Corp Fin Director Highlights the Need for Tailored Brexit Disclosures and Principles-Based Sustainability Disclosures
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Hard or Soft Brexit – does it matter for the origin of goods?
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ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Report on Construction Industry Arbitrations
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2018 Annual Review
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Striking out total cost claims
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A Truly Global Pro Bono Practice
Our work focuses on providing access to justice, serving organizations with a social or environmental mission and promoting the rule of law and good sovereign governance
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Testing Times: Insights into the Timing of Incurrence Covenant Testing
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How would widespread adoption of blockchain affect your business?
With partners from Saïd Business School, we conducted blockchain scenario analyses with senior executives
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Building a platform to help businesses navigate human rights issues
A new interest group focuses on a rapidly evolving area of law
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Global Women’s Initiative yields results
Recent successes affirm our multipronged approach to increasing the number of women leaders.
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Partnering with Barclays to explore how “covering” hinders true inclusion
We co-sponsored a seminar exploring how social pressure to conform can undermine inclusion initiatives.
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Keeping the focus on innovation
A culture of innovation helps lawyers put legal technology into context
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Enhancing client service through legal project management
Our ongoing investment in LPM boosts transparency, communication and efficiency
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2018 new partners
In 2018, 54 new partners joined White & Case and 31 Firm lawyers were promoted, resulting in a total of 85 new partners
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2018 awards and rankings
White & Case was the only law firm to be ranked among the top seven most innovative law firms in all three of the Financial Times' 2018 reports
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2018 new offices
We expanded our global presence with new US offices in Chicago and Houston and a new office in Tashkent in Uzbekistan
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Global Citizenship
Our lawyers performed pro bono work around the world to ensure that the most vulnerable had legal representation
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Project development and finance and asset finance
We represented clients globally on groundbreaking project and asset financing matters
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Disputes
No matter the dispute, we helped clients navigate complex legal issues worldwide
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Banking and capital markets
In a changing financial landscape, we helped clients raise capital and complete complex financing transactions
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M&A
We advised on 282 announced M&A deals of more than US$380 billion in aggregate value
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Companies must close gaps in anti-bribery and corruption compliance
Work remains for companies committed to compliance in an energized enforcement climate
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International arbitration tops methods of cross-border dispute resolution
With a view toward the future, the survey highlights the prominence and evolution of international arbitration
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Foreign venture capital investment into China soars
Overseas VC funds have poured into Chinese startups—at points, overtaking their US counterparts
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Tech leaders are optimistic about the future of cross-border M&A
Strategic drivers continue to fuel cross-border deals despite economic and geopolitical uncertainties
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Signs still point to a brighter future in oil & gas M&A
Despite a year-end dip, the pieces are in place for oil & gas M&A to enjoy a busy 2019
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Blockchain promises to boost sustainability in mining & metals
Increasing transparency demands from regulators and consumers are steering mining & metals companies to blockchain for an answer
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For a head start on an IPO, issue a high yield bond
Companies that have issued a high yield bond have already completed much of the work required for an IPO—but to date, few have taken advantage of the flying start
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Where banks grow cautious, other investors pick up the leveraged loans baton
As banks remain gun-shy on leveraged debt, direct lending funds fill the finance gap
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Private equity must prioritize cybersecurity
Strong cybersecurity governance is increasingly critical at all points in the investment chain
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A banner year for US M&A
Last year's sun shone bright on US mergers & acquisitions activity—but there are clouds on the horizon
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Regulators worldwide apply ever-more scrutiny to foreign direct investment
The United States, United Kingdom, China and elsewhere are clamping down on foreign investments, and in a widening array of industries
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Cryptocurrency rules take shape in the US and UK
Don't expect a radical departure from existing securities regulations
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The international trading system faces a turning point
US actions trigger trade barriers and disputes, raising doubts about the longstanding multilateral system
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Breaching barriers to technology diffusion begets income gains
To translate technology into broad-based income gains, three things must happen
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Have we reached peak populism?
Why are populists gaining ground in a time of rising fortunes?
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The declining global political system can be restored
Democracy, human rights, the rule of law and diversity are the best medicine for our worsening social illnesses
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Conservation finance
Our long-time pro bono client Conservation International structures innovative financing for nature conservation and climate change projects.
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A blueprint for financing climate action at scale
Our lawyers co-authored a white paper with the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group that calls for the creation of a sustainable collateralized loan obligation market to combat climate change.
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The Zoological Society of London goes high-tech in the fight against poaching
Our intellectual property lawyers help ZSL secure rights to the technology to monitor endangered animals.
