Sentences with phrase «landmark deal»

It already has one landmark deal under its belt.

Since taking this distinguished position in Germany's in - house legal market, Dr Wartenberg has overseen a number of landmark deals for Springer, namely the sale of some of its portfolio of magazines to Funke Mediengruppe for $ 920m in 2013, the purchase of website Business Insider in 2015 for around $ 440m and, in the same year, the purchase of the remaining 30 % stake in Axel Springer Digital Classifieds from General Atlantic.

He was credited by the UN's Christiana Figures as having a «major impact» on the process to agree the world's landmark deal on climate change.

The OPEC and non-OPEC landmark deal to cut production by 1.8 million barrels a day in 2017 enters into force this Sunday.

Latin America's most challenging deals originated in Brazil, where Itaú BBA presided over landmark deals, such as the $ 5.6 billion merger of Kroton and Anhanguera to create the world's largest post-secondary education company in April 2013.

Guyana sees a three-fold increase in deforestation despite landmark deal to protect its forests

The firm began doing work for Palm several years ago, at about the time that a management shake - up at the company saw Eric Benhamou leave his position as chair of the Palm board; Benhamou is close with Wilson chair Larry Sonsini, according to The Recorder, which helps explain why the company had turned to Wilson Sonsini for several of its prior landmark deals.

The China Business Law Awards are based on nominations and comments received from China - focused corporate counsel, senior managers and legal professionals around the world, and recognize recent landmark deals and other achievements.

In June 2016, Ms. Connolly was recognized as an Energy & Environmental «Trailblazer» by The National Law Journal and highlighted for pioneering a practice focused on identifying and allocating environmental risks in transactions, as well as for her roles in numerous landmark deals stretching back more than 25 years.

The final version of a landmark deal aimed at cutting trade barriers in some of Asia's fastest - growing economies was released on Wednesday.

Tata Steel last month reached a landmark deal that will allow it to reduce the equivalent of $ 20 billion in pension liabilities.

The landmark deal gives Facebook a strong foothold in the fast - growing mobile messaging market.

SHANGHAI — China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $ 400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow's ties with Asia.

Dec 14 (Reuters)-- A landmark deal to curb global warming dented shares of fossil fuel companies on Monday and lifted renewable energy stocks, although some price swings were muted by the non-binding nature of the pact.

The unified team for the Pyeongchang Olympics is a product of a landmark deal between the two rivals following a year of high tensions over the nuclear - armed North's weapons ambitions.

It's a landmark deal that also unravels the media empire Rupert Murdoch had built over 60 years.

For those of a certain age, CETA hearkens back to the days of NAFTA and the Mulroney government's role in brokering the landmark deal.

The landmark deal between Comcast Corp. and Netflix Inc. resolves a simmering dispute over who will support America's growing Internet video habit.

Price will attempt to prove that he's worth this landmark deal in this afternoon's game against 2015 AL Cy Young Winner Corey Kluber and the Cleveland Indians.

Cesc Fabregas, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo were all targeted with Woodward seemingly catching a flight every week to discuss a big new landmark deal that never came to be.

This evening though David Cameron and Barack Obama will meet in Washington to announce a landmark deal to turn nuclear waste into cancer - fighting treatment.

New York has been in arbitration over an earlier payment due in 2003 as a result of a landmark deal with the tobacco companies known as the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

New York state had been in arbitration over an earlier payment due in 2003 as a result of a landmark deal with the tobacco companies known as the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

(Reuters) The raid on Friday took place about 4:45 p.m. local time in Molenbeek, not far from the headquarters of the European Union, which on Friday afternoon announced a landmark deal with Turkey on Europe's migrant crisis.

With the landmark deal reached with the UFT in May 2014, the executive budget removes one of the most significant uncertainties of the financial plan, which now reflects the UFT pattern of a 10 percent increase over seven years.

Trying for another landmark deal Rousseff's visit marks an important thawing in the relationship between Washington, D.C., and Brasília.

Shipping industry groups have hailed the new agreement as a landmark deal.

Carbon reduction efforts, such the landmark deal struck this week between the United States and China, are viewed largely as climate - change policies.

Solomon has spearheaded many advances in Alzheimer's disease, three of which have been licensed to Wyeth and Elan in a landmark deal.

The landmark deal sees the German dating business valued at $ 300m.

Disney has officially purchased most of 21st Century Fox in a landmark deal, giving them control over a ton of massive franchises in the future.

In order to provide streaming content for Chinese customers Amazon has just signed a landmark deal Baidu to provide search, apps, and online video experience on Amazon tablets in China.

As the deadline draws near for authors and publishers to opt out of a proposed legal settlement allowing Google Inc. to forge ahead with plans to scan millions of books, more opponents of the landmark deal are stepping forward, and the local literary world is growing more perplexed.

In a world where traditional publishers are still basically brokering to sell and warehouse paper rather than books (i.e. sticking to an antiquated business model in a market where ebooks are rapidly growing to be the majority of sales and shouldn't be ignored), this is a landmark deal.

She then signed a landmark deal with St. Martin's Press, which is owned by Macmillan.

The company's claim to fame originated last year, when it signed a landmark deal with retail chain Target.

Into the mix comes Hugh Howey, the newest indie hero, about to start his US hardcover and paperback book tour after securing a landmark deal — after turning down dozens of publishers who wanted his digital rights, he signed a paper - only deal with Simon and Schuster.

Illusions has struck a landmark deal with specialist destination management company Across Australia that will debut online tailor - made packaging in the Antipodean market.

But perhaps the most significant expansion is coming in Thailand, where Best Western recently signed a landmark deal for three hotels in the popular destinations of Pattaya and Hua Hin, comprising more than 4,000 rooms.

Carlos Khneisser, vice president, development, MENA, Hilton said: «This represents a landmark deal for Hilton and puts us at the forefront of the transformational journey Yas Island is undertaking to become one of the world's top leisure destinations.

Kirk Kinsell, president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, IHG, said: «This landmark deal will give us our first InterContinental Hotel in Scotland.

The local government has also signed a landmark deal with the publisher, and will invest a further quarter of a billion Canadian dollars over the next ten years, holding the belief that grand investment will bring jobs, commerce, and help the Toronto region thrive.

Sir Nicholas Serota, director of Tate, the world's most popular modern art gallery, said: «It is a landmark deal.

China vowed to step up its program to cut fossil - fuel pollution, spelling out its broadest commitments yet, boosting a United Nations effort to reach a landmark deal on climate change in December.

24 October 2014Last updated at 02:19 ET Poland, heavily reliant on coal, fears the cost of lower CO2 emissions will harm its economy EU leaders have reached a landmark deal to cut greenhouse emissions by 40 % by 2030, compared with 1990 levels.