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M&A partners from around the globe share ideas on how to avoid margin squeeze, how to keep firms profitable and how to avoid losing the most productive partners
Speakers from both inside and outside the legal industry share best practices on implementing diversity and inclusion policies and integrating these into operational culture
Middle East managing partner Nabil Issa explains why talent, quality, speed of service and a deep understanding of local laws are the key differentiators for a successful law firm
Introducing IFLR+'s Talent Tracker
IFLR+ has launched the Talent Tracker, an interactive database that collates reported partner moves across the financial legal market
What Corporates Want: legal knowledge and ability
Technical excellence is paramount for clients looking to hire new advisers, according to a survey of nearly 29,000 corporate counsel
Banking regulators in the US are planning to make significant revisions to their original Basel III endgame proposal
IFLR’s legal benchmarking title reveals its rankings for Western Europe, with France, Spain and Ireland seeing the most upgrades
IFLR’s legal benchmarking title reveals its latest rankings for Southeast and Eastern Asia, including the new financial services regulatory category in Singapore
Two law firms outline how they are advising clients as they grapple with advanced planning in the event of bankruptcy
Biden's resistance to Nippon Steel’s bid for US Steel could trigger legal challenges over the scope and true meaning of national security
The Tokyo-based lawyer explains the most stressful aspects of his role and how being a triathlete and foodie helps him de-stress
As new governments settle into place in the UK and France, business leaders and dealmakers will need to prepare for even more due diligence scrutiny
Partners at Baker McKenzie tell IFLR how the firm aims to capitalise on stakeholder relationships and market opportunities in M&A through the UK Japan Connect initiative
The UK is going back in time by adding bundling to the options for how firms pay for investment research and execution services but regulatory lawyers are unsure about demand for the measure
Kelvin To of Data Boiler Technologies argues that by dismissing market structure issues and doing the bare minimum for market data reform, regulators are acting at the detriment to the industry
Machado Meyer lawyers unravel the challenges behind the award-winning deal
Clifford Chance’s senior associate James Kelton discusses the complexities of advising on the largest-ever outcome bond, with Microsoft's exclusive role as the sole off-taker
Awards
Trailblazers of justice were honoured at Legal Benchmarking Group Social Impact EMEA Awards gala in London
Partners at Hogan Lovells and Herbert Smith Freehills highlight France’s ESG trends, emphasising a continued focus on governance and greenwashing
M&A partner and executive committee member Shin Jae Kim explains the potential and challenges for foreign firms that want to capture the growing low-carbon economy in Brazil
As energy transition investment picks up pace and inflationary pressures subside, the European renewable energy sector could see more high-value M&A transactions
Awards
The shortlist for the 2024 Middle East awards is revealed and winners will be announced in Dubai on October 22
Awards
The Middle East awards research has now begun, with winners to be announced in October 2024
Awards
Lawyers from across the Americas celebrated their successes in New York
Awards
Lawyers from across Europe gathered in London to celebrate legal excellence in deal-making, cross-border investment and regulation
Editorial board
IFLR’s editorial board features senior financial legal practitioners, both in-house and private practice, from around the world. Through their expertise, board members support our editorial coverage with regular feedback, insight and contributed articles.
IFLR’s latest primer takes a look the SEC’s recent decision to approve proposals by several US securities exchanges to list spot ether exchange traded funds
Law firms are providing safe harbours for investment firms worried about straying across the advice boundary and helping them prepare them for changes in the future
IFLR’s latest primer takes a look at the global and local trends around the regulation of stablecoins and their issuers
IFLR’s latest primer takes a look at the anti-greenwashing rules introduced by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority
Law firms are helping asset managers and advisers understand the implications of this contentious component of the EU’s Retail Investment Strategy
Law firms are helping asset managers comply with this tricky piece of UK investor protection law and prepare for the EU’s related value for money proposals
IFLR’s latest primer takes a look at the digital assets taxonomy put forward by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Global Markets Advisory Committee
IFLR’s latest primer takes a look at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s lastest report on the implementation of loss-absorbing capacity requirements
While North American markets are ahead of the UK and EU in implementing T+1, lawyers in Europe are busy preparing clients for a shortened settlement cycle on the horizon
Lawyers are helping firms prepare for one of the biggest shifts in European transparency rules
Features | Special Focus | Opinions
Features | Special Focus | Opinions
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A&O Shearman aims to be ‘destination firm for financial matters’
US co-managing partner Doreen Lilienfeld discusses her ambition and vision for the firm’s growth in the world’s biggest legal market and beyond -
HSBC: ‘We have a very low tolerance for point scoring’
Sandeep Bose-Mallick reveals what it takes to build a winning in-house team and what he wants to see from his external counsel -
Freshfields captures opportunities from the energy transition in Germany
Global managing partner Rick van Aerssen said the firm is positioning itself at the forefront of Germany's industrial transformation
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