Episode 6: Nike Taxes, GSK and Pfizer joint venture, Legal AI and more
The long-awaited episode six details stories concerning an EU probe into Nike's tax arrangements, MaA Activity in the UK, New HSF tech, Hitachi's largest ever acquisition, Battersea Power Station, the Royal Bank of Scotland, GlaxoSmithKline a Pfizer, Ford and Jaguar Land Rover job cuts and a disclosure pilot program and its implications for legal tech. Links for the stories EU Nike tax probe https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jan/10/eu-investigates-nikes-tax-status-in-the-netherlands MaA Activity Ranking https://www.law.com/legal-week/2019/01/08/us-firms-plummet-down-uk-ma-deal-rankings/ HSF Decision Tree https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/news/herbert-smith-freehills-introduces-software-enabled-decision-analysis-service-to-help-clients Hitachi Acquisition https://www.law.com/international/2018/12/17/baker-mckenzie-freshfields-advise-on-hitachis-6b-acquisition-of-abbs-power-grid-unit/?slreturn=20190010110053 Battersea Power Station https://www.thelawyer.com/city-trio-lead-on-1-6bn-battersea-power-station-takeover/ RBS German Banking License https://www.ft.com/content/7e335200-0390-11e9-99df-6183d3002ee1 GlaxoSmithKline Joint Venture https://www.ft.com/content/3681be02-035d-11e9-9d01-cd4d49afbbe3 https://www.thelawyer.com/slaughters-and-kirkland-lead-as-gsk-strikes-9-8bn-joint-venture-with-pfizer/ Ford Job Cuts https://www.ft.com/content/1f85c9ee-14a8-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e Jaguar Land Rover Job Cuts https://www.ft.com/content/03c886c8-14d6-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46822706 Honda Non-Production Days https://news.sky.com/story/honda-to-stop-production-for-six-days-after-brexit-11603875 Disclosure Pilot Program https://www.ft.com/content/ad042a78-052f-11e9-9d01-cd4d49afbbe3 https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/practice-direction-51u-disclosure-pilot-for-the-business-and-property-courts Contact: commawarepod@gmail.com