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  1. M&A is Back?!

    8 April 2024 M&A is Back?!

    Full Disclosure: M&A is Back?! By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: In the first three months of 2024, there were over twice as many ‘blockbuster’ M&A deals (valued at over $10bn each) compared to the prior year. This has led the global value of deals to increase by 21% to more...
  2. What is going on with Sam Bankman-Fried/FTX?

    8 April 2024 What is going on with Sam Bankman-Fried/FTX?

    Full Disclosure: What is going on with Sam Bankman-Fried/FTX? By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: A US judge sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison. The sentencing follows Sam’s conviction of seven charges, including fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. What you need...
  3. This Week's Practice Area News

    8 April 2024 This Week's Practice Area News

    Full Disclosure: Practice Area News By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, It's the second week of April, 2024. Here are the most relevant stories for you to be aware of as an aspiring lawyer, from all of the main practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions Majestic buys Vagabond Wines out of...
  4. What went wrong with Ted Baker?

    25 March 2024 What went wrong with Ted Baker?

    Full Disclosure: What went wrong with Ted Baker? By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: Ted Baker announced its intention to appoint administrators last week. The British clothing retailer follows the likes of The Body Shop and Wilko to enter into an insolvency procedure in the last...
  5. Central Bank Sticks to Interest Rate Cuts

    25 March 2024 Central Bank Sticks to Interest Rate Cuts

    Full Disclosure: Central Bank Sticks to Interest Rate Cuts By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: The market got a bit excited last week. This is not because the Federal Reserve decided to keep the interest rate the same (5.25-5.5%), but because it plans to stick with its series of...
  6. Private Equity and the Carried Interest Loophole

    18 March 2024 Private Equity and the Carried Interest Loophole

    Full Disclosure: Private Equity and the Carried Interest Loophole By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: Imagine I run a private equity firm. I raise money from investors, which I use, together with borrowed money, to buy private companies and turn them around for even more money for...
  7. Lawmakers ban TikTok

    18 March 2024 Lawmakers ban TikTok

    Full Disclosure: Lawmakers ban TikTok By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: Sell TikTok in 6 months or it’s banned. That was the message after the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act was passed in the US House of Representatives. Put simply, the bill means that app...
  8. The Spring Budget

    11 March 2024 The Spring Budget

    Full Disclosure: The Spring Budget By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: Last week, the UK Chancellor presented the Spring Budget. This involves setting out the key tax and spending decisions by the government, together with an update on the state of the economy. The major thing you...
  9. Elon Musk sues for breach of contract

    4 March 2024 Elon Musk sues for breach of contract

    Full Disclosure: Elon Musk sues for breach of contract By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: It’s 2012 and you’re Elon Musk. You’re worried about the future of AI, especially 'AGI', where a machine has the intelligence to perform a wide range of tasks like a human. You hear Google...
  10. Nvidia's Stock is Surging

    25 February 2024 Nvidia's Stock is Surging

    Full Disclosure: Nvidia's stock is surging By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, “World War II was decided by steel and aluminium, and followed shortly thereafter by the Cold War, which was defined by atomic weapons. The rivalry between the United States and China may well be determined by...
  11. Interest rates cause bank profits to rise

    25 February 2024 Interest rates cause bank profits to rise

    Full Disclosure: Interest rates cause bank profits to rise By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: HSBC experienced a sharp decline in its share price last week despite announcing an almost 80% increase in profits before tax. Meanwhile, Barclays’ shares rose 11% despite a 6% drop in...
  12. Former analyst sentenced for insider trading

    20 February 2024 Former analyst sentenced for insider trading

    Full Disclosure: Former analyst sentenced for insider trading By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: Imagine we’re playing the game Articulate!. You have a card with a list of words. You must describe each word to your team without saying the word. If your team guesses more words on...
  13. The Body Shop enters Administration

    20 February 2024 The Body Shop enters Administration

    Full Disclosure: The Body Shop enters Administration By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: It’s a bad thing when a long-standing retail chain collapses three months after being acquired by a private equity firm. You wouldn’t be wrong for wondering, ‘Shouldn’t the private equity firm...
  14. The UK's technical recession

    20 February 2024 The UK's technical recession

    Full Disclosure: The UK's technical recession By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: ‘How is the economy doing?’ It’s a tough question to answer, especially given the news that the UK entered into a technical recession at the end of 2023. You might read this and think, ‘Oh no, a...
  15. How do Tech Stocks Impact Law Firms?

    12 February 2024 How do Tech Stocks Impact Law Firms?

    Full Disclosure: How do Tech Stocks Impact Law Firms? By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: US tech stocks are doing really well. A big reason is the Magnificent Seven - Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia and Tesla - which has driven the US stock market to new highs...
  16. Elon Musk and the Delaware Court

    12 February 2024 Elon Musk and the Delaware Court

    Full Disclosure: Elon Musk and the Delaware Court By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: It’s 2018 and Richard, an unhappy Tesla shareholder, brings a ‘derivative claim’ against Elon and other directors. This type of claim is uncommon; normally companies bring claims, but in this case...
  17. The biggest challenges facing law firms in 2024

    2 February 2024 The biggest challenges facing law firms in 2024

    Full Disclosure: The biggest challenges facing law firms in 2024 By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, 1. How do law firms attract and retain talent in 2024, given the changing needs of a new demographic? The success of a law firm is based on the success of its people. Not only do they need to...
  18. The Business of Law Firms

    2 February 2024 The Business of Law Firms

    Full Disclosure: The Business of Law Firms By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, One aspect of being a lawyer that is commonly missed out is unrelated to the legal work or the commercial advice. It is the fact that you are joining a business. This is what we mean when we say the ‘business’ of...
  19. The Post Office Scandal

    27 January 2024 The Post Office Scandal

    Full Disclosure: The Post Office Scandal By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: Suppose you decide to run a post office in the 90s. You get to be self employed, while also serving a function in your local community. You enter into a contract with the Post Office, acting as their agent...
  20. The Houthi Attacks

    27 January 2024 The Houthi Attacks

    Full Disclosure: The Houthi Attacks By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story: Many products aren’t made in the same country in which they are sold. They must be transported to their destination, by land, air or ship. Ships travelling from the East to the West often pass through the Suez...

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