Sentences with phrase «shareholders in the companies involved»

So, to get back to the question from yesterday's post of why should the Department of Justice spend money on this investigation, they should do it in order to enforce the antitrust laws because consumers, authors and shareholders in the companies involved are being damaged by the price fixing, assuming the DoJ can prove its case.

Not exact matches

Since investors are apparently clamoring to get involved in the Westworld business and the company's majority shareholder is astronomically wealthy, we will assume that Westworld's profit margin should be similar.

Wayne is a proven senior executive and lawyer with over 25 years business experience, most recently as Executive Vice-President of Kingsdale Shareholder Service, a company involved in providing strategic consulting and other services to companies involved in takeover bids and proxy fights.

This means that shareholders do not have to be involved in the daily affairs of running the company.

In his current role, Josh manages shareholder services for publicly traded and private companies out of AST's San Francisco Bay Area office where he assists with planning, developing and administering a wide range of services, including stock splits, acquisitions involving both stock and cash exchanges, corporate spin - offs, implementing and administering Direct Stock Purchase Plans, assisting clients with DRS, full dematerialization programs and shareholder information and communication campaigns.

HFRI Event Driven Index maintains positions in companies currently or prospectively involved in corporate transactions of a wide variety including, but not limited to, mergers, restructurings, financial distress, tender offers, shareholder buybacks, debt exchanges, security issuance, or other capital structure adjustments.

In July, an agreement was signed over a strategic alliance with Raiffeisen - holding Niederosterreich - Wien, majority shareholder of the Austrian company Nom, involving the purchase by Parmalat of a 25 per cent stake in the Austrian dairy group for $ 30 millioIn July, an agreement was signed over a strategic alliance with Raiffeisen - holding Niederosterreich - Wien, majority shareholder of the Austrian company Nom, involving the purchase by Parmalat of a 25 per cent stake in the Austrian dairy group for $ 30 millioin the Austrian dairy group for $ 30 million.

Had he and Greider discussed at the outset that she wouldn't be happy if Geron got involved in cloning hTR, he says, «we wouldn't have collaborated with her, because it would be impractical and unfair to people in the company and our shareholders to ever make such an agreement.»

A company involved in only one profitable line of business would typically prefer selling out to liquidating because possible double taxation (taxes both at the corporate and shareholder level) would be avoided.

I have a solid long - term plan for this company which involves allocating capital in a more conservative, shareholder friendly manner and monitoring costs like a hawk.

i) Other Activist Investors: Any other fund (or family office, or investor) who might be interested in building a significant stake in the company, and becoming more actively involved (publicly, or privately) in unlocking Argo's intrinsic value for shareholders.

Just before the studio was sold to Sony in 2005, Martin moved to former shareholder Media Republic, a cross media entertainment company, where he was involved in all kinds of gaming, online and mobile initiatives.

Representing board of directors of a public insurance company in defense of three expedited shareholder injunction actions involving an unsolicited tender offer made by the company's majority shareholder.

Involved a dispute over the application of the rule against recovery by a shareholder of reflective loss, and a double derivative claim made in respect of a Cayman company with a BVI parent.

-- a shareholders» dispute involving a deadlock company in which one of the two shareholders sought permission to bring a derivative action;

We are now defending the board of a publicly traded company in three shareholder derivative and class action complaints challenging the fairness of a $ 2.5 billion merger transaction, and we are handling a matter of first impression involving the intersection of same - sex and common - law marriage.»

David was also instructed on behalf of the Petitioners (led by Martin Griffiths Q.C.) in a major unfair prejudice petition involving a dispute between the shareholders in one of England's leading house builders and giving rise to questions relating to valuation of the minority shareholder's shares and pro rata vs. discounted valuation in the context of an alleged «quasi-partnership» company (the case settled on the first day of trial).

-- LCIA Shareholders Dispute: Litigation between a prominent Ukrainian businessman and businesses associated with a well - known «oligarch» in relation to the US$ 1 billion sale of a number of companies and involving allegations of the misappropriation of hundreds of millions of dollars of corporate funds through related party transactions.

Representation of minority shareholders in home healthcare franchising companies in various state court litigation involving breach of fiduciary duty, breach of a shareholders» agreement, fraud and other tort claims, including successfully prosecuting charges for violation of court orders freezing millions of corporate funds, resulting in a civil contempt judgment that included a jail sentence.

He has represented companies in a variety of governmental investigations and has substantial experience representing owners involved in intra-corporate disputes, including shareholder litigation and close - corporation control matters.

Successfully obtained a plaintiff's jury verdict for a minority shareholder of a limited liability company providing care to developmentally - disabled adults in a case involving breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and trade secret allegations

Instructed in a case involving numerous allegations of fraudulent payments by a director to another company in which he was a shareholder

Since joining Fladgate in June 2011, Sam has been involved in a broad range of private company work including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and shareholder arrangements, corporate finance and debt finance across a range of sectors but with a particular focus on projects and infrastructure, project finance and corporate real estate.

According to a former Imasco executive, the company was deeply involved in the smuggling of product to ensure it kept its Canadian smokers inexpensively supplied and also recouping value for shareholders.

Has pleaded in numerous commercial, civil, disciplinary and penal cases, particularly suits involving corporate governance, personal liability of directors and officers of companies, shareholders» remedies, professional and civil liability.

Representation of an energy company in shareholder litigation involving the acquisition of a limited partnership

El - Aref International Law Office was recently involved in defending shareholder actions brought against major companies and / or their directors.

Lash & Goldberg LLP represented a Florida limited liability company and its officers in defense of a shareholder derivative action involving the ownership and management of an entity formed to acquire telecommunications equipment and provide telecommunications service in Latin America.

Lamb's recent client successes include securing a dismissal on behalf of the board of a publicly traded company of three shareholder derivative and class action complaints in Ohio and Texas challenging the fairness of a $ 2.5 billion merger transaction and prevailing in an arbitration involving a dispute over the proper accounting treatment of certain items in connection with another client's purchase of a business.

Our attorneys regularly defend companies, organizations and associations, and their directors and officers, in matters involving restraint of trade / antitrust, breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, business / corporate torts, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder disputes, usurpation of corporate opportunity, among other claims.

Members of the Team are instructed on behalf of companies, their shareholders and directors, in matters involving both public and private companies, from members of the FTSE 100 to single shareholder - director companies.

Such proceedings can present numerous and diverse challenges for a company subject to investigation — it may face a range of different types of action, on a number of fronts (for instance, involving shareholders, suppliers, customers or employees), which may impact an investigation, or be affected by an investigation, in a variety of ways.

Trepanier MacGillis Battina P.A. regularly represents corporations and individual shareholders in disputesand litigation involving the rights of shareholders in corporations and limited liability companies.

Significant matters / transactions include: Advised Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited on its offer to purchase Lonmin plc's entire issued share capital, # 5 billion Advised Telkom SA Limited on its unbundling of a 35 % stake in Vodacom Group (Proprietary) Limited, R35 billion Advised Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited on its acquisition by Bain Capital, R25, 5 billion Advised The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) on the introduction of BEE equity participation in Sasol Limited and their arranging financing therefore, R25, 4 billion Advised FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Nedbank Limited (acting through its Nedbank Capital division) as lenders to Richards Bay Titanium (Proprietary) Limited and Richards Bay Mining (Proprietary) Limited, R19 billion Advised Citibank N.A. on a bridge loan granted to Turquoise Moon Trading 427 (Proprietary) Limited by Citibank N.A. and JP Morgan Chase, R10 billion Advised British American Tobacco plc on its secondary listing on the JSE, R550 billion Advised Pioneer Foods Limited on its listing on the JSE Securities Exchange, R6 billion Advised the South African National Roads Agency Limited in respect of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project involving the construction and upgrade of the Gauteng freeway and the procurement of an open road tolling system, R44 billion Advised Absa Bank Limited (acting though its Absa Capital division), FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Vunani Capital (as co-lead arrangers) and the South Africa National Roads Agency Limited (as issuer) on the establishment of its South African Guaranteed Domestic Medium Term Note Programme and the subsequent issue of notes thereunder, R32 billion Advised Shoprite Checkers (Proprietary) Limited on the proposed Brait Private Equity private equity buy - out (this did not proceed), R12 billion Advised Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and various shareholders on the acquisition by Capitalworks Private Equity SP GP (Proprietary) Limited and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company South Africa Limited of a 20 % equity stake in Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited from various shareholders, R511 million Clients include: Multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and Government

For those involved in a family company, where a spouse might be a shareholder or a director, we can also assist.

Obtained judgments totaling $ 6.5 million in two jury trials for two telecommunications entrepreneurs against a Fortune 500 company in two related cases involving breaches of shareholder agreements.

He has experience in advising insolvency practitioners, stakeholders, creditors, companies and directors on contentious insolvency including shareholder disputes, and aspects involving distressed corporates and / or individuals.

Where a significant shareholder is, as a result of being such a shareholder, appointed to a management role within the company and then engages in a course of conduct in that role involving improper assertion of rights of control over the practical management of the affairs of the company, that conduct is capable of being conduct of the affairs of the company in an unfairly prejudicial manner for the purposes of s 994 of the Companies Act 2006.

Providing strategic advice to clients involved in shareholder disputes involving real estate assets, including retail liquor stores and a mortgage company

Over the course of the last 25 years he has been involved in general commercial litigation within the fields of banking, company law, insolvency, professional negligence, franchising, shareholder disputes, disciplinary proceedings before regulatory bodies, tax and VAT cases before the Special Commissioners and VAT Tribunals and product liability.

The troubles at Home Capital began when the Ontario Securities Commission alleged that several company executives misled shareholders in their handling of a scandal involving falsified documentation for a bunch of mortgages almost two years ago.»