Sentences with phrase «acquisitions of other firms»

Capital the firm raises will go towards acquisitions of other firms and towards marketing and advertising.

Not exact matches

Two Perth - based resources companies are planning to switch sectors with the acquisition of cancer - based biotechnology firms, with one planning a backdoor listing and the other seeking support for an IPO.

The firm's investigation seeks to determine, among other things, whether the Company's Board of Directors failed to satisfy their duties to shareholders, including whether the Board adequately pursued alternatives to the acquisition and whether the Board obtained the best price possible for the Company's shares of common stock.

Political risk consulting company Eurasia Group says that other measures the Trump administration may soon roll out could include blocking Chinese cloud services companies from establishing data centres in the U.S.; a renewed emphasis on restricting sales of Chinese telecommunications equipment to major U.S. operators; and prohibiting Chinese acquisitions of U.S. firms in sectors such as artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, semiconductors and biotechnology.

The committee, which in January blocked one other high - profile acquisition of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm, has raised concerns about the security of U.S. citizens» private data in the Genworth deal.

By the same token, he says, private equity firms face stiff competition from strategic buyers and a growing number of other financing options, including pension funds, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and special purpose acquisition corporations (SPACs).

After working briefly at Warburg Pincus, the private equity firm that owned an equity stake in Mattel, and at Island Records, where he was director of corporate development, he joined Lafer Equity Investors, a New York hedge fund, where he learned the «craft» of risk arbitrage — betting on the outcome of mergers and acquisitions and other «event driven» opportunities.

Today, the company is among the largest exchange groups in the world and has grown dramatically via a succession of acquisitions of other exchanges, technology firms and data service providers.

Investors in Elon Musk's Tesla electric - car company may press on with their lawsuit that challenges the firm's 2016 acquisition of SolarCity on grounds that the $ 2.6 billion deal was flawed by potential conflicts of interest involving Musk and other company directors, the court ruled.

Other deals included the acquisition of luxury yacht maker Privilege Marine by German private equity firm Aurelius; Italian men's tailor brand Boglioli by Spanish private equity firm PH Asset Management; Douglas strengthened its foothold in Italy through the purchase of two perfume chains (Limoni and La Gardenia); US private investors Rob Gough acquired streetwear brand DOPE and Charles Cohen acquired shoe brand Harrys of London, whilst US private equity firm KPS Capital acquired Taylor Made Golf Company.

Among the other major developments in the ebook scene in the far eastern nation is the acquisition of Kobo by the Japanese firm Rakuten.

This is the latest acquisition of a Western games firm by a Chinese company, with the other recent — and more bizarre — example being Jagex's acquisition by mining corporation Shandong Honda.

Through mergers and acquisitions, capital markets financing, strategic alliances, joint ventures, litigation and other business - related guidance, the firm helps clients in a broad range of industries turn legal challenges into business opportunities.

The name change is effective immediately.The renaming comes on the heels of the company's recent acquisition by a team of investors including the CEOs of Equinox ®, a fitness and high performance lifestyle leader; Related Companies, one of the nation's most prominent real estate firms; and other private investors.

The Thomson Corporation, parent of Westlaw, announced yesterday its first step into the B2B social networking market with its acquisition of Boston - based Contact Networks, a provider of relationship management technology for large law firms and other professional - services enterprises.

In other work, the team represented a software company in a dispute over the possible ineffectiveness of a brand acquisition, and Uwe Hornung defended the law firm Gleiss Lutz against damage claims brought by Stefan Mappus, former minister president of the state of Baden - Württemberg, before the Regional Court of Stuttgart and the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart with regards to the alleged violation of third - party protection obligations.

Among the transactional services offered by the firm are assistance with mergers & acquisitions; financing vessels and other maritime assets; structuring joint ventures; and other types of complex international agreements and domestic contracts.

Other than keeping busy with Chinese state - owned enterprise restructurings, outbound real estate asset deals and foreign theme park investments, the firm's highlight of 2016 was advising Samsung Electronics on its $ 8bn (# 6.5 bn) acquisition of Harman International Industries — the Korean company's largest investment yet, and its first since the group's heir - apparent ascended to the board last fall.

As a member of the firm's finance and renewable energy practices, Fogel will have a wide - ranging practice focused on energy project development, construction, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and other matters, with a special emphasis on solar energy projects.

Our tax lawyers work closely with the firm's business and finance attorneys, identifying and handling the tax consequences of transactions such as taxable mergers and acquisitions, tax - free reorganizations, or the purchases and sales of stock, other equity interests and assets.

Our debt finance group is supported by members of other subgroups within the Business Department, including mergers and acquisitions (for all sizes of transactions, for public and private clients, and on both the buyer and seller sides), investment management (for clients with investment management divisions and matters), small business investment companies (for clients looking to form SBICs, obtain SBIC funding, or conduct portfolio financing transactions), securities (for public clients, particularly with respect to public and Rule 144A debt offerings), tax (including for cross-border transactions), ERISA / employee benefits and international (for clients with international operations and assets), as well as other practice groups within the Firm, including Cleantech & Renewables, Patent, Trademark, Copyright & Unfair Competition practices and the Labor and Employment practice.

Since then it has expanded into areas such as private client, commercial and lettings, with the acquisition of other law firms» wills books also seeing it expand its footprint into Fife.

He did this by adopting new and more efficient ways of working and developing a client base that is the envy of many larger firms, and completed eight successful acquisitions of other law firms.

Alex is co-head of the firm's global financial sponsors sector and regularly advises private equity houses and other financial sponsor clients on all types of private equity transactions, including private acquisitions, take - privates, carve - outs, co-investments, consortium deals and distressed acquisitions through to exit by way of disposals, restructurings and IPOs.

A corporate lawyer with an extensive background in a wide variety of transactions involving technology and other industries, Laurie - Anne Takerkart advises multinational companies and private equity firms on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate finance transactions.

Since TR's acquisition, Elite has rolled out new products of its own and also acquired other related products, most recently MatterSphere, a product that has an established customer base in the U.K. but that had no U.S. customers until this month, when the law firm Foley & Mansfield signed on to use it.

The firm represents buyers, sellers, management and other parties in all types of acquisition and disposition transactions, including asset and stock transactions, mergers, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, roll - ups, spin - offs, «going private» transactions and acquisitions of controlling, minority and strategic interests.

Richard has frequently represented public companies and underwriting syndicates in securities fraud class action litigations, as well as both issuers and investment banking firms in a wide variety of other securities matters, including merger and acquisition litigations.

We represent private equity and leveraged buyout firms of all sizes in connection with acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings of their portfolio investments, including structuring the transaction and preparation and negotiation of documentation, exit transactions, including initial and follow - on public offerings, going private transactions and other mergers and acquisitions transactions.

The firm's comprehensive commercial property service covers planning and environmental law, minerals and waste, compulsory purchase, village greens, development including strategic land acquisitions, the management of real estate portfolios, property finance, leases and other landlord and tenant matters, property litigation and construction contracts and disputes.

Our lawyers routinely provide regulatory guidance to banks, broker - dealers, funds, insurance companies, and other financial institutions worldwide; advise on the acquisition and disposition of financial institutions; assist underwriters of securities offerings; counsel financial advisory firms on mergers and acquisitions; represent financial institutions in structured finance transactions and commercial lending; handle complex litigation and international disputes; and efficiently and effectively resolve government investigations and enforcement actions which result from the ever - expanding regulatory environment in the sector.

Other prominent deals announced over the past three months include Ice Miller's acquisition of 90 lawyers from Ohio's Schottenstein Zox & Dunn; Jones Walker's move into Mississippi with the addition of a 67 - lawyer local firm, and McKool Smith's merger with Los Angeles litigation and bankruptcy boutique Hennigan Dorman.

After completing my studies, I gained a solid foundation for representing corporations and other businesses by practicing corporate law at the Seattle office of an international law firm, where I handled general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, corporate finance transactions and U.S. export control regulatory matters.

The other two new Allen & Overy partners are Aaron Kenavan, most recently an investment banker in the Sydney office of JPMorgan Chase but previously a mergers and acquisitions partner with Australian law firm Freehills, and Chris Robertson, a Freehills finance partner.

We represent many of the world's largest publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as leading private equity firms, hedge funds, financial advisors and other financial institutions and investors on their most important merger, acquisitions and takeover transactions.

In the last 12 months, the «Largest 50» firms handled 38 % of Mergers and Acquisitions work, and 34 % of Corporate legal work, versus 20 % for all other types of legal work.

Our merger and acquisition work includes advising firms seeking to combine with others of similar size and performance, firms that want to acquire smaller firms, and firms looking to be acquired by larger firms.

The Houston office of our client, a Top I00 AmLaw international firm, is seeking world class lawyers with 3 to 5 years of experience in mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and general corporate work (direct expertise in transactions involving upstream and midstream oil and gas companies, oil field service companies and other participants in the energy -LSB-...]

Nelson, like other Thomson units, has grown considerably by acquisition of smaller Canadian - owned firms, most recently the Edmonton based company Duval House.

Nuance Communications, the software maker for speech - recognition such as Apple's virtual assistant Siri, is reportedly discussing with Samsung Electronics and other interested firms for a possible acquisition or sale of the company, according to unnamed sources of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

Headquartered in New Jersey, with satellites in New York, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Florida and Switzerland providing talent acquisition services and other talent solutions worldwide, JBK Associates International, Inc. is the premier firm for all of your business talent needs.

The industry has also seen HR tech firms from other areas of the workforce management software world moving into the background checking space through deals such as CareerBuilder's acquisition of Aurico, a global provider of background screening and drug testing services.

Regional IT Manager • Manage HQ infrastructure team and Asia information technology team, leading 11 staff in the servicing of over 800 users and 9 offices with responsibility for global infrastructure architecture and global network and focus groups • Drive global standardization firm - wide within networks, storage, backup, servers, computers and other critical hardware • Utilize cross-regional focus groups to connect functional experts between sites, establishing roadmaps, creating annual project plans and delivering global projects • Define incident management and change management processes, working with application teams for full implementation • Create datacenter in ShenZhen technology center to support ASIC team, software team, firmware team, hardware team and sales and FAE teams • Manage high volume of acquisitions and IT integrations on a global scale, including the CSR integration preparation (2011), the Microtune integration (2010), the Letitwave integration in France (2008) and the Emblaze Semiconductor in Israel (2004) • Supervise and lead numerous technology refresh projects including the global Exchange 2010 upgrade, the global MPLS network upgrade, the network switch upgrade, a global firewall project and internet bandwidth upgrade • Execute critical operations functions and projects including global wireless technology management, network monitoring, the global SSL VPN project, the management of Microsoft licenses and the e-mail gateway • Support critical business continuity tasks, including the development of a low - cost Oracle ERP system DR solution, server virtualization, E-mail DR and Perforce DR • Lead cost - saving and expense management endeavors including the build - up of a Quintum VoIP gateway globally to utilize traditional PBX gateway and the build - up of near - line archive storage with de-duplication technologic

The firm's expansion has come through company acquisitions and aggressive hiring of top - performing brokers in Chicago and other major cities.

Leonard frequently works with other members of the firm on merger and acquisition transactions, secured lending transactions, reorganization of real estate portfolios, and litigation advice as it pertains to real estate.

Requirements: • Must have a law degree (Juris Doctor) from an accredited university • Must be admitted to the Virginia, Maryland, and / or Washington DC bar • Ideally have 1 + year of experience gained in a law firm and / or in - house with a private sector company; however, we will train the right candidate who just graduated from law school or is in the process of finishing his / her degree • Interest in real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and negotiations • Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, along with the ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels of the organization • Strong negotiating skills with both legal and financial / commercial issues • Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships across all businesses

Following the acquisition, Aria undertook a year - long gut renovation under the guidance of award - winning Washington, DC firm Bonstra Haresign Architects, known for their transformations of the Studio Theater, Woodley Wardman condominium, and many other projects.