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    Volatile Pound Hits UK Law Firms' Growth Ambitions

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    Bank of England to Extend Intervention

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    Mini Series: Business of Law Firms - Distressed Law Firm Assets

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  4. Microsoft acquires small stake in London Stock Exchange

    14 December 2022 Microsoft acquires small stake in London Stock Exchange

    Microsoft acquires small stake in London Stock Exchange By Jake Rickman Image credit - Volodymyr Kyrylyuk / Shutterstock.com What do you need to know this week? Microsoft has acquired a £1.5bn stake in the London Stock Exchange’s parent company, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). As...
  5. Is the jig up for Sam Bankman-Fried?

    14 December 2022 Is the jig up for Sam Bankman-Fried?

    Is the jig up for Sam Bankman-Fried? By Jake Rickman Image credit - Sergei Elagin / Shutterstock.com What do you need to know this week? In the aftermath of crypto-exchange platform FTX’s spectacular blow-up last month, astounded analysts looked down on FTX’s woeful balance sheet and...
  6. Mini Series: Business of Law Firms - Clifford Chance boots managing partner and reflects

    14 December 2022 Mini Series: Business of Law Firms - Clifford Chance boots managing partner and reflects

    Business of Law Firms Clifford Chance boots managing partner and reflects By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Welcome to the 23rd article in TCLA’s series on the Business of Law of Firms. We took a break last week, but we are back now to gaze into the shadowy, mysterious...
  7. Next buys Joules out of administration

    7 December 2022 Next buys Joules out of administration

    Next buys Joules out of administration By Jake Rickman Image credit - Postmodern Studio / Shutterstock.com What do you need to know this week? Online retailer and FTSE 100 company Next has purchased the British fashion retailer Joules Limited out of administration. Joules, known for its...
  8. A SPAC and a crypto-company walk into the bar...

    7 December 2022 A SPAC and a crypto-company walk into the bar...

    A SPAC and a crypto-company walk into the bar... By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? The much-anticipated public offering of stablecoin company Circle — to have been structured through a special acquisition company (“SPAC”) managed by former Barclays chief banker Bob...
  9. Corporate default and corporate stress

    7 December 2022 Corporate default and corporate stress

    Corporate default and corporate stress By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Evidence of an ongoing recession in the UK and abroad continues to mount: retail consumer spending in Europe has slowed by nearly 2%. The Confederation of British Industry — the UK’s largest business...
  10. BlockFi blows up

    2 December 2022 BlockFi blows up

    BlockFi blows up By Jake Rickman Image credit - Formatoriginal / Shutterstock.com What do you need to know this week? BlockFi, the retail cryptocurrency lender valued at $4bn last year, announced on Monday that it had entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the US state of New Jersey...
  11. Disney A Corporate Case Study In Brief

    2 December 2022 Disney A Corporate Case Study In Brief

    Disney A Corporate Case Study In Brief By Jake Rickman Image credit - nikkimeel / Shutterstock.com What do you need to know this week? After a mere 33 months as the CEO of the world’s most valuable media conglomerate, Bob Chapek was forced out by Disney’s board of directors this month...
  12. Mini Series: Business of Law Firms Ashurst Expands Korean Presence

    2 December 2022 Mini Series: Business of Law Firms Ashurst Expands Korean Presence

    Business of Law Firms Ashurst Expands Korean Presence By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Welcome to the 22nd series on the Business of Law Firms. As reported by The Lawyer, international law firm Ashurst confirmed on Tuesday that it has formally established a joint...
  13. Big Four Reform Marches On (at significant cost)

    23 November 2022 Big Four Reform Marches On (at significant cost)

    Big Four Reform Marches On (at significant cost) By Jake Rickman Image credit - g0d4ather / Shutterstock.com What do you need to know this week? Proposals to reform the UK’s audit industry are now expected to approach £1bn over the next 10 years according to a Financial Times article. In...
  14. FTX Update Image Credit

    23 November 2022 FTX Update Image Credit

    FTX Update By Jake Rickman Image Credit - Sergei Elagin / Shutterstock.com What do you need to know this week? In the spirit of keeping up with developments, we return to FTX’s collapse for the second week. It has emerged that FTX and affiliated entities owe creditors a total of $3bn to...
  15. Mini Series: Business of Law Firms Taxing Law Firms

    23 November 2022 Mini Series: Business of Law Firms Taxing Law Firms

    Business of Law Firms Taxing Law Firms By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? This week marks the 21st article in TCLA’s series on the Business of Law Firms. The Lawyer ran an interesting article last Friday, 17 November, that explored how reforms to law partners’ tax...
  16. FTX's woeful balance sheet Image credit

    16 November 2022 FTX's woeful balance sheet Image credit

    FTX's woeful balance sheet By Jake Rickman Image credit - Sergei Elagin / Shutterstock.com What do you need to know this week? Last week, the centralised crypto-platform FTX, founded by alleged-wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried, suffered one of the most spectacular and high-profile collapses of...
  17. Navigating FTX's bankruptcy proceedings

    16 November 2022 Navigating FTX's bankruptcy proceedings

    Navigating FTX's bankruptcy proceedings By Jake Rickman Image credit - Hasbi Sahin / Shutterstock.com What do you need to know this week? Restructurings, insolvencies, and bankruptcies have featured prominently in our commercial articles as of late. This reflects the upsurge in companies...
  18. Business of Law Firms DWF expands in North American market with £27m acquisition

    16 November 2022 Business of Law Firms DWF expands in North American market with £27m acquisition

    Business of Law Firms DWF expands in North American market with £27m acquisition By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Welcome to the 20th article in TCLA’s series on the Business of Law Firms. As reported in The Law Society’s Gazette last week, DWF announced it has agreed...
  19. Made.com enters into administration

    9 November 2022 Made.com enters into administration

    Made.com enters into administration By Jake Rickman Image credit - T. Schneider / Shutterstock.com What do you need to know this week? On Monday, the High Court placed Made.com, the UK online furniture retailer, into administration after negotiations with potential buyers to rescue the...
  20. Counter arguments to a recession

    9 November 2022 Counter arguments to a recession

    Counter arguments to a recession By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? An op-ed by a Financial Times columnist published on Monday takes a contrary position to the dominant perspective that the global economy is in the midst of a recession (or at the very least, close to it)...
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