by Bruce | November 24, 2010 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
By now we’ve all read about the Norton Rose/Ogilvy Renault/Deneys Reitz three-way combined business, putting together the UK, Canada, and South Africa. According to LegalWeek, “The combined business will rank as one of the world’s top 10 firms by...
by Bruce | November 24, 2010 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
By now we’ve all read about the Norton Rose/Ogilvy Renault/Deneys Reitz three-way combined business, putting together the UK, Canada, and South Africa. According to LegalWeek, “The combined business will rank as one of the world’s top 10 firms by...
by Bruce | November 24, 2010 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
By now we’ve all read about the Norton Rose/Ogilvy Renault/Deneys Reitz three-way combined business, putting together the UK, Canada, and South Africa. According to LegalWeek, “The combined business will rank as one of the world’s top 10 firms by...
by Bruce | November 8, 2010 | Articles, Globalization, Strategy
We’re all familiar with the bromide that “all politics is local”–which may or may not be true; I wouldn’t know since I’m not a politician or particularly politically oriented–but a kissing cousin to it is “all rivalries...
by Bruce | October 8, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
Late last month, as faithful readers know, I spent a week in Sao Paulo, serving the cause of market research for Adam Smith, Esq. Why Sao Paulo and what do I mean by market research? Sao Paulo is the largest city proper in North or South America: Over 11-million...
by Bruce | August 28, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
Hogan/Lovells Sonnenschein/Dentons Squire Sanders/Hammonds Proskauer/Berwins Question: Which of these four does not resemble the others? While you’re thinking about that… As LegalWeek described the Hogan/Lovells deal at the time: Aside from its...