This article is on food safety in the European Union. With EU enlargement almost upon, food safety is a hot topic in Brussels again. As the new member states grapple to comply with the strict regulatory regime, this year has already seen an influx of new legislation. The obesity debate...
The eagerly awaited consultation on the introduction of a UK REIT, or property investment fund, has now begun. The proposed vehicle is intended to align as closely as possible the after-tax return from holding property through the vehicle with the after-tax return from direct property investment, improve liquidity in the...
This paper examines the key features of REITs as proposed in the consultation paper and the draft code, and highlights some of the important considerations which may determine the success or otherwise of REITs in Hong Kong. A real estate investment trust REIT is a collective investment scheme that invests...
Following the failure of a number of films during the 1990s, there has been a rash of litigation concerning the insurance policies that backed the financing of those films. Insurers, reinsurers, banks and production companies are battling it out in the courts and the question of who will ultimately bear...
In the first ten months of 2007 the European Commission received 56 per cent more consumer safety alerts from EU member states than it did over the same period in 2006. Research by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and lpsos Mori recently found that, of those firms that had faced...
* PRIVATE SECTOR BUYERS TO HELP GOVERNMENT Private sector experts are to be parachuted into the public sector to increase procurement-led innovation. The government, with the help of the CBI, plans to second experts from the private sector to mentor public sector buyers. * RECALLS COULD BE...
M2 PRESSWIRE-31 January 2008-Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Freshfields launches first international CSR report.C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:31012008 International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched the first international, externally assured corporate social responsibility CSR report produced by a law...
Bryan Sanderson, chairman of Northern Rock, has a tough job balancing priorities at the embattled bank. By Sean Farrell A day in the life of ... There has been no bedding-in period for Bryan Sanderson, who took over as chairman of Northern Rock...
The Federal Trade Commission FTC has unexpectedly revisited the acquisition of Wild Oats Markets by the larger natural foods retailer Whole Foods Market. The FTC, which failed this summer to block the acquisition on anti-trust grounds, is now trying to disrupt the merger by asking a Washington court to overturn...
Suggested Reading Cross-Border Debt Restructurings Written by: Esteban C. Buljevich (Euromoney Books, 2005) Reviewed by: Caspar Davey Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; London Caspar. davey@freshfields. com The desire to find out-of-court solutions to financial distress and the increasingly global context of the restructuring...
NEW YORK -- The American Lawyer magazine reported today that gross revenues for its 2007 Global 100 list of the world's largest law firms reached $67.4 billion, a gain of 13 percent over last year's numbers. Two U.K.-based firms, Clifford Chance ($2.2 billion) and Linklaters ($2.1 billion), again led the...
Sacker & Partners has hired all-rounder Andrea Bull as a solicitor from rival Wragge & Co. Bull provided pensions advice on a range of issues at Wragge & Co, including age discrimination, scheme wind-ups and tax simplification. She...
Byline: Policyholder advocate for Aviva, Clare Spottiswoode, believes Pru counterpart could learn from her experiences re-attribution Clare Spottiswoode, the policyholder advocate for Aviva's proposed re-attribution, has been advising the Prudential's nominated advocate to help him avoid the hurdles that...
01 - Mark Belchamber OLD: Head of pensions at the British Medical Association NEW: Will become a senior consultant at Hymans Robertson Tel: 020 7886 8440 02 - Zillah Bingley OLD: Head of corporate...
matrix42, a leading developer of systemmanagement software, announced today that international law firmFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has selected Empirum Pro, matrix42's suiteof solutions for total lifecycle management of enterprise networkeddevices. The firm has over 2,500 attorneys in 27 offices around the world. "We were looking for a solution that could automate...
Mercer boosts European M&A troop Mercer Human Resource Consulting has ramped up its M&A business across Europe with a trio of appointments. Zillah Bingley, Romain Bureau and Konrad Deiters have all been appointed to drive the expansion of Mercer's M&A...
Mercer boosts European M&A troop [] Mercer Human Resource Consulting has ramped up its M&A business across Europe with a trio of appointments. [] Zillah Bingley, Romain Bureau and Konrad Deiters have all been appointed to drive the expansion of Mercer's M&A consulting division across the...
01 - Ian D'Costa OLD Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, pensions lawyer, responsible for consulting with schemes on the PPF NEW Sacker & Partners, lawyer, advising pensions trustees Tel: 020 7329 6699 ...
Byline: Ryan Harrison Sacker & Partners has scooped pensions and investments all-rounder Ian D'Costa pic from rival law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he had responsibility for consulting with schemes on the Pensions Protection Fund PPF. Sackers recently advised...
Byline: Frances Gibb May 10, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A survey by "Legal Business" magazine shows that female lawyers in the UK continue to face obstacles in their career development. The study found that women accounted for just 77...
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