The Stephenson Harwood team was led by London corporate partner Ben Mercer and associate Kristy Leith, with support
from competition partner Marta Garcia and associate Simon Albert, employment and pensions partner Purvis Ghani and associates Hayley Reid, Natalie Edwards and Naeem Noor, commercial, outsourcing and technology associate Katie Hewson, real estate partner Robert Newman and associate Toby Farmiloe, and regulatory partner Richard Small.
Skadden Hong Kong corporate partners Julie Gao and Will Cai are leading the team advising Beijing - headquartered Didi, with help
from competition partners Steven Sunshine in Washington and Matthew Hendrickson in New York; enforcement partner Rory McAlpine in Hong Kong; and tax partners David Rievman in New York, and Nathan Giesselman in Palo Alto.
Not exact matches
Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price
competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel
partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand
from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us
from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different
from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting
from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.
Hire your
competition... Another strategy is to hire employees
from competing firms — especially sales people — and team up with competitors»
partners, suggests Sheetz - Runkle.
Automakers have been scrambling to
partner with tech firms to head off
competition from self - driving cars and car sharing services that threaten to eventually trim demand for car ownership.
SABMiller is expected to sell off its US joint venture, MillerCoors, to its
partner Molson Coors as part of the deal, but the merger can still expect a whole lot of scrutiny
from competition authorities.
Kuwait City — April 21, 2015: MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab region, with the strategic
partner Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (ALJCI) and the Zain Group, announced that teams
from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates made it to the winner's stage at the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup
Competition for best start - up innovative and creative business ideas in the Arab world among 75 contesting teams
from 15 Arab countries.
Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense
competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier
partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry (R) World (TM); risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information;
As a core part of the visit, they took part in a case
competition with their fellow MBAs, which
partnered Huang with students
from Colombia, Vietnam, India and Canada on an applied business challenge.
Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense
competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier
partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising
from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense
competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.
Fewer foreclosures, rising property values and
competition from hedge funds are making it tough to find good ideals on distress sales,» said Chris Clothier,
partner in Memphis Invest and Premier Property Management Group.
A former litigator, marketing director, and marketing
partner, he has helped 200 firms stand out
from the
competition and generate revenue (see fishmanmarketing.com/results for 100 case studies).
Although Huddle House faces some stiff
competition from chains such as Denny's or IHOP, Abt says the engagement of its franchise
partners goes a long way toward creating a different feel that guests love.
Despite
competition from Kurt Zouma, Cahill deservedly remains Mourinho's first - choice to
partner Terry.
Away
from the crucible of tournament
competition Willis is an amiable man who has earned a reputation for charming his pro-am
partners.
(Stryland's $ 200 million figure refers to the fact that the winner of the
competition must at least match DOD's contribution with funding
from dozens of industrial, academic, and nonfederal public
partners.)
A female therefore may contain sperm
from multiple
partners at any one time, which puts the sperm itself — and not just the animals that produce it — into direct
competition.
Another feature that makes our platform very attractive and way ahead of the
competition — is the ability to add 3d party advertising to all the internal pages of the dating websites on our platform with a share of 50 % of revenue
from anything that is advertised to the member's data base with our
partners.
All the highlights of the news
from yesterday with stories on San Francisco International Film Festival unveils
competition lineup and Will Ferrell
partnering with Funny or Die and Major League Baseball for HBO special Ferrell Takes the Field to fight cancer.
Dirt - fearing Rosetta (Megan Hilty, taking the role over
from Kristin Chenoweth seemingly for good) reluctantly becomes her
partner in the elaborate, heretofore unmentioned
competition.
If Irish men had more time every day, 34 per cent would choose to spend it with friends over a
partner and Michael D Higgins topped the list of people to hang out with, beating off stiff
competition from actor Colin Farrell, sports hero Brian O'Driscoll and One Direction's Niall Horan.
We're constantly reviewing our traffic sources and our impressive
partner network is something that truly sets us apart
from the
competition.
Others
partner with engineers at the Sarnoff Corporation and with mentors
from Princeton University to design and build a working robot to enter in a national
competition.
So he co-founded Seton Education
Partners to develop a new financial model for urban Catholic schools, which faced rising costs and
competition from tuition - free charter schools.
Judges
from Viking, provider of everyday essentials to schools, and
competition partner, Eastpoint, were impressed by Shajeevana's design and it was clear she evaluated her environment and the challenges pupils do face in school.
Judges
from Viking, and
competition partner, British Institute of Interior Design (BIID), praised both winning entries for their thought for the environment and innovative teaching methods shown in their entries.
The
competition, Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Grants Program, is open to applicants
from school districts or nonprofit or governmental arts organizations that
partner with school districts.
Partnered with friend Henri Oreiller, Schlesser took the GTO home in second place against strong
competition from eleven other front - running 250 GTs.
You, and in the event of your death, your family, dependents, heirs, assignees or any other beneficiaries of your estate, indemnify and hold us and our affiliates harmless against any claim by you, or your
partner (if applicable), (whether direct, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential) of any nature, whether arising
from negligence or any other cause, relating to any injury, loss, liability, expense and / or damage which you may suffer, howsoever arising, in relation to your entry into this
competition and / or acceptance and / or use by you of a prize.
The design of the R350 suggests that the German side of the DaimlerChrysler tag team seems to be learning new tricks
from its American
partner by creating new vehicular niches to keep ahead of its
competition.
The GTLM class is the only class in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship allowing open tire
competition, with Michelin having been chosen as the technical
partner from the leading automobile manufacturers in the world including BMW, Chevrolet (Corvette), Ferrari, Ford and Porsche.
Google Google Nexus 8 Rumored For The First Time In 2015 New Opera Max For Android Puts Users In Control Of Data Even First Gen. Nexus 7 Gets Android 5.1.1 Nexus 7 2013 / FHD On Sale 2 - In - 1 Chromebooks By Asus, Lenovo, HP, Acer Coming In Q2 Google Launches Android 5.1 Rollout Google Dual OS Android / Chrome 2 - in - 1 Tablets In Development Google
Partners With Acer For Piece Of Tablet PC's In Education Market Nexus 9 LTE
From T - Mobile Launched Google Project Tango Developer Tablet Now On Google Play Android 5.0 Hits Nexus Tablets And NVIDIA Shield — Sony & Samsung Later Video — What's New In Android 5.0 HTC Nexus 9 Pre-Orders — November 3 Release Date Nexus 9 Tablet Google / HTC Nexus 9 FCC Files Online October 16 Event For HTC Nexus 9 Google Nexus 9 aka HTC Flounder / Volantis Project Tango Tablet To Launch In 2015 Androidpolice Website Launches Nexus 9 Rumor Google Adding 3D Cameras To Tablets New Google Nexus Tablets For 2014 Now Include An 8.9 - Inch Nexus 7 FHD 2013 On Sale LG Making Nexus 10 2014 or Nexus 8 New Nexus 10 vs
Competition New Nexus 7 Launch, Release, Specs, and Highlights Official Nexus 7 2 Press Image Leak The New Nexus 7 2, Video, Specs 2nd gen. Nexus 7 rumors Google Nexus 10 Google Nexus 7 unveiling and presentation Google's first tablet coming
REDgroup, which owns 260 bookstores in Australia and New Zealand, succumbed to slow growth, internet
competition and the emerging threat
from e-books in February, when owners Pacific Equity
Partners called in administrators Ferrier Hodgson.
While Amazon is getting the cold shoulder
from publishers — which perhaps isn't surprising, given the book retailer has been stepping up
competition with its former
partners by signing authors to its own in - house publishing imprints — it's also apparently reaching out to a group it has helped develop: namely, self - published authors.
Booksellers tend to welcome any advantage that will help them keep afloat despite
competition from Amazon, so finding sales
partners wouldn't be particularly difficult given the proper incentives and marketting.
This will help prevent any territorial issues your dog might have and get her comfortable with her new play
partner in an environment free
from competition.
In 2014 JetBlue, and TrueBlue in particular, made several other key changes to make it a more comfortable, rewarding service a swank new business class poised to blow the
competition out of the water, in - flight Wi - Fi, new gates scooped up
from the American Airlines - US Airways merger, smoother codeshare arrangements with international
partners and a beefed - up elite program, to name a few.
Their decisions over the past 20 years have been disappointing to say the least, everything
from being the exclusive NFL
partner for football Video Games (effectively wiping out
competition) to the milking of great franchises just for the sake of making money.
Over my 23 years of making games professionally I have refrained
from attacking the
competition, former and / or current
partners, other game developers, etc. except on a few very rare instances.
Moreover, ALL indie - projects shall participate in
competition and winners shall receive awards
from our
partners and sponsors.
The Summer Arcade Party will also feature high score
competitions and prizes
from our supporter Autodesk, as well as opportunities to find out more about the services and help available
from partner Escape Technology.
The team saw off
competition from nine others: Zaha Hadid Architects with British - Indian artist Anish Kapoor; Caruso St John Architects with British artists Marcus Taylor and Rachel Whiteread; Foster +
Partners with Israeli artist Michal Rovner; David Morley Architects and Finnish firm Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects; Haptic Architects and New York - based Studio Libeskind; John McAslan +
Partners and US firm MASS Design Group; Irish architects Heneghan Peng; US practice Allied Works; and Canadian studio Diamond Schmitt Architects.
But this month, the government said it was seeing a «high level of interest» in the
competition from companies including Shell (which was a
partner in Longannet), Progressive Energy, and Portland Gas Storage.
This
competition is open for everyone
from designers to entrepreneurs; and intends to discover new products of national origin and
partner the creators with companies in order to produce them.
Former UK managing
partner Andrew Darwin sees off
competition from fellow London
partners Bob Bishop and Jon Hayes to take leadership role
But, just three years after seeing off
competition from three other
partners to take the senior
partner post at Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), James Palmer is facing a challenge.
Exits
from Olswang's City office continue as corporate
partner and former London
competition head exit for rival firms
Other recent moves in South Africa's disputes market included Herbert Smith Freehills» February hire of Johannesburg
competition partner Jean Meijer
from South African firm Bowmans, which recently executed a demerger with Francophone law firm John W Ffooks and promoted nine lawyers to
partner.
The magic circle firm's latest
partner promotions, announced last week, included City
competition lawyer Kerry O'Connell, who will move
from London to Brussels before the end of the year.
A highly focused firm, as you are in your one specific industry, allows you to draw clients
from all over the globe (as one of your
partners attests with clients
from Beijing to Brussels), to offer a higher level of value, to differentiate your offerings, and is the easiest way to narrow your
competition.