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.

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak is chair of iGlobal Forum's 3rd Annual Alternative Investments Summit being held in New York City on May 30. Mr. Nowak will also speak on the panel, "How Is Global Financial Reform Legislation Playing Out?" The panel will discuss: update on financial reform legislation including Dodd-Frank, Volcker Rule, AIFM and Basel III evolution of AI industry in the face of these reforms-registration, investment restrictions, and other requirements impact on banks, private equity firms and hedge funds-to what extent have they already...

The Irish Minister of Finance has approved, in principle, legislative proposals for a new form of corporate structure for funds, (the “Irish SICAV”). A SICAV or “Societé d’Investissement á Capital Variable” is an open-ended collective investment scheme common in countries such as Luxembourg and Switzerland. It is an open-ended vehicle with variable capital equal to the net asset value of the Fund. Investment funds in Ireland which use a corporate structure are incorporated as public limited companies (“plc”) under the Companies...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) is seeking comments on an interim rule that amends its regulations governing the importation of merchandise bearing recorded trademarks or recorded trade names.  That interim rule becomes effective on publication in the Federal Register. The interim rule provides CBP with expanded authority to disclose to an intellectual property rights holder information appearing on merchandise or its packaging for the purpose of assisting CBP in determining whether the merchandise bears a counterfeit mark. CBP will...