Sentences with phrase «by multinational firms»

It calls for a shopping list of detailed reforms, including choosing the legal basis for the exchange of information, developing common or compatible IT standards and defining exactly what reporting and due diligence requirements are needed by multinational firms.

«Other stand - out recommendations include a bill designed to address the exploitation of our tax laws and exploitation of Nigerians by multinational firms by Femi Obagun, and a brief policy for more stringent laws against rapists, a Workers Protection Act, an Alternate Financing to Economic Growth Act, a Policing and State Security Act, and a Government Transparency and Anti Corruption Act.

Not exact matches

«E-commerce creates the potential for even the smallest local firm to sell globally and, in so doing, creates an environment in which the benefits of trade can be shared by all Canadian firms, and not accrue to just large multinational firms,» the report says.

McKinsey & Company, a multinational management consulting firm, was praised by employees for championing professional development.

We put our money where our mouth is by investing our pension dollars in marquee projects like East Market, which is reviving an entire section... (Enclosed is) a letter from the Fluor Corporation, a multinational engineering and construction firm.

The recent oil shale boom was powered mostly by small firms because larger multinationals like Exxon and BP are structured for big payoff, technically - difficult projects like deep water drilling and Arctic exploration.

And to illustrate both the international dimension of this revolution in automation and its impact even on the newly growing service sector, a German multinational firm's study estimated that by 1990, 40 per cent of the jobs in the office could be rationalized and 25 per cent automated.

The amount, according to court papers in Lagos, represents the shortfall of the money paid by the multinational oil firm in the account of the Nigerian government with Central Bank of Nigeria, for crude oil lifted in 2013 and 2014.

G8 countries have agreed to seek «increased transparency» from tax - dodging multinational firms, in a stripped - back «declaration» signed by leaders at Lough Erne.

And unlike landscaping firms or child - care operators, fast food is dominated by multinational companies with billion - dollar profits.

Medknow was bought for an undisclosed sum in 2011 by Wolters Kluwer, a multinational firm headquartered in the Netherlands and one of the world's leading purveyors of medical information with annual revenues of nearly $ 5 billion.

By profession i am a finance professional and work for a multinational consulting firm here in dubai.

As well as attracting representatives of big multinationals seeking a stronger relationship with their customers, the event offered plenty of evidence that even the smallest of firms can achieve a big impact by creating its own blog.

According to a recent private report seen by Newsweek from the multinational banking and financial firm HSBC, «The speed of the collapse in energy prices over the past three quarters has taken the fossil fuel industry by surprise.»

While the victims of competition law are often beset by the concerns outlined above; by definition many competition law breaches are committed by large, multinational, dominant firms.

CDCA is rather young firm established by highly experienced founders who had worked in a number of international law firms and multinational companies in Turkey and abroad.

While it is tempting to say that small and medium size enterprises gravitate to networks while large multinational corporations are serviced by international law firms, it is not so simple.

The firm is regularly sought after by major multinational names for complex and high - value transactions, with its handling of significant M&A deals bolstered by its top - tier antitrust practice.

The firm is routinely retained by an impressive roster of clients, with considerable expertise assisting multinational companies hailing from the energy, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors.

Coordination of this practice from London by a UK expert who used to work for several multinationals helped us position our firm properly in this new segment.»

The judging panel that designated Maravela Asociații Law Firm of the Year in Romania was formed by partners of top international business law firms (Chadbourne & Parke, Charles Russell Speechlys, Macfarlanes, Mishcon de Reya, Shoosmiths, Slaughter and May, Travers Smith, Trowers & Hamlins, Walker Morris, Winston & Strawn) and in - house top management representatives of multinational companies (Aviva UK Life, IOC Television and Marketing Services, Moët Hennessy, Osborne Clarke International, Paypal, Sequa Petroleum N.V., Smiths Group PLC, Société Générale, Wolseley plc).

The judging panel is formed by partners of top international business law firms and in - house top management representatives of multinational companies.

A survey by global recruiters Michael Page of nearly 1,000 employers across different industries found that 55 percent of domestic firms are set to recruit this year, with 41 percent of multinational corporations also looking to expand their talent pool.

By that, I mean the transition from knowledge hoarding to knowledge sharing — or wikinomics — in which a «new kind of business is emerging, one that opens its doors to the world, co-innovates with everyone (especially customers), shares resources that were previously closely guarded, harnesses the power of mass collaboration, and behaves not as a multinational but as something new: a truly global firm,» as Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams put it in their book Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.

Other multinational law firms operate as single worldwide partnerships, such as British or American limited liability partnerships, in which partners also participate in local operating entities in various countries as required by local regulations.

One structure largely unique to large multinational law firms is the Swiss Verein, pioneered by Baker & McKenzie in 2004, in which multiple national or regional partnerships form an association in which they share branding, administrative functions and various operating costs, but maintain separate revenue pools and often separate partner compensation structures.

Baker McKenzie is identified by Acritas as «the firm most used for high value work in Africa» according to the Sharplegal Insight Guide (June 2016)-- «Demand in Africa: The Multinational Opportunity» and was the winner of the «International Law Firm for Africa» award at the Legal Week 2015 African Legal Awafirm most used for high value work in Africa» according to the Sharplegal Insight Guide (June 2016)-- «Demand in Africa: The Multinational Opportunity» and was the winner of the «International Law Firm for Africa» award at the Legal Week 2015 African Legal AwaFirm for Africa» award at the Legal Week 2015 African Legal Awards.

Foreign firms have responded to the country's unique challenges differently: some firms have deepened their ties through mergers with Chinese law firms, while others have closed shop (most notably multinational firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in 2015, and Cadwalader Wickerhsam & Taft stating that it will leave China by the end of 2016).

The qualitative study (conducted by the legacy Herbert Smith firm in 2007) gathered the experiences of in - house counsel at multinational organisations across a broad range of industry sectors including those who had achieved remarkable efficiencies by embedding ADR use into their organisation's culture.

The clientele of the Firm is composed by companies (including publicly listed companies), national and multinational corporations, public and private entities and individuals.

Although small firms can do much of what big firms do and at lower cost, the big firms are great at a number of services that smaller firms can not do, multinational mergers for one, but to do that work they do not have to become partly or largely owned by multinational behemoths.

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.

Blockstream's round was led by venture capital firms AXA Strategic Ventures, the venture capital arm of French multinational insurance firm AXA Group; Digital Garage, the Tokyo - based online payments firm co-founded by Joi Ito; and Hong Kong venture capital firm Horizons Ventures.

When Ana Clara least expected it, she was contacted by a recruiter from a global executive search firm for a VP of Marketing role at a multinational.

Seeking an (Executive) position in a leading multinational organization, contributing business value by developing and executing a strategic, long - term vision while leading the (firm) to achieve measurable business results and growth, effectively managing the (IT portfolio of investments).

They offer an expanded global network of contacts in multinational firms, and connections with the best b - schools and a familiarity with how to get the best use of those coveted alumni directories and the career services offered by those schools.

We are retained by a diverse group of clients including - multinational corporations, entrepreneurial businesses, private equity firms and family - owned organisations.

Led transformation of small technology firm into mature business, negotiated licensing agreement with multinational ABC, and led due diligence during acquisition by $ 13B diversified industrial giant XYZ.

This article is sponsored by AXA, a multinational insurance firm.

OBJECTIVE: IT Director — Information Technology Vice President (VP)-- Chief Information Officer (CIO) Information Technology senior management, executive position in a leading multinational organization, contributing business value by developing and executing a strategic, long - term vision, while leading the firm to achieve measurable business results and growth, effectively managing the IT portfolio of investments.

The survey contained 111 questions that were answered by 122 multinational firms based in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, and representing all major industries.

NEW JERSEY — Hollister Construction Services has completed its assignment for a multinational investment bank and securities firm by renovating the firm's office space in Jersey City...