“It’s an honour to be asked to deliver this lecture. It’s a trip down memory lane to be in a law office.”
Thank you to
@keir_starmer
for speaking about his vision for Britain at our annual lecture last night. Thanks also to our guests, and to
@pollytoynbee
for chairing.
Join our Chief Innovation Officer Andrew Gastwirth and
@ServiceNow
Blockchain/Solution Engineer Nicola Attico for a discussion focused on real-time budget tokenization with our Tokenization Platform,
#TOKO
, the
@hedera
DLT, and ServiceNow.
#ESG
#Digital
Digital asset creation engine
@TOKO_network
has been granted a Provisional Virtual Assets license by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). TOKO, which we work in collaboration with, is opening a Dubai office as its Middle East regional HQ -
The Innovation Outreach Program (IOP)'s Fall Forum focused on Defining the
#Metaverse
and the Decentralized World. Andy Gastwirth attended this year's event, which brings together CIOs and other leaders to look to the future of
#leadership
guiding digital change.
#innovation
Join CIO Andrew Gastwirth at the Blockchain Futurist Conference to learn about our
#tokenization
platform,
#TOKO
, including how the service drives liquidity of traditionally inaccessible and illiquid assets and pushes
#sustainability
.
#HederaDLT
#ESG
Our partners have successfully completed the very first tokenisation project on TOKO. Unlike existing tokenisation offerings, TOKO provides a unique combination of legal experience from a global law firm coupled with cutting edge technological capabilities
Our combined digital and beyond-law advisory approach has won the Innovation in Adjacent Services award at the
#FTInnovativeLawyersAwards2023
. The approach takes a focus on ESG Due Diligence.
John Bercow speaking at our London office, on his role in Parliament: “I believe that the house expects the Speaker not to be the plaything of the executive branch. You have to be prepared as Speaker to stand up to the Government”
Non-fungible tokens, also known as NFTs, are expanding in the digital marketplace.
Join of counsel Michael Fluhr as he moderates a virtual panel on what lies ahead for these unique digital assets
#NFTs
#cryptoassets
It's an exciting day for our London team as we set up in our new office. Our modern, bright and flexible space will give our clients and our people an improved experience with many new facilities including a café, client business lounge and wellness space
#DLAPiperLondonmove
We have joined the initial group of Governing Council members for Hedera
@hashgraph
, a next-generation public ledger designed to have highly diversified governance and the most distributed consensus at scale. Learn more:
“There are so many challenges…they don’t tell you in any book.” - Rebecca Enonchong
Our key note speaker
@africatechie
just opened our
#DLAPiperAfricaWeek
event. Thank you for sharing your story about the challenges and opportunities of starting a business in Africa.
We are pleased to share photos from Andy Gastwirth's
#CapitalCIO
#ORBIE
Awards ceremony, where he was named 2022 Capital CIO of the Year by
@InspireCIO
. We applaud the finalists and congratulate all the nominees for their commitment to outstanding technology leadership.
For the eleventh consecutive year, DLA Piper completed more deals than anyone across the world last year. We have analysed those
#deals
and share our insights in our latest Global M&A Intelligence Report 2021. Request your copy of the report here:
Thank you to historians and award-winning podcasters,
@Holland_Tom
and
@DCSandbrook
, for bringing the world closer at our summer reception in the UK last night. It was great to hear a special live version of their
@TheRestHistory
podcast.
We represented
@ZashGlobal
through its ZVV Media Partners, LLC joint venture with Vinco Ventures, Inc. in the
#acquisition
by Vinco of AdRizer LLC, a leading publisher and
#analytics
solution company in the
#digital
advertising space.
#medialaw
Please join us on Monday for a discussion on how to facilitate business in the
#Blockchain
and
#DigitalAsset
space by understanding and mitigating enforcement risk by the
#CFTC
and the
#SEC
. Register at the link below!
#Law
is changing, and our clients are expecting more than just traditional legal services. Today we launch Law&, to help their businesses succeed. Find out more:
#legaltech
#legalservices
Naana Frimpong and Lolan Sagoe-Moses met with senior officials of
@ospghana
, Ghana’s specialist anti-corruption agency, to discuss potential areas of cooperation, including asset recovery and capacity building.
#anticorruption
#assetrecovery
DLA Piper's Mark Radcliffe is excited to be a member of the platform-neutral
@IntWorkAll
to simplify token-powered digital interchange
#IWA
#Tokenization
Today, we have formally launched operations as a platform-neutral, non-profit organization dedicated to creating the standards frameworks needed to increase innovation across token-enabled ecosystems. Learn more about the
#IWA
and join us!
Our new London office is officially open! And as part of the celebrations, we are lucky enough to host
@ProfBrianCox
tonight - talking, fittingly, about the laws of nature
#dlapiperlondonmove
We represented
@LOrealUSA
and
@NYXCosmetics
, in connection with the launching of GORJS, the world's first beauty decentralized autonomous organization ("DAO") focused on fostering the development of the 3D artist community.
#GORJS
#DAO
#NFTs
This International Women’s Day
@Forbes
recognizes Jackie Park, our US Co-Managing Partner, along with 30 other amazing women "from various walks of life who have achieved great things and continue to break boundaries"
#IWD2021
#IWD
We are pleased to welcome Daniel Mulhall, former Irish Ambassador to the US, as a consultant at DLA Piper. For more than 40 years, Mulhall served as a distinguished Irish diplomat.
We are excited to announce we will utilize CoCounsel, a first-of-its-kind
#AI
legal assistant powered by GPT-4, the latest, most advanced large language model from
@OpenAI
. It was created to enhance the quality and timeliness of services lawyers provide.
We are pleased to announce a collaboration with
@provcyber
to deliver trusted
#cyber
,
#privacy
and data use
#riskgovernance
insights to clients to prepare them to mitigate business and mission interruptions, as well as regulatory and reputational
#risk
:
We are proud to have been appointed Provider of Legal Services for
@COP26
, an event that has a crucial part to play in ensuring the environmental and social success of the transition to a more sustainable world.
#COP26
#COP26dlapiper
#ClimateAction
“Clients don’t care where you’re from – they want you to be capable and to care about their business,” corporate partner Elia Montorio told today’s launch event for our UK
#socialmobility
pledge report - supported by
@JustineGreening
. Read it here
DLA Piper stands shoulder to shoulder with the Black/African American community as well as other vulnerable communities. We see you, we hear you and we support you.
Holly Lake, a partner in our
#Employment
practice, was named to the
@LADailyJournal
's 2023 Top Labor and Employment Lawyers list honoring the top attorneys across the state of California who have made significant contributions in labor and employment law.
This
#InternationalWomensDay
we’re reminded of the challenges faced by females around the world. We’ve been working with
@UNICEF
to better the lives of young women and girls and supported the drafting of comprehensive legislation that bans child marriage in the Gambia
#IWD2020
We teamed up with the compliant tokenization platform, Tokeny, to provide an approach to capital raising which enables companies to raise funding in a regulatory compliant manner from their own website. Find out more:
The
#EU
will soon have fully enacted two major pieces of legislation that require corporate reporting on human rights and
#environmental
impacts. In our alert, we take a concise look at the directives and what they mean for businesses in the US.
#CSDDD
Associate David Pennant III shares his interest in the intersection of business and
#law
and how the law can further the pursuit of
#equality
in and out of the courtroom. This and more can be found in the latest segment of our
#WhyILawyer
series:
We're committed to supporting our clients over the coming months as the
#COVID19
pandemic develops. Our
#Coronavirus
Resource Center has actionable information to help you plan ahead
We are the proud winner of the International Law Firm of the Year award at the African Legal Awards 2021 – two years in a row!
Find out more:
#AfricanLegalAwards
"I'm going somewhere and being something that I never thought would happen": hear from students on our Global Scholarships program, and how we are helping them advance the rule of law in their home countries
#dlapiperglobalscholarships
#ruleoflaw
Our partner and Senior Elected Board Member, Janet Legrand QC (Hon), has been named Woman Lawyer of the Year at The Law Society Excellence Awards in recognition of her pioneering efforts in enhancing the role of women in law
We are pleased to announce that
@BTIConsulting
recognized 18 of our lawyers in the BTI Client Service All-Stars 2022 report. This recognition builds on DLA Piper’s number two ranking for law firm
#clientservice
in the BTI Client Service A-Team 2021 report.
MOST INNOVATIVE LAW FIRM at the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe! We’re thrilled and well done to everyone at our great firm! Thank you FT and thank you RSGi! Amazing evening and a hat-trick!
#RSGConsulting
#FTInnovativeLawyers
#LegalInnovation
We have recently been named International Law Firm of the Year award at the African Legal Awards 2020!
The awards recognise exceptional achievement from within Africa’s legal community. Congratulations to the team.
#AfricanLegalAwards
We advised
@TIME
on the launch of a sustainability division, "TIME CO2," and its official website, . “TIME CO2” makes it easy for every business to maximize their impact through high-quality climate action portfolios.
#NetZero
#SESG
The SEC’s landmark
#ClimateRules
will require all domestic and foreign publicly traded companies to make significant disclosures related to climate-related risks, risk management, oversight, and strategy. Key considerations for public companies.
#SEC
#ESG
We represented
@innergex_ine
on its agreement to acquire Aela Generación S.A. and Aela Energía SpA, a 332-megawatt portfolio of three newly built operating wind assets in Chile, for a purchase price of US$686 million
#ENR
#windenergy
Our Dublin office is celebrating substantial growth in just the first 12 months, and we are tremendously grateful to the clients, colleagues and friends who helped us take flight
#DLAPiperIreland
We are proud to announce that 77 lawyers have been promoted to our partnership. The promotions were made across many of our practice areas in 43 different offices throughout 20 countries
We are proud to be ranked the top legal advisor globally for overall M&A deal volume in the
@Mergermarket
2019 Global M&A league tables for the tenth consecutive year
#decadeofdeals