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  1. Disentangling London's Complicated Relationship with Russia's Elite

    25 May 2022 Disentangling London's Complicated Relationship with Russia's Elite

    Disentangling London's Complicated Relationship with Russia's Elite By Beatrice Kang What do you need to know this week? In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many City law firms have chosen to exit or cease their operations in Russia. The sudden exodus of law firms out of Russia...
  2. HS2 Delays Cost Expected to Cost Government £200m

    18 May 2022 HS2 Delays Cost Expected to Cost Government £200m

    HS2 Delays Cost Expected to Cost Government £200m By Beatrice Kang What do you need to know this week? Environmental activists have been living near a HS2 building site in Staffordshire for over a year, demonstrating against plans to cut down woods for the line. The delays associated with...
  3. IPO Restrictions, Market Volatility and the Future of SPACs

    11 May 2022 IPO Restrictions, Market Volatility and the Future of SPACs

    IPO Restrictions, Market Volatility and the Future of SPACs By Beatrice Kang What do you need to know this week? The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed reforms to the Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC) market in an attempt to improve transparency and bring...
  4. Apple Faces Hefty EU Fine Over Mobile Payments Technology

    4 May 2022 Apple Faces Hefty EU Fine Over Mobile Payments Technology

    Apple Faces Hefty EU Fine Over Mobile Payments Technology By Beatrice K What do you need to know this week? EU regulators allege that Apple has breached competition law by abusing its dominant position in mobile payments to restrict rivals’ access to contactless or near-field...
  5. Netflix: Is the Streaming Industry's Golden Chlld in Dire Straits?

    27 April 2022 Netflix: Is the Streaming Industry's Golden Chlld in Dire Straits?

    Netflix: Is the Streaming Industry's Golden Child in Dire Straits? By BK What do you need to know this week? Last week, nearly 40% of Netflix’s market value was wiped out after the company announced its historic subscriber count had dropped by nearly 200,000 since the beginning of 2022...
  6. Elon Musk's Attempt to Woo Twitter's Board Ends With a Poison Pill

    20 April 2022 Elon Musk's Attempt to Woo Twitter's Board Ends With a Poison Pill

    Elon Musk's Attempt to Woo Twitter's Board Ends With a Poison Pill By BK What do you need to know this week? Last Thursday, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, or alternatively, world’s richest person, made his “best and final” offer to privatise Twitter in a deal valued at...
  7. Epic Games' Gaming Metaverse

    13 April 2022 Epic Games' Gaming Metaverse

    Epic Games' Gaming Metaverse By BK What do you need to know this week? Epic Games, the developer of “Fortnite”, has secured $2 billion in funding from Sony and Kirkbi, the investment company behind the Lego group, in a bid to build an avatar-based metaverse. The deal values Epic Games at...
  8. China Removes Audit Secrecy Rules in Long-Running US Listing Row

    6 April 2022 China Removes Audit Secrecy Rules in Long-Running US Listing Row

    China Removes Audit Secrecy Rules in Long-Running US Listing Row By BK What do you need to know this week? China’s Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has proposed key changes to the rules affecting Chinese companies listed abroad in an effort to settle a long-standing auditing...
  9. Biden's 2023 Budget

    30 March 2022 Biden's 2023 Budget

    Biden's 2023 Budget By BK What do you need to know this week? On Monday, the Biden administration announced its 2023 budget. In his statement, US President Joe Biden told White House reporters that the budget ”sends a clear message to the American people (about) what we value: first...
  10. Energy Crisis: Europe's Dependence on Russia's Fossil Fuels

    23 March 2022 Energy Crisis: Europe's Dependence on Russia's Fossil Fuels

    Energy Crisis: Europe's Dependence on Russia's Fossil Fuels By BK What do you need to know this week? As the rift between Russia and the West widens over the Ukrainian crisis, Europe and Russia’s long interdependence on one another for energy has become a key “bargaining piece” for both...
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  11. New Russian Law Pressures Foreign Plane Lessors

    16 March 2022 New Russian Law Pressures Foreign Plane Lessors

    New Russian Law Pressures Foreign Plane Lessors By BK What do you need to know this week? This Monday, Russia passed a law allowing the country’s airlines to list airplanes leased from foreign companies on Russia’s ‘aircraft register’. The new bill was passed in response to Western...
  12. Ukraine Faces Russia at the International Court of Justice

    9 March 2022 Ukraine Faces Russia at the International Court of Justice

    Ukraine Faces Russia at the International Court of Justice By BK What do you need to know this week? Ukraine and Russia are supposed to be facing off at the UN’s highest court, International Court of Justice (ICJ). Both countries are signatories of the 1948 UN Convention on Genocide (the...
  13. Western Companies Seek to Exit Russia as Sanctions Escalate

    2 March 2022 Western Companies Seek to Exit Russia as Sanctions Escalate

    Western Companies Seek to Exit Russia as Sanctions Escalate By BK What do you need to know this week? After months of tensions, on February 24 2022, Russian forces launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian government has declared martial law. The West has...
  14. The US Opioid Crisis: Purdue Pharma's Owners Offer $6 Billion Settlement

    23 February 2022 The US Opioid Crisis: Purdue Pharma's Owners Offer $6 Billion Settlement

    The US Opioid Crisis: Purdue Pharma's Owners Offer $6 Billion Settlement By BK What do you need to know this week? Last week, the owners of Purdue Pharma (the Sackler family) offered to pay up to $6 billion in settlement to resolve allegations that it had contributed to the US opioid...
  15. BigTech and User Privacy Concerns Over Tracking

    16 February 2022 BigTech and User Privacy Concerns Over Tracking

    BigTech and User Privacy Concerns Over Tracking By BK What do you need to know this week? Over the last week, two ‘BigTech’ companies have come under scrutiny for their alleged breaches of user privacy rights over tracking concerns. On Tuesday, Meta (formerly Facebook) agreed to pay a...
  16. SoftBank's Sale of UK-Chip Company Arm Collapses Over Regulatory Concerns

    9 February 2022 SoftBank's Sale of UK-Chip Company Arm Collapses Over Regulatory Concerns

    SoftBank's Sale of UK-Chip Company Arm Collapses Over Regulatory Concerns By BK What do you need to know this week? SoftBank’s proposed $66 billion sale of UK-based computer chip designer Arm to Nvidia has collapsed after US, UK and EU regulators raised regulatory concerns about its...
  17. Oil Price Instability and the Growth of Renewables

    2 February 2022 Oil Price Instability and the Growth of Renewables

    Oil Price Instability and the Growth of Renewables By BK What do you need to know this week? Oil prices rose sharply in January due to a supply shortage and rising political tensions. This is the largest monthly gain since February 2021. The market is on alert over recent events in...
  18. Boeing Invests $450 Million in Self-Flying Taxi Developer Wisk

    26 January 2022 Boeing Invests $450 Million in Self-Flying Taxi Developer Wisk

    Boeing Invests $450 Million in Self-Flying Taxi Developer Wisk By BK What do you need to know this week? As part of an existing joint venture project, Boeing - the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defence, space and security systems - is...
  19. BlackRock’s Assets Under Management Hits $10 Trillion

    19 January 2022 BlackRock’s Assets Under Management Hits $10 Trillion

    BlackRock’s Assets Under Management Hits $10 Trillion By BK What do you need to know this week? BlackRock, the world’s largest investment management company, saw its assets under management exceed $10 trillion for the first time last Friday. To put this into context: According to The...
  20. Looking Beyond The 2021 SPAC Market Boom

    12 January 2022 Looking Beyond The 2021 SPAC Market Boom

    Looking Beyond The 2021 SPAC Market Boom By BK What do you need to know this week? In 2021, the special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) market boomed and fueled M&A activity. Last year, SPAC companies raised a record-breaking $160 billion and, as a result, many “Big Law” firms have...

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