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06
Dec
By Onno Bouwmeister | Malcolm Pobjoy | VISTRA
If 2017 serves as a window into projections for the year ahead, then next year promises to be one of sustained growth for the private equity community. Mega deals were the order of the day in the first half of this year, and industry experts note that 2018 will likely be more of the same.
According to PitchBook Q3 2017 US PE Breakdown, US-based funds raised $62.4 billion in commitments for just 58 vehicles...
06
Dec
On 20 November 2017, the EU Council announced that Amsterdam will be the new location for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) after the UK will withdraw from the European Union. Preparing for the consequences of the Brexit, such as the relocation, is not only a significant matter for the EMA itself, but equally important for companies and other private parties.
Therefore, on 28 November 2017, the EMA published a guidance paper to help pharmaceutical companies prepare for the UK´s...
06
Dec
By Rein Wesseling | Christof Swaak | Floris ten Have | Stibbe
Today the ECJ rendered its much anticipated judgment in a dispute between a supplier of luxury cosmetics (Coty) and one of its authorised resellers.
The central question was whether Coty is allowed under the competition rules to forbid its resellers to sell Coty products over third party internet platforms with visible logo’s (like eBay or Amazon). The ECJ ruled that such an “online platform ban” is not incompatible with EU...
05
Dec
By Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
In early 2018, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will issue its mandatory five-year benchmark survey to obtain data on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States.
The survey, known as the BE-12 survey, is required for U.S. entities in which a foreign entity or person holds, directly or indirectly, 10 percent of more of the U.S. entity's voting interests at any time during 2017. The completed surveys are due...
04
Dec
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For the first time in 10 years, JRT Realty Group is delighted to present a leasing opportunity at United Nations Federal Credit Union’s Global Headquarters in Long Island City (Court Square Place / 24-01 44th Road).
As leasing agents, we are offering a block of four floors (80,000 SF) at Court Square Place. These floors are available for possession in May 2018; and they can be leased as a block or individually. Court Square Place is a trophy office tower; and...
04
Dec
By Reavis Page Jump LLP
Compliments of Reavis Page Jump LLP, a member of the EACCNY
04
Dec
By Bannockburn Global Forex
Having strengthened in October, the USD fell back towards the bottom of recent ranges against most major currencies in November. Renewed USD weakness was not severe, and had several different drivers. Initial losses were correlated with some weakening in equity markets, but losses later in the month occurred despite stronger equity performance, and was related more to uncertainty about future Fed tightening following the release of the FOMC minutes for September on the 22nd, which revealed...
04
Dec
By AEM Carnelutti
«Balancing, innovating and competing. These are the three seemingly conflicting objectives of flexible working, a new approach to corporate organization where individual employees’ needs fit in with the needs of the company in a complementary manner».
The above quotation was taken from the first paragraph of the Italian Labor Ministry’s website (www.cliclavoro.gov.it) on the Flexible Work Law governed by Law no. 81 dated 22 May 2017 (“FL”), “measures aimed to support flexible organization of work time and...
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