Pirelli - The capacity to innovate, attract and cultivate talent, improve efficiency and interact with other industries. And also to achieve transparency in terms of finance, taxation and corporate governance, undergo external audits and have a positive social and environmental impact. These are only some of the criteria that the RobecoSAM Rating, the company which produces the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Index, takes into consideration when compiling its Sustainability Yearbook, which in 2018 saw the assessment of 2,479 companies...

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Stout - Stout is pleased to announce that Stephanie Davies and Blake Otté have joined as Co-Heads of Sponsor Coverage in the Investment Banking group. Stephanie and Blake will provide a dedicated focus to the firm’s robust network of premier middle market private equity clients. They will bring the full strength of Stout’s industry expertise to bear on behalf of these valued partners as they actively market deal flow and identify key portfolio transaction opportunities. “Stout has cultivated a number of...

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Osborne Clarke -  Expanding overseas can take multiple forms, but an increasingly popular approach is to acquire an existing business and “fast-track” market entry.  Clearly there are many issues to consider which add complications to a deal that would otherwise not form part of a purely domestic transaction.  We’ve picked up on a few of the most obvious stumbling blocks below – but of course these are just the tip of the iceberg! What are you acquiring? One approach to international expansion...

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  Houthoff - Houthoff targets major expansion of its Tax Team Houthoff's tax advisory practice is currently undergoing a major expansion. Houthoff welcomed Paulus Merks to the firm on 1 January, as a new partner in the Tax Team. This follows the recent addition of Peter Josten to the practice group. Overall, the Tax Team is expected to have 30 advisers by the end of the year, doubling its current size. Additional Protection of Trade Secrets to become effective in the EU...

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DS-Concept -  DS-Concept has completed the funding of a $1.5 million trade finance facility for a U.S. subsidiary of an Iceland-based seafood processor and exporter. The client, an importer and wholesaler of fresh and frozen Atlantic Cod from Iceland, has received a tailored, comprehensive trade finance package including non-recourse factoring and supply chain financing. The client intends to use the facility to support its financial independence from its parent company and fuel its growth with both new and existing customers...

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NautaDutilh - The X Principles of Corporate Governance ("X Principles") of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LSE) were revised in December 2017 in order to introduce a new ninth principle on corporate social responsibility (CSR).   The revised X Principles are effective as from 1 January 2018 and applicable to financial years starting as from that date. Consequently, companies are expected to implement the new CSR rules in the course of their first financial year starting on or after 1 January 2018 and...

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European Investment Bank - Gender equality is one of the founding values of the European Union, and a key objective of the Sustainable Development Goals. It is also smart economics: empowering women is key to enhance business productivity and to catalyse economic growth, social cohesion and social justice. As the EU bank, it is our duty to ensure that the projects that we finance protect all corners of our communities. Women, men, girls and boys must have the opportunity to benefit from their...

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Ogletree Deakins -  Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Stephen (Steve) Macri and Joseph (Joe) Cartafalsa as shareholders in the firm’s New York City office. Macri and Cartafalsa join Ogletree Deakins from Putney, Twombly, Hall & Hirson, where Macri served as chair of the firm’s labor and employment group and on the firm’s executive committee and Cartafalsa was a partner. “Steve and Joe are well-known attorneys with strong practices who...

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