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    A commercial year in review (Part I) - Tarun Rao and Shastikk Kumaran
    • Jan 17
    • 6 min
    Commercial Developments

    A commercial year in review (Part I) - Tarun Rao and Shastikk Kumaran

    Commercial law firms in London and across the world saw high profits and record deal activity in 2021. The economic recovery from the...
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    Law Firms and the Climate Crisis - Jodi Coffman
    • Jan 6
    • 3 min
    Short Reads

    Law Firms and the Climate Crisis - Jodi Coffman

    Climate change is undoubtedly a major threat to society and the economy with rising temperatures and extreme weather events becoming more...
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    The Platform Game - Seongwook Nam
    • Jan 3
    • 3 min
    Short Reads

    The Platform Game - Seongwook Nam

    The world revelled in awe and shock from the Korean survival drama “Squid Game” in the third quarter of 2021. But at the same time, the...
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    December Commercial Updates - Tarun Rao and Shastikk Kumaran
    • Dec 27, 2021
    • 5 min
    Commercial Developments

    December Commercial Updates - Tarun Rao and Shastikk Kumaran

    Technological tensions rise between the United States and China Banking, Securities, and Finance Technology, Media and Intellectual...
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    This Week's Top 5 Commercial Updates - Ollie Burgess and Tanvi Dhingra
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 3 min
    Commercial Developments

    This Week's Top 5 Commercial Updates - Ollie Burgess and Tanvi Dhingra

    1. Historic Tax Deal The G20 summit happened before the COP26 summit for climate change and was expected to set the tone for what...
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    Top 5 Commercial Updates This Week - Ollie Burgess and Tanvi Dhingra
    • Nov 1, 2021
    • 3 min
    Commercial Developments

    Top 5 Commercial Updates This Week - Ollie Burgess and Tanvi Dhingra

    1. Will Shell Split Up? The activist hedge fun, Third Point, who own a $750 million stake in Shell (which works out at just 0.25 percent)...
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    This Week's Top 5 Commercial Updates - Ollie Burgess and Tanvi Dhingra
    • Oct 24, 2021
    • 3 min
    Commercial Developments

    This Week's Top 5 Commercial Updates - Ollie Burgess and Tanvi Dhingra

    1. Amazon Lies To Congress? An investigation by Reuters showed that Amazon had copied products and rigged search results in India to...
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    The Legacy of LIBOR - Seongwook Nam
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 4 min
    Short Reads

    The Legacy of LIBOR - Seongwook Nam

    London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) was akin to the holy scripture which global financial transaction makers referred to for nearly...
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    This Week's Top 5 Commercial Updates - Ollie Burgess and Tanvi Dhingra
    • Oct 17, 2021
    • 3 min
    Commercial Developments

    This Week's Top 5 Commercial Updates - Ollie Burgess and Tanvi Dhingra

    1) Loans for Gas Shortage There is a shortage of gas and energy shortage worldwide. This is accentuated by the increase of demand in Asia...
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    Fortress’s bid for Wm Morrisons: Private Equity’s raid on Corporate Britain - Myles Kelly
    • Aug 20, 2021
    • 8 min
    Commercial Developments

    Fortress’s bid for Wm Morrisons: Private Equity’s raid on Corporate Britain - Myles Kelly

    News broke in early July 2021 that the supermarket chain Wm Morrisons had accepted a £9.5 bn takeover deal from a Fortress-led US buyout...
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    SPACs: The Boom in Europe - Rhianna Harding
    • Jun 12, 2021
    • 4 min
    Commercial Developments

    SPACs: The Boom in Europe - Rhianna Harding

    As a whole, global IPOs have reached a record high this past year, raising approximately $248 billion in share sales through 1054...
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    SPACs: the Future of Finance and Why London Lags Behind - Arista Lai
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 5 min
    Commercial Developments

    SPACs: the Future of Finance and Why London Lags Behind - Arista Lai

    No longer mere SPAC-ulation Special-purpose acquisition companies, known as “SPACs” or “blank cheque businesses”, are recognised by the...
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    Adapt or Perish: The Retail Sector Under Pressure - Cameron MacDonald
    • Aug 27, 2020
    • 3 min
    Commercial Developments

    Adapt or Perish: The Retail Sector Under Pressure - Cameron MacDonald

    TM Lewin, Harveys, Go Outdoors, Laura Ashley, Debenhams, Victoria’s Secret, Cath Kidston, John Lewis. All of these companies, and more,...
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    Private Equity Amidst the Global Pandemic - Arista Lai
    • Aug 27, 2020
    • 5 min
    Commercial Developments

    Private Equity Amidst the Global Pandemic - Arista Lai

    The last great recession of 2007-09 showed the resilience of private equity (“PE”) even in a financial crisis. Although the current...
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