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Multinational law firm agrees partnership with Chinese law firm
October 18th, 2016
Leading global law firm Hogan Lovells and Fujian Fidelity Law Firm (“Fidelity“) have entered into a formal association in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone (“Shanghai FTZ“). This move reflects the firm’s growth strategy in Asia and the importance ...
LSE listed company is seeking to acquire companies within the Forex sector
October 13th, 2016
Boston International Holdings plc, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formed to undertake one or more acquisitions of target companies or businesses in the FX sector, has issued an announcement to inform that its entire issued ordinary share capital ...
EY reports record global revenues in 2016
October 7th, 2016
EY records sixth consecutive year of record growth Solid growth across all businesses and geographical areas, including developed and emerging markets Large scale transformations and capital transactions fuel growth in Advisory and Transactions businesses Significant investment in digital transformation, ...
Law firm invests in artificial intelligence to increased efficiency and low clients costs
October 6th, 2016
McCann FitzGerald leads legal innovation in Ireland Premier Irish law firm McCann FitzGerald today announced its investment in artificial intelligence software from leading software provider Kira Systems. Having successfully trialled the state-of-the-art Kira software, it will be deployed in ...
PwC to integrate PwC legal into its UK business
October 3rd, 2016
PwC, the professional services firm, is to integrate PwC Legal into its UK business with effect from 1 October to become a multi-disciplinary practice. This follows the approval by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) of PwC Legal as an ...
Deutsche Bank Shares Drop on Fears of Capital Raising
September 27th, 2016
Intensifying concerns about Deutsche Bank AG’s financial health caused its shares to drop Monday and pushed the company into the awkward position of publicly denying that it had sought help from the German government. Shares of Deutsche Bank, one of the ...
Canvas Ventures Raises $300M Fund to Invest in Software & Services Startups
September 26th, 2016
Canvas Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, today announced that it has closed a new $300M fund called “Canvas Ventures 2.” The firm’s previous fund was capitalized at $175M in August 2013. The four investing partners for the ...
BM&FBOVESPA becomes first exchange to join R3 distributed ledger consortium
September 7th, 2016
BM&FBOVESPA will be collaborating with over 60 of the world’s largest financial institutions to develop ground-breaking commercial applications for the financial services industry that leverage the appropriate elements of distributed and shared ledger technology. This initiative is part of ...
Longstanding Marks & Spencer GC announces retirement
August 31st, 2016
One of the longest-serving leaders in the UK in-house legal sector has decided it’s time to retire. Marks & Spencer general counsel Robert Ivens is retiring from the company he has called home for more than 30 years. Mr ...
Playtech announced total revenues of H1 2016 up 18%
August 26th, 2016
Playtech (LSE: PTEC) announces its results for the six months ended 30 June 2016, together with a trading update for the period to 24 August 2016. Financial summary H1 2016 H1 2015 Change(reported) Change (const.currency)3 Revenues €337.7m €286.0m +18% ...
