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M&A Surges as Strategic Buyers Seek Next Big Thing in Life Sciences
Clifford Chance’s Benjamin Sibbett and Daryl Fairbairn discuss the nature of M&A in the industry—today and tomorrow. CCBJ: What are the market trends in the life sciences M&A space? Daryl Fairbairn: Most M&A in the life sciences sector is executed by strategic buyers...
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Navigating the Intersection of Tech and Law
Every day, Clifford Chance attorneys advise clients on the opportunities and risks posed by rapidly advancing technology. No matter the practice, no matter the industry, they are helping clients confront change so fast that it outpaces the law and customary business practices. This approach is not...
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Fast Take: As Autonomous Vehicles Hit the Road, Big Data Gets Even Bigger
While industry players face various liability and competition issues in the race for connected cars and autonomous vehicles, big data presents the biggest challenge and opportunity. With connected cars moving toward tailored log-ins for each user and autonomous vehicles creating almost 1 gigabyte...
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Fast Take: Is a Cryptocurrency Crash Coming?
With investors mortgaging their houses to finance Bitcoin investments [1], questions regarding the legal status of cryptocurrency have taken on increasing urgency. The CFTC recently said "US law does not provide for direct, comprehensive Federal oversight of underlying Bitcoin...
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Risks to Companies Arising from the Growing Focus on Executive Prosecutions
For a second consecutive year, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel is hosting a global roundtable series on Global Risk. We have invited longtime patron Clifford Chance to co-host three dinners with us, provide subject-matter expertise and help facilitate discussions with this year's group of 12...
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Blockchain Promises Broad Solutions: Development and adaptation of the technology to new industries are speeding ahead
In recent months we’ve witnessed an explosion of legal and regulatory developments involving blockchain and distributed ledger technology.[1] Such diverse authorities as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.S. Department of State and the Cook County (Illinois) Recorder of...
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Insurers Face Monumental Cybersecurity Challenges: Hackers enticed by troves of highly sensitive personal info
Alice Kane, senior counsel at Clifford Chance in New York, advises property and casualty, life, and health insurance clients. She sat down with our editors to discuss cybersecurity in the insurance and financial services industry, including the NYDFS Cybersecurity Requirements for...
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