Sentences with phrase «for city firms»

Harbottle & Lewis has recruited top - rated defamation and reputation management partner John Kelly from Schillings, in an eye - catching hire for the City firm.

He was satisfied that W recognised the need to support her husband's successful career as a corporate solicitor for a City firm and the parties always intended to have children.

Before coming to the Bar, Sara spent over a year working as a paralegal for a City firm specializing in high value professional negligence and property litigation.

Macfarlanes investment fund finance head Bronwen Jones has left the firm after 14 years to join Reed Smith's London office, in a rare partner exit for the City firm.

According to one trainee, Fieldfisher has «not bad hours for a City firm, but it's still a City firm».

Shearman lawyers also seem to enjoy the office's location on the City - Shoreditch borders — even if the office itself is rather average for a City firm — often popping across to the artisan coffee shops when they fancy a break from the firm Nespresso machines.

«They're standard for a City firm: I leave at around 7.30 pm on a good day.

Not exact matches

The two companies chose Hong Kong because of the city's new listing regime, its familiarity with Chinese firms, potentially higher valuations and its convenient timezone for mainland executives, the sources said.

Today, so - called Amazonians occupy more office space in Seattle than the next 40 largest employers in the city combined, according to a study by real - estate data firm CoStar for the Seattle Times last year.

«Of course, no one can say precisely what they'll do,» says Santosh Rao, the managing director and head of research for Greencrest Capital, a New York City - based boutique advisory firm that follows emerging companies.

Jennifer Fix, an associate at private consultancy Dialog, was working on a large infill project for the City of Regina when she met the principals of a boutique firm known as H.B. Lanarc.

Stephanie Oh fought for a few years in her early 20s to break into the music industry in New York City, but last year grew disenchanted with her stagnant career in administration of music - talent management firm.

The firm, which deals in fibre optic cables, has several tailwinds going for it: Digital India, Smart Cities, exponential data growth and 5G deployment.

• SS&C, a Windsor, Calif - based financial software firm, acquired DST systems, a Kansas City - based tech firm, for $ 5.4 billion.

Toronto is the eighth - best city in the world for start - ups, according to research firm Startup Genome.

The investors at New York City - based venture capital firm FirstMark Capital, for example, receive more than 1,000 inquiries from entrepreneurs each year.

In the Arkansas case, the law firm is putting capital at risk to gain a settlement for the City of Pontiac Retirement System.

• Leavitt Equity Partners, a Salt Lake City, Utah - based private equity firm, is seeking to raise $ 125 million for its second fund.

By teaming up with traditional VC firm First Round Capital, the city of Philadelphia has substantially upped the mentorship ante for the entrepreneurs it funds.

Rosalind Resnick, the founder and CEO of Axxess Business Consulting, a New York City consulting firm that advises startups and small businesses, is the co-founder and former CEO of NetCreations, a two - person homebased web design firm that grew to a $ 58 million public company and was acquired for $ 111 million in cash in 2001.

Startups to watch: Led by a crop of firms such as Long Island City - based Aereo, which provides over-the-air television for mobile devices, startups are capitalizing on the myriad industries headquartered in Queens.

«If you are thoughtful about how you handle the process, you're going to get a lot more money for your business,» says John Bird, president and co-founder of Albion Financial Group, a Salt Lake City - based investment and planning firm.

Katz has hit on a growing — if still small — market, says Darren Seifer, a food and beverage industry analyst for the New York City - based research firm NPD Group.

So it is constantly looking for new tools and better ways to get the job done; and (d) the company is struggling — right along with every other tech firm — with how it can make the work force more diverse even though, in terms of gender at least, it's already as diverse as any firm in the city.

It also faces potential problems in the northern English city of Sheffield where its license has been suspended and in Brighton, southern England, where local officials extended the firm's license for only six months to give them more time to consider the outcome of the dispute in London.

Yet even if the Britain loses access to the European Union's single market, many firms have lowered their estimates for job losses in London, meaning the city will likely remain Europe's financial center.

Kevyn Orr, a partner in the Washington law firm Jones Day and best known for his work on the restructuring of Chrysler after it filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009, will assume financial control of Detroit, the nation's poorest major city.

Pining for Chinese scientists Chinese venture capital firm Shenzhen Green Pine Capital Partners has launched a RMB1 billion (US$ 155 million) fund to lure overseas Chinese scientists to launch businesses in the southern city of Shenzhen.

For two decades, Noe Sanchez sent money from California to his father in Mexico City through storefront outlets of traditional remittance firms such as Western Union.

According to the investigation, Lanham demanded that Verizon use a firm called Custom Computer Specialists, or CCS, for part of the New York City work or he would reduce the carrier's role in the project.

London remains the top European city for venture capital investment in financial technology firms, according to data released by Mayor Sadiq Khan's promotional agency.

Cristi Young is a New York City - based writer and the founder of No. 2 Creative, a branding firm that offers editorial content and strategies for companies looking to grow and refine their brands.

Firms that recognized the demographic trends — a shift toward small cities and vacation properties, for example — were poised to reap great rewards.

At 547 Hudson Street, in the ground floor of a four - story townhouse that's been granted landmark status by the city of New York, sandwiched between an upscale brokerage firm and «Vang Olsen Mimi the Portrait Painter» (where, for $ 2,500, Mimi will paint a portrait of your pet), Ed's Martian Book is quietly selling its book — its only book — for $ 28.

It was before Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen broke the customary sphinxlike silence of her office to observe that valuations in some tech categories have become «substantially stretched,» before the tech sector eclipsed financial services as the leading destination for elite business school graduates, and before tech money made over large swaths of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Austin, and, of course, the entire San Francisco Bay Area, where one in five working adults is employed by a tech firm.

Skylist's client list grew to include Microsoft, Nascar, and Disney; it was acquired by New York City marketing firm Datran Media for an estimated $ 10 million in 2006.

In the assessment of Mendy Kwestel, a partner and director of entrepreneurial service at accounting and management - consulting firm Grant Thornton LLP, in New York City, «there is a ton of money — so much liquidity throughout the marketplace — that there is now private - equity money available for companies at every stage of development.»

The Pope plans to hire a top global accounting firm to look over the Church's finances, and he's set up a «Working - Party for the Economic Future,» composed of some of the top Vatican bodies, in order to create a plan for the city - state to free up more money for helping the poor, according to Bloomberg.

So when circumstances require that kind of information about a private company, its owner must hire someone to perform a study of its value that is logical and defensible,» explains Thomas Giordano, director of valuation services for the accounting firm Goldstein Golub Kessler & Co., in New York City.

Cities constantly compete for firms, but the potential impact of Amazon means that the scale of this competition will be historic.

In 2017, all eyes will be on London, Paris, Berlin, and Munich — the top European cities for tech startups according to recent data from CBRE, a global real estate research firm.

ORIX Capital Partners, a New York City - based private equity firm, raised $ 160.3 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing.

Drawn by amenities and talent, tech firms are opting for cities» By Richard Florida Wall Street Journal, Aug. 31, 2012

The firm selected winners by looking primarily at how much median money households headed by a 23 - to 34 - year - old earn in each city and what share of gross monthly income young locals need to pay for entry - level homes.

Prior to City Capital, Matt was Senior Vice President at Dresner Partners, where he co-led the firm's Family Business Group and was responsible for originating and executing M&A and capital raising engagements for family - owned businesses.

With the diverse range of employers in Oklahoma City, the need for business services is significant and growing, as many companies would rather work with an outside firm to fulfill their business services needs.

Financial Tech Consulting: In January, 2014, I began consulting for a digital wealth management firm called Personal Capital based here in San Francisco and Redwood City.

Maintaining «passporting» rights for the thousands of City firms and large banks is seen as crucial for maintaining London's position as the world's pre-eminent financial hub.

Three years ago, we launched Primary Venture Partners with the goal of building a firm that would set a new standard here in New York City for how early - stage investors engage with and support the operations of their portfolio companies.

Matt Therian of Renaissance Capital, an IPO research firm based in Greenwich, Conn., noted that Zipcar has a relatively «capital intensive» business model, but its strong brand image and its head start in the car - sharing market — where it competes in some markets with for - profit rivals and such nonprofit entrants as Chicago's iGo and the San Francisco area's City Car Share, in addition, of course, to traditional rental incumbents like Hertz HTZ, -9.08 % and Avis Budget Group CAR, -11.56 % — give it an inside track with investors.