Asian corporates attracted to listing on TISE
Mark Oliphant, Head of Communications at The International Stock Exchange Group, explores the trend for Asian corporates to list debt on The International Stock Exchange (TISE).
New listings on TISE rise 27% in 2020, despite COVID-19
The International Stock Exchange (TISE) listed 831 securities during 2020 against the backdrop of the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic.
Business continuity overview for 2020
In business, the impact of COVID-19 has created nothing short of a massive challenge.
Direction of travel
By Jon Moulton Why we’ll need to get used to a new post-pandemic world when the time comes, by Jon Moulton, Chairman of The International Stock Exchange Group. This year has been extraordinary in many ways. For me personally, there has been a pretty dramatic return from the wilds of Botswana (after lockdown started), the strange world […]
Adapt and thrive – learnings from the stock exchange
By Mark Oliphant In this Q&A, Mark Oliphant, Head of Communications at The International Stock Exchange Group, describes how the stock exchange has adapted to COVID-19 Question: What challenges has TISE faced during the COVID-19 pandemic? MO: Foremost has been ensuring the welfare of our staff. At TISE we implemented a seamless transition to remote […]
How stock markets have supported UK business during 2020
Despite an overall slowdown in deal activity, stock exchanges have played a vital role in supporting UK business in the wake of COVID-19 according to Carolyn Gelling, Head of Isle of Man Office at The International Stock Exchange Group.
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Slaughters’ property deal is not what it seems
A recent welter of City office moves and lease renegotiations limited Slaughters’ options.
Law firm mergers are dead: discuss
Strategic merger opportunities lie in the lower echelons of the UK Top 200.
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Come for the rugby, stay for the M&A
Revived interest in Japan from certain law firms may have something to do with the Rugby World Cup.
2021 will be Kirkland’s year – again
Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher are expected to deliver another strong set of results in coming weeks.
There are many escapees from BigLaw
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Allen & Overy closes Barcelona office as lease ends
Allen & Overy has decided to shut down its two-staff satellite office in Barcelona, and focus the growth of its Spain practice from Madrid. The magic circle firm launched the Barcelona office in February 2014, with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Antoni Valverde. However, the office remained a small outpost with a single-fee […]
Freshfields and TLT steer Boohoo’s acquisition of Debenhams
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising Debenhams’ administrator FRP Advisory as Boohoo snaps up the department store’s brand. The deal does not include any of Debenhams’ remaining 118 High Street stores or its workforce, meaning that up to 12,000 jobs at the department store chain are set to go. Freshfields global restructuring and insolvency head Ken Baird […]
Cornerstone launches investigation in response to member’s tweet
Cornerstone Barristers has said it “repudiates the contents” of a tweet made by one of its members, with the set launching an internal investigation into the matter. The tweet was made by Jon Holbrook, who was called to the Bar in 1991. Cornerstone said the post, published on 17 January, was brought to its attention […]
Fried Frank lures new restructuring lateral from Reed Smith
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has hired its second restructuring specialist in the City, as firms look to bulk up amid a wave of deal opportunities. The London outpost of the US firm has hired partner Mandip Englund, who has spent almost two years at Reed Smith. She will work within Fried Frank’s global […]
Revealed: The Hot 100 2021
Members of The Lawyer Hot 100 have just two things in common. The first is excellence. Every year, our Hot 100 covers an incredibly diverse mix of legal professionals: scrappers from the rough and tumble of criminal law; sharp-suited corporate dealmakers; intellectuals and silver-tongued advocates from barristers’ profession; the in-house counsel with the ear of […]
Clifford Chance sets up working groups to tackle retention issues
Clifford Chance is starting a series of focus groups in its London office that will look at ways to boost ethnic minority retention rates in coming years. Starting later this month and ending in the first weeks of February, the firm has formed focus groups consisting of people of ethnic minorities and white colleagues – […]
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