Ernst & Young -  The pace and scale of disruption will continue to present a number of challenges to companies; however, opportunities to harness new technology and trends will undoubtedly emerge to reshape business models, improve companies’ performance and value creation, and focus on and address emerging risks. In this continually changing environment, board members need more than ever to focus on key and strategic priorities. That disruption takes many forms, including political instability fueled by economic uncertainty across the world,...

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Lincoln International - Lincoln International is pleased to present its latest Food & Beverage DealReader. This quarterly publication focuses on public market valuation information and selected transactions of interest to owners and managers of food and beverage businesses and their advisors. Topics covered in this issue include: Current food and beverage public market valuations and operational metrics Historical food and beverage public market valuation trends Recent food and beverage merger & acquisition transactions We encourage you to download the pdf version of...

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Ogletree Deakins - Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce new office managing shareholders in the firm’s Detroit (Metro), Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Nashville, Pittsburgh, and St. Thomas offices. The new office managing shareholders were elected to their positions during Ogletree Deakins’ annual Shareholders Meeting. The new office managing shareholders are: Meg Alli, Detroit (Metro) Carolyn Russell, Houston Stacy Bunck, Kansas City David Raizman, Los Angeles Jon Harris, Nashville Michael Glass, Pittsburgh Simone Francis, St. Thomas “I’m excited...

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Ogletree Deakins - Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Phoenix shareholder Nonnie Shivers and Pittsburgh shareholder W. Scott Hardy have been elected to the firm’s Board of Directors. Shivers and Hardy succeed Joseph Clees and Ron Chapman, who are returning to their practices in Phoenix and Dallas, respectively. Shivers has practiced in Ogletree Deakins’ Phoenix office since 2005 and was elected to shareholder in 2013. She focuses her practice...

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Ogletree Deakins - Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, has elected 12 attorneys to the equity shareholder position. Half of the newly-elected equity shareholders are women, continuing the firm’s trend of promoting female attorneys ahead of the national legal industry average. In January, the firm announced its 2018 new shareholder class, which is more than 70 percent female. The new equity shareholders include: Ellen Toth – Cleveland Adam Dougherty – Dallas Sean Urich – Dallas Leigh Ganchan –...

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