EACC Member Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP, one of the nation’s leading law firms specializing in Customs law, is offering a course in preparation for the October 2012 Custom House Broker License Exam. The Firm has held highly successful Broker’s License exam courses in Boston, Los Angeles, and New York.  This course also provides an excellent review and overview of customs law and compliance for importers not intending to take the broker's exam. Fee:                  $400.00 Time:               Ten 2-hour...

New York, NY - June 8, 2012 - Visitors to Deloitte’s website should have no doubt about where most of the organization’s personnel are spending their time today— they’re volunteering. A note has gone up on Deloitte’s home page — today’s equivalent of the office door — letting people know that its professionals are out contributing their time and talent at more than 800 volunteer events, planned by the organization’s 100-plus office locations across the US.. Today is Deloitte’s 13th annual...

For the 11th consecutive year, Corporate Board Member magazine and global business advisory firm FTI Consulting, Inc. have recognized Fulbright as one of the America's Best Corporate Law Firms in the nation. Corporate Board Member surveys U.S. corporate directors and general counsel, asking them to select, from all of the corporate law firms in the country, the top ten law firms they are likely to retain. The results are issued in two lists: one, from corporate directors; the other, from general...

A&L Goodbody acted for Eaton Corporation in its $11.8bn recommended offer for Cooper Industries plc. The acquisition which is subject to certain terms and conditions is to be effected by a scheme of arrangement under Irish law and is expected to close later this year. It is the largest public takeover in Irish history. MORE

EACCNY Member A&L Goodbody advises Bloomberg on acquisition of Irish company PolarLake: NEW YORK, DUBLIN — Bloomberg LP announced today that it acquired Dublin-based software provider PolarLake and is launching a new enterprise data management (EDM) service to help companies acquire, manage and distribute data across their organizations. “Our customers are looking to find new ways to reduce the cost of managing data while adhering to increasing regulatory requirements for transparency,” said Dan Doctoroff, Bloomberg President and CEO. “The Bloomberg Enterprise...

Growth Opportunities in Emerging Markets: US-Polish IT Forum: On Thursday, May 17th the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York,partnering with the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce organized and jointly hosted an international US-Polish IT Forum. The Forum objectives included identifying current global market trends, opportunities that stem from highly advanced Polish IT companies potentially partnering with similar American companies and specific changes worldwide,which occurred during past few years in the technology sector. Poland, recognized as one of...

The Spring edition of Quintessence is now available on iPad! Our thought-leadership magazine brings together the expertise of industry specialists and BNP Paribas’ experts to explore and analyse the latest regulatory developments and industry trends impacting your business and securities services across the investment cycle. The new "Quintessence magazine" app is the perfect digital partner to your print magazine: it includes extra content you'll only find on the iPad edition, including an exclusive video interview with Jacques de Larosière, former governor...

Following an insightful panel discussion about "Developing UCITS Strategies Beyond Europe: Opportunities arising in Asia and Latin America" that took place on April 26th BNP Paribas is pleased to distribute an Executive Report that summarizes the findings. EACC member Carine Feipel, of Arendt & Medernach was among the panelists.