In Corporate Counsel: Conducting Effective Internal Investigations – A Checklist for In-House Counsel

The article, “Conducting Effective Internal Investigations: A Checklist for In-House Counsel,” by Terence Healy, was published in Corporate Counsel. Every general counsel over the course of his or her career will face the need to conduct an internal investigation into events at the company.  Many of these may be routine in nature, such as matters […]

Corruption in Hong Kong: Lessons from a Recent Case (first published in the June 2017 edition of the GRC Professional Magazine)

Corruption in Hong Kong: Lessons from a Recent Case   Dominic Wai, Partner, ONC Lawyers & Dr. Angus Young, SeniorLecturer, DepartmentofAccountancy & Law, HongKongBaptistUniversity, Distinguished Research Fellow, German-Sino Institute of Legal Studies, Nanjing University; Adjunct Fellow, Western Sydney University Law School.   Corruption became a serious political issue after the riots of 1967. Discontent and […]

Dominic WaiPartner, ONC Lawyers

Delaware Guidance for Deals Involving a Controlling Stockholder and a Third Party Acquirer

 In In re Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, the Delaware Court of Chancery clarified how a controlling stockholder may obtain dismissal at the pleadings stage (as opposed to after lengthy and costly discovery) of minority stockholder challenges to deals where the controller allegedly received preferential consideration from a third party purchaser.  The court determined that if […]

ONC Lawyers joins IR as the exclusive White Collar Crime Member in Hong Kong

IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Dominic Wai of ONC Lawyers. Dominic has joined IR as our exclusive White Collar Crime Member in Hong Kong Established in 1992, ONC Lawyers has grown to become one of the largest domestic law firms with more than 120 members of legally-qualified […]

Dominic WaiPartner, ONC Lawyers

Hughes Hubbard Helps Claris in $625M Sale of Injectables Unit to Baxter

Hughes Hubbard represented Indian pharmaceutical producer Claris Lifesciences Ltd. on the U.S. aspects of the sale of its injectable-drug business to Baxter International Inc. for approximately $625 million. The deal, which closed July 27, expands Baxter’s business in the generic pharmaceuticals industry and bolsters its supply of essential medicines to customers. Under the deal, Baxter […]

Hughes Hubbard’s ​Lehman Team Wins Summary Judgment in $300M Dispute

Hughes Hubbard’s Lehman team secured a decision sustaining the trustee’s position concerning the correct disposition of over $300 million in claims by ex-Lehman executives and other select employees who had expressly agreed to subordinate their claims of deferred pay. On July 13, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Shelley Chapman granted summary judgment to Jim Giddens, the liquidating trustee […]

Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP joins IR as the exclusive White Collar Crime Member in England

IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Jasvinder Nakhwal of Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. Jasvinder has joined IR as our exclusive White Collar Crime Member in England. Peters & Peters – Leading UK Law Firm with expertise in Business Crime, Commercial Litigation, Civil Fraud, Corporate Compliance and Asset Tracing & Recovery. We are acknowledged experts […]

Schifferli Vafadar Sivilotti Zappelli joins IR as the exclusive White Collar Crime Member in Switzerland

IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Daniel Zappelli of Schifferli Vafadar Sivilotti Zappelli. Daniel has joined IR as our exclusive White Collar Crime Member in Switzerland.  Firm Description  With offices located in Geneva, Lausannne and Sion, our law firm benefits from its global network of carefully selected reciprocal law firms ensuring efficient […]