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Big Law Tech Heavy Hitters Call on SEC to Allow E-Signatures

Lawyers at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Fenwick & West and Cooley who represent the world's largest tech companies have petitioned the SEC to allow greater use of electronic document-signing.
3 minute read

International Edition

Pinsents Acts as Coronavirus-Hit Events Firm Raises Capital

The company has lost revenue as a result of a wave of event cancellations and delays including the Tokyo Olympics.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

'We are Not Lending': No New Loans, But Defaults Are on the Coronavirus Horizon

Commercial real estate lending has halted as lenders and borrowers re-focus on existing debt with defaults and forbearance on the horizon. "It's not really about expansion today," said Centennial Bank's David Druey.
10 minute read

International Edition

How Bad Will the Ramifications Be in China's Luckin Coffee Fraud Case?

The company once dubbed China's answer to Starbucks might well turn out to be the one that pushed Chinese listings in the U.S. back to the verge of extinction.
7 minute read

International Edition

Middle East Firms Face an Oil Crash, a Pandemic and Curfews

Law firms in the Middle East have been hit with a plunging oil price, but for now the coronavirus remains the biggest concern.
6 minute read

International Edition

Reed Smith Takes Hogan Lovells France Debt Capital Markets Head

The new arrival is the second partner hire for Reed Smith in April already.
2 minute read

International Edition

European M&A Tanks to Lowest Monthly Volume For a Decade

The contraction of the markets and the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. are expected to continue to have a negative impact on dealmaking.
4 minute read

International Edition

Burford Suspends Dividend, Leaders to Funnel Bonuses Back Into Business

It comes as fellow AIM-listed company Ince announces board changes in view of the economic turmoil wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
3 minute read

International Edition

K&L Gates Hires 3-Person Team From Australian Firm

Partner Harry Kingsley, special counsel Kaveh Zegrati, and lawyer Alex Garfinkel join the firm's Melbourne office from national firm Holding Redlich.
2 minute read

International Edition

COVID-19 Throws a Wrench Into France's M&A Machinery

Deals will be scarcer, slower and tougher to make this year, lawyers say.
6 minute read

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