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Taking a PE Class - Written By Weil Gotshal & Manges
What is private equity?
US v Them - Written By Weil Gotshal & Manges
Is it true that US-style class action litigation is being introduced into the European Union?
Global Number Crunching - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Taking into account the credit crunch, does money make the world go round?
Paying the Price - Written By Weightmans
Why is violence bad for business?
Real Estate Reality - Written By Weightmans
What impact will the credit crunch have on commercial property?
Going Head to Head - Written By Weightmans
Lawyers and negotiating heads: burden or benefit?
From Boardroom to Courtroom - Written By Weightmans
What are the implications of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007?
Insuring the Advisers - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Mortgage fraud: will a falling property market usher in a new wave of professional negligence claims?
Nobody Likes Surprises - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Why is planning so important in contract negotiations?
What a Riot - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Damages v compensation under the Riot Damages Act: is there a difference and who should pay?
A Silver Lining? - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Recession: not such a sad thing after all?
Start the Year with a Crunch - Written By Simmons & Simmons
What effect will the credit crunch have on City law firms in 2008?
Coming to the Party - Written By Simmons & Simmons
Third-party funding for litigation: will there be a change in public policy?
Show Me the Money - Written By Taylor Wessing
Private equity: where does all the money come from and what is leveraged finance?
Private Equity versus Venture Capital - Written By Taylor Wessing
Is there a difference between private equity and venture capital?
Crunchy Credit - Written By Taylor Wessing
From American sub-prime to private equity houses: how has the 'credit crunch' affected the private equity market?
When Religion and Finance Intersect - Written By Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
What is Islamic finance?
Financial Diversity - Written By Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Why might firms in the same industry have diverse financial structures?
Building on Green Foundations - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Why is climate change a hot issue for property owners?
The Law That Dare Not Speak its Name - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Is there a right to privacy under English law?
Does Insider Dealing Still Plague London's Markets? - Written By Stephenson Harwood
A recent Financial Services Authority (FSA) study on market cleanliness estimated that one in four takeovers in 2005 was preceded by suspicious trading activity, so just how clean are London's financial markets? And what are the FSA's powers to investigate and prosecute insider dealing in the City?
Biting the Big Apple - Written By Stephenson Harwood
A recent study by MasterCard named London as the world's financial centre - so what’s happened to New York?
Small Claims, Big Issues - Written By Shoosmiths
What lessons can lawyers learn from recent controversy over bank charges?
Privacy Laid Bare - Written By Shoosmiths
Is the freedom of the media being tempered by an ad hoc privacy law?
Fight for Your Right (to IP) - Written By Shoosmiths
Do IP rights owners have a stranglehold on online markets?
The Flip Side of Private Equity - Written By Shoosmiths
Do private equity firms need to be more responsible or simply more transparent?
Healthy Competition - Written By Norton Rose LLP
Why is competition law so integral to practising law in Brussels?
Pie in the Sky - Written By Charles Russell LLP
What do geographical indications of origin tell us about the food we eat?
Project X - Written By Pinsent Masons
What exactly is projects work all about?
Capitalist Efficiency or Corporate Liability? - Written By Crown Prosecution Service
Who holds companies to account when risk taking goes wrong?
Prosecuting, Not Photocopying - Written By Crown Prosecution Service
If prosecuting is all about advocacy, what's in it for a trainee solicitor?
Being Resourceful - Written By Crown Prosecution Service
Should prosecutors consider resource factors when making charging decisions?
Managing the Oxygen of Publicity - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
What impact does terrorism have on media law?
The Blame Game - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Is Britain litigating its way to a compensation culture?
Late Expectations - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
How can developers recover losses when a project overruns?
Deride and Prejudice? - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
What happens if journalists forget the maxim that a person is innocent until proven guilty?
Stubbing Out Bad Habits - Written By Eversheds LLP
Will the smoking ban have employers fuming?
Advertising 'Nutritionally Deficient' Food - Written By Eversheds LLP
Is it time to junk the junk food personalities?
Communicating Competition Theory - Written By Olswang
How does competition law affect a business which doesn't make 'widgets'?
Foreign Investors Consider Take Away - Written By Beachcroft LLP
Are the cracks beginning to show in China?
A Bill That Means Business? - Written By Beachcroft LLP
Does the Companies Bill really offer business a better regulatory framework?
Privates on Parade - Written By Olswang
Why do private equity houses invest where they do?
Not as Safe as Houses? - Written By Olswang
Market led mechanisms versus statutory controls - how have tenants been getting more choice and flexibility in commercial lease terms?
Has the milk round dried up? - Written By Olswang
Will the new age discrimination legislation spell the end of graduate recruitment programmes?
Emission Revision - Written By Denton Wilde Sapte LLP
How can companies keen to secure financial incentives for carbon-neutrality ensure that they are operating within the law?
Accounting for the Earth - Written By Denton Wilde Sapte LLP
What on earth are the Equator Principles?
Trade Talks - Written By Denton Wilde Sapte LLP
How do international banks and English lawyers help in the movement of global trade?
Feeling Your Age? - Written By Charles Russell LLP
How will the impending Age Regulations affect the way law firms are run?
Bundle of Joy? - Written By Charles Russell LLP
With convergence in the telecoms sector opening up the market, how do operators ensure they are well positioned?
It's Getting Hot in Here - Written By Charles Russell LLP
Could a failure to adapt to climate change lead to litigation against businesses?
Projecting into the Future - Written By Mills & Reeve LLP
Project finance and PFI; what is it and does it have a long-term future?
Trust Me - Written By Mills & Reeve LLP
The Chancellor's surprise announcement in his Budget speech of new tax rules for trusts generated a furore in the specialist press and among private client lawyers. What's all the fuss about?
The Troll that Lies in Wait - Written By Mills & Reeve LLP
What is the story behind patents in the real world?
Gee Up Neddy! - Written By Mills & Reeve LLP
What are the duties and liabilities of a NED?
Getting Real with REITs - Written By Norton Rose LLP
What does a business client need to know about the new 'REITs' (real estate investment trusts)?
Disclosing E-documents - Written By Norton Rose LLP
What effect will electronic evidence have on the way litigation is resolved?
Understanding IPOs - Written By Norton Rose LLP
What sort of work is involved with an Initial Public Offering (IPO)?
Demystifying Financial Services - Written By Simmons & Simmons
City lawyers provide financial services advice to their clients, but what does that actually mean?
City Limits - Written By Browne Jacobson LLP
What are limited liability partnerships all about?
OFR and Acceptance - Written By Pinsent Masons
What does the abolition of the Operating and Financial Review (OFR) mean for companies?
Carrots and sticks - Written By Pinsent Masons
Can we expect to see more private law claims in the UK courts seeking damages for breach of competition law?
Decisions, Decisions - Written By Pinsent Masons
How do companies (and governments) make well-informed decisions about the future?
Wi-Fi: Risk High? - Written By Cobbetts LLP
How safe is mobile technology for business users?
The Hooded Man - Written By Cobbetts LLP
How does the growing use of ASBOs affect small businesses?
Market Share - Written By Cobbetts LLP
What is the difference between the financial markets of the London Stock Exchange?
Protecting Potter - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
What's the story behind Harry Potter and the John Doe order?
Discriminating Choices - Written By Cobbetts LLP
Do businesses really steer away from employing women of child-bearing age?
Is The Customer Right? - Written By Browne Jacobson LLP
What should a business bear in mind when it comes to consumer rights?
The Future's Bright, The Future's Green - Written By Browne Jacobson LLP
What are the implications for companies under the Environmental Liability Directive?
Poles Apart - Written By Browne Jacobson LLP
Is depolarisation the way to solve the savings gap?
No Win, No Fee - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
What's the deal with conditional fee agreements and defamation claims?
Mustn't Grumble - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
How would the proposed Clementi reforms affect the way the legal profession handles complaints?
When it Rains... - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
What are the implications of Hurricane Katrina for the insurance industry?
Risky business - Written By Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Reinsurance: who insures the insurers?
Food for Thought - Written By Wragge & Co LLP
How do you (tax) rate your pizza?
Dirty Deals - Written By Eversheds LLP
What should lawyers know about money laundering?
That's Criminal! - Written By Wragge & Co LLP
What can the recent High Court case involving clothing and similar 'criminal' trademarks tell us about protecting highly distinctive marks?
Cry Freedom - Written By Wragge & Co LLP
What must a public authority do to comply with the new Freedom of Information Act code of practice?
The Footballer, his Wife, the Nanny and the Newspaper - Written By Wragge & Co LLP
What are the confidentiality issues in the recent dispute between the Beckhams and the News of the World?
Who Gets the IP? - Written By Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP
What are the intellectual property right (IPR) implications where a software developer is retained by a client to produce software, the development of which necessitates the creation of new IPR?
The Best Defence is ... - Written By Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP
How do you gain the upper hand in trans-national litigation?
Double Troubles - Written By Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP
For insurance purposes, were the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center one occurrence or two?
Trial or Error? - Written By Eversheds LLP
How does litigation work in practice?
Real Story Behind Real Estate - Written By Eversheds LLP
I've seen lots of big developments being built in my home town. What's the commercial context and how do real estate lawyers get involved?
Going Private - Written By Eversheds LLP
What is private equity?
What's the Big Deal?
How are international joint-venture deals struck and what role do lawyers play?
Winning at all Costs? - Written By Simmons & Simmons
How have recent market trends affected the way financial markets litigators secure a 'win' for their clients?
This Little Lawyer Went to Market - Written By Simmons & Simmons
What characterizes the relationship between investment banks and capital markets lawyers?
You Can Bank on It - Written By Simmons & Simmons
Working in banking - what can I expect?
Fox Not Out of the Woods Yet - Written By Dickinson Dees LLP
Have the UK's hunts been outfoxed by the recent hunting ban?
Talking Up the Telecoms Industry - Written By Dickinson Dees LLP
How will free telephone calls on the internet affect the future of the telecoms industry?
Beyond the City Limits - Written By Dickinson Dees LLP
You can only really practice company law in the City of London, can't you?
Business will Benefit from Bid - Written By Dickinson Dees LLP
The London Olympic Games 2012 bid is simply about sport, right?
Stressing Out About Employee Stress Levels - Written By Eversheds LLP
More and more employees are being diagnosed with stress and are bringing claims against their employers. What steps should employers take to avoid being held legally liable for such claims?
Payoffs for Fat Cats - Written By Eversheds LLP
I keep reading about large payoffs for executives departing publicly listed companies. Isn't it about time that such organisations aligned the financial rewards available to their executives more to the performance of the businesses in the same way that the private equity industry does?
Getting a Handle on Brand Power - Written By Eversheds LLP
Is it true that the most valuable asset of many businesses is their brand? If so, how are such brands protected?
The Rise of China as an Economy - Written By Eversheds LLP
There has been much in the press recently about the rise of China as an economy. What does this mean for commercial law firms and their clients?

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