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29
Oct
Join Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati at their Palo Alto office for the event: A Successful London IPO for a VC Backed US Tech Company.
The IPO of San Francisco founded, VC backed fintech Boku Inc. shows London offers a complementary liquidity option to US public markets for US growth companies in the $50m - $500m equity value range. The significant secondary element in the IPO and recent secondary selldown for VCs including Khosla Ventures, Benchmark Capital and Andreesen Horowitz demonstrate how London’s...
26
Oct
BREXIT
Theresa May once again wards off Tory rebels on Brexit
Theresa May addressed her conservative party backbenchers at the weekly meeting of the 1922 Committee on Wednesday, where she made an impassioned speech that appears to have placated some of her critics, at least for now. Mrs May asked to speak at the meeting following rumours that backbench MPs would trigger a vote of no confidence, largely due to Mrs May’s announcement last week that she would consider extending the...
25
Oct
The Irish legislation, the European Union (Protection of Trade Secrets) Regulations 2018 (Regulations) came into effect in June 2018. The Regulations have provided a welcome attempt at harmonising the disjointed area of protection of confidential business know-how. These new laws mark the start of trade secrets being given more formal protection in line with other types of intellectual property rights.
What is a trade secret?
A trade secret is a valuable piece of information for a business that is treated...
22
Oct
By Marc Friedman, Director of Professional Relations, Global Commerce Education
Last week I explained how many non-US companies, including Baltic businesses, are discouraged from exploiting a robust US marketplace by 10 legal myths than can easily be debunked. In this article I explain how Myth #1 - The costs of entry into the US, including the costs of business formation, are very great and, thus, prohibitive – is untrue.
There are several ways for a European business to enter the US marketplace...
19
Oct
VULCAN VIEW: KEY EVENTS THIS WEEK
BREXIT
EU Summit – NO Deal but Prime Minister May is given ‘Space’
This week’s much-awaited European Council summit on Brexit ended, as predicted, in deadlock after no substantive progress was made on the issue of the Irish border. British Prime Minister Theresa May addressed her fellow leaders on Wednesday, saying she remained confident that a breakthrough was within reach. However, at a private dinner the EU27 leaders expressed their frustration with the lack of progress...
16
Oct
BY PAUL QUAIN AND MARK CALLAGHAN ON OCTOBER 11, 2018
With less than six months to go until the UK leaves the EU (and, possibly, enters a transitional period that will last until January 1, 2021) it is worth taking stock of the EU workforce's position in the UK, both in the event that a deal is reached and in the less desirable scenario in which the UK leaves with immediate effect and without transitional provisions on March 29, 2018.
The picture...
16
Oct
By Marc S. Friedman |Director of Professional Relations | Global Commerce Education
After practicing law for 47 years including with the World’s #1 Global law firm, I have learned that many non-US companies, including Baltic businesses, are discouraged from exploiting a robust US marketplace by 10 legal myths than can easily be debunked.
The 10 legal myths are:
1. The costs of entry into the US, including the costs of business formation, are very great and, thus, prohibitive.
2. Forming a business in...
16
Oct
By Emine Constantin | EMEA Head of Accounting and Tax
Coordinating group and local company reporting can make year-end closing a complex process. But follow this guide, and you’ll save yourself some late-night headaches.
With year-end closing activities fast-approaching, it’s timely for companies to give some thought to their upcoming European group and local accounting reporting requirements. Performing these essential baseline checks will help your accounting teams align their processes and take some of the complexity away from what can be a...
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