Sentences with phrase «at a rival firm»

Speaking during culture, media and sport questions, Ghani did not mention that her husband happens to be the director of policy and public affairs at rival firm Sky.

As one partner at a rival firm observes: «After the split with KLegal there was a clear drive towards Scotland which created a toxic relationship between the two offices.

If this lawyer was at a rival firm and you had the opportunity to recruit them at some expense, would you jump at the chance or would you hesitate?

Not exact matches

The European Union's executive body is frustrated with the relatively low corporate taxes paid by firms such as Facebook (fb) and Amazon, and individual EU countries are frustrated at seeing overseas firms take business from local rivals while booking their revenues elsewhere.

Shares in HelloFresh gained as much as 4 % on their first day of public trading, valuing the German meal - kit delivery firm at more than double Blue Apron, the U.S rival from which it is rapidly seizing market share.

«Henry Bath has always been a creature of its owners,» said an executive at a rival warehousing firm.

At first, opposition rivals attacked him for failing to put his substantial holdings in the firm, which manages pensions, into a blind trust after he was named to a cabinet position responsible for regulating the industry.

The latest deal comes at a time of upheaval in the industry, with rival deepwater rig firm Seadrill (SDRL.OL) undergoing a restructuring of debt and liabilities amounting to some $ 14 billion, while newcomers such as Borr scoop up cheap assets.

Mr. Asper, working with New York investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and private equity firm Catalyst Capital Group, launched a rival bid at the last minute, but was turned down by on Ontario judge.

Many financial firms have regarded the new online currency bitcoin with at best skepticism, and yet others are not only embracing the innovation but actively employing it, developing disruptive business models that take advantage of its unique properties, forging into new frontiers that may in retrospect rival the introduction of the Internet 20 years ago.

Buyout firm TPG is backing one of three rival offers valuing scandal - hit Fortis at up to $ 1.3 bln.

The United States, Britain and France have DPA processes in place but Canada does not — a fact that leaves Canadian firms at a serious disadvantage when competing against rivals in other markets.

A study of Australia's largest food firms shows nine out of 10 are at least partly owned by foreign companies... but with Murray Goulburn about to be sold to Canadian rival Saputo, that number will soon be zero.

He's scored goals in finals and Old Firms, his most recent and absolute screamer as the Hoops trailed 1 - 0 at Ibrox to arch rivals Rangers.

In the meantime, they've got Blind and he might just have enough about himself at the back to help take his team back up into the top four this season, or as close as they can get should the form of their rivals hold firm.

The European Union's executive body is frustrated with the relatively low corporate taxes paid by firms such as Facebook and Amazon, and individual EU countries are frustrated at seeing overseas firms take business from local rivals while booking their revenues elsewhere.

Electronic monitoring contracts will be handed over to rival firm Capita on an interim basis at the end of the financial year, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said.

The move benefitted rival ride - hailing firms like Lyft as well, but Uber has seen its presence expand at the state Capitol in recent years amid disputes with Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration as well as controversies surrounding the company.

In 2016, he lost a contentious Democratic primary for his retiring mentor Charles Rangel's congressional seat to rival Adriano Espaillat, then a state Senator, and now he is facing blowback for accepting a job at a prominent lobbying firm following his years as a state legislator.

Rod Ruoff, a physical chemist at the University of Texas at Austin and cofounder of a spin - off company, Graphene Energy, says even the firm's first experimental model rivaled the best available ultracapacitors in energy storage.

At least one private equity firm has bid for my single friend, but the main interest is from rival internet dating players.

What makes this particular finale work is the fact that Mary must look inward to defeat her more powerful rivals, relying on bravery and a firm belief in herself, rather than magic — all of which is a far cry from the shy, two - left - footed young lady we met at the outset.

When his weekend boxing matches in Mexico don't cut it anymore, he leaves his job at a financial firm and high - tails it to Philadelphia — ground zero for the legendary matches between Apollo and rival - turned - pal Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone).

Rival products may also be an acquired taste - we're thinking of the Toyota C - HR here - but at least designers at other firms have freedom to not base their cars on the design of a city car from 1959...

The French sedan loses points because of its firm suspension, a less spacious interior compared to rivals and a rather noisy cabin at high speeds.

I have found mentors and mentees, colleagues and friends, referral sources and even clients, and I have identified a host of resources for information and as it happens news, and I also have a reliable source of humor that rivals that of the lawyers and staff at the law firm I still very much miss.

New research from Legal Week highlights the mountain that UK firms need to climb in order to compete for talent in a global marketplace, with partner profits at the top 10 US firms growing by roughly 50 % more than their equivalent UK rivals over the last five years.

The gist is that large firms can outgun their smaller rivals just by throwing a lot of money into the publicity machine and cranking it up, although there are cultural issues at work too.

Top 50 UK rivals claim investment programmes are paying dividends, although growth rates at both firms have slowed

In the first half of 2008, demand dropped off even more dramatically and expenses increased at a more rapid pace at the top firms, resulting in even greater margin compression and a steeper drop in productivity than experienced by their less profitable rivals.

(The «Activity» tab at the top of the page is even more problematic: I saw one firm's «Activity» page that consisted entirely of people who'd left the firm, sometimes for rivals.)

This is interesting in context, where reporting suggests starting pay at US law firms exceeds UK rivals, and more importantly.

Two senior partners at Edinburgh law firm Tods Murray have quit to join crosstown rival Anderson Strathern.

It is the second move for Gal in recent years, as prior to joining Dewey's London office he was an associate at rival US firm Debevoise & Plimpton.

The corporate star has been a partner at the magic circle firm since 2001, and recently co-led CC's team that advised the controlling shareholders of AB InBev on its $ 275bn (# 177bn) merger with rival SABMiller.

Their departures will be seen as not just as a blow to the firm generally but also, crucially, to its London practice — a significant loss at a time when rival Scottish firms such as Shepherd & Wedderburn are trying to grow their London presence and when Scotland's biggest banks are active in the City.

A criticism often levelled at merit - based pay models is that lawyers will put too much focus on competing with each other instead of competing with rival firms, further complicating the challenge of striking the right balance to best attract and retain talent.

DLA Piper has seen off competition from rivals including Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co and Baker McKenzie to be named International Law Firm of the Year at the Middle East Legal Awards.

As was already the case in London, Hong Kong partners at UK firms were growing increasingly susceptible to the advances of their US rivals, and could be lured in groups.

Paul, Weiss Chairman Brad Karp said, «You're seeing sums that rival sports free - agent compensation arrangements being offered to star partners at corporate law firms.»

After joining a select band of major law firm leaders to have taken up a similar role at a rival, Sir Nigel Knowles explains the thinking behind his move to DWF

Press releases may come later, but lawyers at other firms would be naive to assume that because a rival isn't featuring in the press, yet, that they are not already experimenting with AI, or now starting to do client work with it.

One of the great advantages of working at a scale, in a manner that rivals the top corporate law firms is that we have the resources to maximize our expertise and minimize our costs.

Or at least, he'll try to leave: he'll put the word out among rival firms (if he hasn't already), see whether any landing spots are amenable to him, try to negotiate the best free - agent deal he can get, and walk out the door, along with any other personnel he can coax and as much business as he can stuff into his briefcase.

At the same time, the move will create a potential rival to existing law firm networks — and even the legal directories.

Partners at both firms voted in favor of the merger in February, but some lawyers at DLA Phillips Fox chose to forego joining their larger counterpart in favor of leaving the global firm for smaller Aussie rivals.

«We have a client base to rival many bigger firms thanks to the fantastic lawyers working at Gorvins.

Four partners have left Parabis Group amid a «period of restructuring» at the firm, it has emerged, alongside the departure of a 13 - strong travel team to insurance rival Kennedys.

He was at the company for less than a year, after which he was made the subject of restraining undertakings to prevent his misuse of the company's intellectual property while attempting to set up his own rival firm.

Still no word yet on the possible merger with rival T - Mobile... Auto parts maker Delphi is buying autonomous car startup NuTonomy for $ 400 million... Overstock.com aims to hold the largest - yet initial coin offering, topping FileCoin's $ 257 million offering in August... Uber is adding a «long pickup fee» as part of an effort to make rides more attractive where drivers have to go a distance before starting the ride; the question is how it will go over with riders... AMD returned to profitability driven by sales of its Ryzen processor, per VentureBeat... Apple acquired New Zealand - based wireless charging firm PowerbyProxi for an undisclosed sum... TechCrunch reports that Honolulu has given final approval to a law that fines pedestrians who are looking at their phones while crossing a street.