Briefings — Commercial Astuteness

‘Commercial Astuteness’ is your source of student-focused commercial awareness briefings and insights into commercial law.

Double trouble: Deloitte’s UK legal team doubles after their acquisition of Kemp Little

Nov 16

Nov 16 Double trouble: Deloitte’s UK legal team doubles after their acquisition of Kemp Little

Teresa Boardman

Move over Saudi Aramco, there’s a bigger IPO in town: inside Ant Group’s $34.5 billion offering

Nov 9

Nov 9 Move over Saudi Aramco, there’s a bigger IPO in town: inside Ant Group’s $34.5 billion offering

Teresa Boardman

Time to rethink trade with China?

Oct 15

Oct 15 Time to rethink trade with China?

Business As Usual, Toothless As Usual? The ICO and Data Protection

Oct 13

Oct 13 Business As Usual, Toothless As Usual? The ICO and Data Protection

Time’s not up for TikTok (yet)

Oct 2

Oct 2 Time’s not up for TikTok (yet)

From Collapse to Relaunch: Thomas Cook returns

Sep 28

Sep 28 From Collapse to Relaunch: Thomas Cook returns

Eat Out to Help Drive Inflation Down

Sep 23

Sep 23 Eat Out to Help Drive Inflation Down

Betsy Bowman-Hood

Why keep your supplier at arm’s length?: SoftBank’s $40 billion sale of Arm Holdings to Nvidia

Sep 21

Sep 21 Why keep your supplier at arm’s length?: SoftBank’s $40 billion sale of Arm Holdings to Nvidia

Teresa Boardman

Not having a whale of a time: SoftBank market value tanks

Sep 16

Sep 16 Not having a whale of a time: SoftBank market value tanks

Teresa Boardman

Jude’s Guide to Cryptocurrency

Sep 9

Sep 9 Jude’s Guide to Cryptocurrency

Intellectual Property implications: Unwired Planet v Huawei and Conversant Wireless Licensing v Huawei & ZTE [2020]

Sep 4

Sep 4 Intellectual Property implications: Unwired Planet v Huawei and Conversant Wireless Licensing v Huawei & ZTE [2020]

Creditors coming to the rescue during a credit crunch: inside Virgin Atlantic’s £1.2bn rescue deal

Sep 3

Sep 3 Creditors coming to the rescue during a credit crunch: inside Virgin Atlantic’s £1.2bn rescue deal

Teresa Boardman

Can technology revive a brick-and-mortar industry? An insight into the position of luxury retail amidst the pandemic

Sep 1

Sep 1 Can technology revive a brick-and-mortar industry? An insight into the position of luxury retail amidst the pandemic

Mikage Mizutani

Citibank Suing Brigade Capital Management for $176M Sent in Error

Aug 31

Aug 31 Citibank Suing Brigade Capital Management for $176M Sent in Error

Social Media - The Story Behind Gymshark’s Success

Aug 27

Aug 27 Social Media - The Story Behind Gymshark’s Success

Yours virtually, Washington: Big Tech attends Congressional antitrust hearing

Aug 26

Aug 26 Yours virtually, Washington: Big Tech attends Congressional antitrust hearing

Ishmael Liwanda

Goldman Sachs looking to splash the cash: inside their extension into the fintech space

Aug 25

Aug 25 Goldman Sachs looking to splash the cash: inside their extension into the fintech space

Teresa Boardman

Fortnite versus Apple, a game of Monopoly?

Aug 24

Aug 24 Fortnite versus Apple, a game of Monopoly?

TUI and the struggling travel industry

Aug 14

Aug 14 TUI and the struggling travel industry

IPOs and M&A Rebound

Aug 12

Aug 12 IPOs and M&A Rebound