a way for corporates to unlock value from their non-core enterprises, currently accounting for 10 per cent of all M&A activity globally. Carve-outs are becoming more prominent as a way for corporates to ...
Facebook faces $5bn tax charge over Ireland asset transfer
October 13th, 2016
Social media giant Facebook could have to pay up to $5bn in additional taxes as a result of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation challenging the way in which it accounted for the transfer of assets to its Irish ...
Artificial Intelligence seen as opportunity and threat by financial services sector
April 26th, 2016
New global survey reveals tensions between optimism and unease Majority believe AI and other fintech will make financial markets more competitive by 2018 But more than three-quarters say regulators are unable to keep pace with changing technology Sixty percent ...
PwC Legal continues with its investment plans with new senior hires
February 11th, 2016
PwC Legal has today announced the following senior hires: David Farmer joins PwC Legal’s Pensions team this month, from DLA Piper, where he was a partner for the last three years. David has significant experience in advising employers and ...
Clients are ‘biggest competitors’ to law firms
November 16th, 2017
Clients are the biggest competitors to law firms and are taking work from them, a top European marketer says. Andrea Miskolczi, chief business development and marketing officer at Wolf Theiss, says inhouse teams are investing in technology and, with ...
Fairfax Financial to Acquire Allied World for $4.9 Billion in Cash and Stock
December 19th, 2016
Cash and share offer with dividend for total value of $54.00 per Allied World share – $10.00 in cash and $44.00 in Fairfax Shares 18% premium to the last close per Allied World share Fairfax has the option to ...
