Franci is an outstanding corporate M&A and private
equity lawyer who is cochair of Debevoise's private equity group and a member of the M&A group.
Not exact matches
Another early morning in Vancouver, BC and a meeting starts with a full house of
equity crowdfunding industry participants including entrepreneurs,
lawyers, investors, securities regulators, government, tech and finance executives
who want to make sure this city keeps its crown as the entrepreneur and tech startup capital of Canada.
Even if it passes, though, exempting yeshivas from educational guidelines could spark a legal challenge, noted Michael Rebell, a Columbia University professor and
lawyer who has pursued school funding -
equity cases.
Then came the sociologists and
lawyers of the 1960s and 1970s,
who were concerned with equal opportunity and
equity in the schools.
«It is really a question of retention,» said Andrea Hilland, staff
lawyer with the LSBC
who is leading the initiative alongside LSBC
equity and diversity committee chairperson Maria Morellato, a partner with Mandell Pinder.
Equity partners in the large law firms receive large sums compared to
lawyers who are associates in the large firms.
More generally, some have described a growing «sense of disillusionment,» [15] notably from young
lawyers who, even when offered
equity partnership, refuse it.
article) I was also pondering the comment of a good friend of mine, a senior
equity partner at one of the major City firms,
who admitted to me last week that
lawyers in the City «are earning more money than we ever thought possible when we started in law», adding wryly «and quite a lot of us don't really believe we're worth it».
Chambers USA 2007 America's Leading
Lawyers for Business reports: «Clients raved about Steve Geanacopoulos,
who worked on various private
equity matters: «He is a member of our strategic planning team as much as a legal resource — he offers invaluable commercial advice, interpreting the intricacies of the law in plain English, allowing you to make an informed decision.»
Can you explain what that means, how you have worked on that, and how long it takes before the
lawyers,
who we have noted were formerly
equity partners and are now salaried employees, deal with the new culture?
About 650
lawyers worked for the firm and of these, 260 were «
equity partners»
who had an ownership interest in the firm.
The pair,
who met as junior
lawyers at Eversheds in the late 1990s before coming together as private
equity co-heads at Linklaters, had spent the last two years as global co-heads of private
equity at White & Case.
For those family
lawyers who haven't logged as much time, or
who are just getting started, what might be a prime example of justice and
equity in family law?
-- Now that Clinton has pulled out of the race, what's the fate of the
lawyers who lined up to support her either with campaign contributions or «sweat
equity» on the campaign trail?
For performance reviews, Master Brott cut back the plaintiff's demands and ordered the release of Canada - wide data for all those
lawyers who sought to become income or
equity partners and
who were called to the Bar in the mid-1990s.
The people
who do these things are important people and there is no reason why they should not be in partnership with the
lawyers providing the legal advice itself, and no reason why they should not share in the
equity alongside
lawyers.
The data shows that the majority of
lawyers who self identify as members of an
equity - seeking group have joined the legal profession since the inception of the Society's
equity work.
Douglas W. Judson is
lawyer based in Fort Frances, Ontario
who serves on the Law Society of Upper Canada's
Equity Advisory Group.
Even
lawyers who have finally arrived at the promised land of
equity partnership must constantly look over their shoulder to make sure they stay there.
Joining from Debevoise & Plimpton in Hong Kong, Mr. McKenna is a distinguished international
lawyer who represents private
equity sponsors, financial institutions and fund managers on corporate and investment transactions in both New York and Hong Kong across a wide range of industries, including insurance, financial services and TMT (telecommunications, media and technology).
The London - based legal team of The Carlyle Group — a global alternative asset manager with $ 195bn of assets under management and one of the largest private
equity firms in the world — is comprised of three senior
lawyers who work alongside Carlyle's global GC for investments and head of Europe, Heather Mitchell.
The Pre-Law Internship will provide an opportunity for an undergraduate student
who is considering law school to gain work experience in a law firm environment, to observe
lawyers in the workplace and to perform a variety of tasks and work on specific projects in the areas of
equity and diversity.
Our team includes veteran litigation, enforcement, and regulatory
lawyers who help our clients comply with all requirements as issuers of their own debt and
equity securities, and as participants in a full range of corporate finance and public markets and trading activities.
Practicing U.S. attorneys
who wish to be better prepared to address emerging and novel issues such as
equity investment, public - private conduct and regulatory compliance, which have taken on importance and even centrality in these areas or
lawyers looking to redirect their careers;
With more than 100
lawyers who focus on M&A, we are frequently retained by major domestic and international companies, financial institutions, private
equity funds and leading international law firms to provide strategic counsel in M&A transactions.
There are some immediate measures that can be taken — a few are mentioned in the CBA's Ethical Practices Self - Evaluation Tool including having interviewers and
lawyers who make hiring decisions receive training on gender and racial stereotypes and the role of unconscious bias in hiring decisions; using written interviewing guidelines; having an employment
equity and diversity hiring policy in place and regularly measuring diversity performance within the firm.
For some
lawyers who make the cut into Big Law, the prize is the chance to make
equity partner at a firm and, at the largest, receive annual pay in the millions.
[3] However, D.C.'s rule is narrowly tailored to allow
equity ownership only by those nonlawyer partners
who actively assist the firm's
lawyers in providing legal services, and does not allow for the sale of ownership shares to mere passive nonlawyer investors.
Mr. Hong was recently recognized among the «30 Most Influential Private
Equity Lawyers Under the Age of 40» by Private Funds Management and has been recognized by Chambers USA,
Who's
Who Legal and the Legal 500, all in fund formation categories.
Our private
equity team is a highly integrated, multi-disciplinary group with
lawyers who know how to get deals done.
Interestingly, Ehline is willing to Partner with competitor
Lawyers who are not on an equal footing with Ehline so long as his partner is willing to put in the sweat
equity to improve his internet standing.
Among the prevailing themes is the idea that remaking law firms will require greater reverence and respect for law firm personnel
who aren't
equity or income partner
lawyers.
It is worse for
lawyers of color,
who comprise 8 % of all
equity partners and firms, and LGBT
lawyers,
who clock in at a depressingly low 2 %.
Vacate Your Office,» The article focused on the issue of mandatory retirement for law firm partners (including stripping them of their
equity interests or management roles), and it featured the tale of antitrust
lawyer A. Paul Victor,
who was forced to leave Weil, Gotshal & Manges at the age of 68 (but recovered smoothly by moving to Dewey Ballantine).
So, what I did was send it around to a few people
who could be interested, and in a matter of minutes, the
equity was pooled (from a
lawyer and consultant) and I'm helping the group make a bid.