Full Disclosure:​

Practice Area News​

By Jaysen Sutton​
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Hi Reader 👋🏽,

It's the third 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:
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Mergers & Acquisitions​
  • Next and Frasers Group consider the purchase of Ted Baker (Business Matters)
  • Shurgard agrees to takeover its British rival (Reuters)
  • London-listed Gresham Technologies targeted by American private equity (Private Equity Wire)
Capital Markets
  • Puig prepares for IPO in biggest beauty stock market listing in several years (Business of Fashion)​
Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Slug & Lettuce faces insolvency risk (Yahoo)
  • Kirkland advises on Stonegate's financial difficulties (City AM)
Economy
  • Surprise rise in US inflation (Reuters)
  • UK GDP rises for a second month in a row (PS: I did suspect this!) (Reuters)
Law Firms as a Business
  • 175 SQE1 candidates who were told they failed, had in fact passed (SRA)​
  • Kirkland and Reed Smith advise on UK's first FRAND action (The Lawyer)​
  • Commercial Court dismisses case against Clyde & Co (City AM)​

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