By Alexandra Pygall | Partner| Stephenson Harwood LLP We are pleased to announce that regulatory lawyer Cliodhna McDonough has recently joined our London office as a full-time consultant, strengthening our life sciences and consumer practices.   McDonough, dual qualified as both a clinical dietitian and a regulatory lawyer, brings more than 10 years of experience across the life sciences, food and drink, and cosmetic sectors. She has considerable clinical experience and was a member of the Government State Board of Ireland’s...

By Invest in Switzerland Top of the News Aurora Flight Sciences and Roivant Sciences received 2017 Tell Awards honoring their significant inward investment projects in Switzerland. The awards, named for legendary Swiss hero William Tell, were presented on September 26 by André Schaller, Ambassador and Consul General of Switzerland in New York at the "2017 Inspiring Innovation Conference" hosted by Bloomberg LLP. Initiated in 2004, Tell Awards have been presented to a total of 45 companies in a program supported by...

By Lincoln International Lincoln International is pleased to present our Logistics & Transportation Market Update. This quarterly publication focuses on public market valuation information, selected transactions and events of interest to owners and managers of Logistics & Transportation businesses and their advisors. Topics covered in this issue include: Logistics & Transportation Stock Indices, Performance and Stock Data Recap of Recent Logistics & Transportation Transactions Key Market Intelligence Please click here to download the Q3 2017 Logistics & Transportation Market Update from Lincoln...

By Yves Van Couter  | Stéphanie De Smedt | Loyens & Loeff As part of its Digital Single Market strategy, the European Commission published on 13 September 2017 a proposal for a Regulation “on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union”. Why a Regulation governing “non-personal” data? To make sure that it is safe for businesses to store data anywhere in the EU; To eliminate barriers to trade and to enable a ‘EU data community’; To...

By ING Group ING Wholesale Banking today announced a number of initiatives aimed at further enhancing client centricity, addressing clients' daily challenges and their strategic needs. The international network, currently spanning more than 40 countries will be strengthened, as we put more resources into Asia and the Americas. We are also investing in our advisory functions including core banking services such as the Debt Capital Markets and Corporate Finance franchises. "ING Wholesale Banking is an important contributor to the success...

By  Curtis Best, CPA  |  Marks Paneth LLP New regulations, finalized this year, will require foreign-owned disregarded entities to file Form 5472, effective for tax years starting on or after January 1, 2017 and ending on or after December 13, 2017.  The purpose of Form 5472 is to disclose foreign owners and certain related party transactions during the tax year in which the reportable transactions occurred. While these entities will still be disregarded for most federal tax purposes, the new requirements...

By Lincoln International Lincoln has completed over 15 Energy, Power and Infrastructure transactions in the past 24 months  Lincoln International (“Lincoln”), a leading global mid-market investment bank, is pleased to announce that Audax Private Equity (“Audax”) has sold RESA Power, LLC (“RESA” or the “Company”) to Blue Sea Capital. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.RESA, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a leading provider of electrical life extension solutions for power distribution and control equipment. The Company serves as a critical...

By Vulcan Consulting BREXIT UK Parliament to have final ‘take it or leave it’ vote on Brexit deal   MPs returned to the House of Commons this week to begin discussing amendments and proposals tabled on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. The bill, which intends to repeal the European Communities Act of 1972 and bring existing EU law onto the UK statute book, had been delayed for weeks due to the tabling of numerous amendments. It faced...