Full Disclosure:​

Practice Area News​

By Jaysen Sutton​
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Hi Reader 👋🏽,

It's the second week of June, 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​
  • US court throws out rule to regulate private equity (Reuters)
  • Kirkland and Ropes & Gray advise on Bain's $5.6bn acquisition of PowerSchool (Global Legal Post)
  • Latham and Orrick advise on SAP's $1.5bn tech acquisition (Global Legal Post)
  • Clifford Chance advises on Hitachi Rail acquisition (Iberian Lawyer)
Competition
  • The European Commission plans to impose tariffs on importunate of Chinese electric vehicles (The Guardian)
  • Lufthansa gets competition approval on Italy investment (Politico)
  • European Commission investigates foreign subsidies M&A deal for the first time (Pinsent Masons)
  • British Independent Retailers Association sue Amazon in largest collective claim under the Competition Act (The Independent)
Capital Markets / Finance
  • Fintech firms Starling and Thought Machine consider IPOs (Finance Magnates)
  • Raspberry PI shares soar on London IPO (BBC)
Economy
  • US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates at between 5.25 and 5.5% and plans one cut this year (BBC)
  • UK growth slows to 0% (The Guardian)
  • World is facing a staggering supply of oil (Fortune)
Law Firms as a Business

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