World Services Group
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WSG is a network that brings together the full spectrum of leading professional services firms and companies. WSG offers unique tools and services that facilitate and create new business opportunities by allowing members immediate access to each other in order to provide their clients superior service.
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Jessica E. FerdinandConsultant
Justine ListMarketing & Events Manager
Naomi RobinsonMarketing Manager
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The Compliance Challenges of Cross-Border Deals
World Services Group, June 2018
The business world continues to be a multinational place, with marketplaces and supply chains that cut across national borders. Global expansion efforts have also spawned a growing desire for cross-border deal making. These mergers and acquisitions, however, are easily complicated by language and cultural differences, in addition to local politics and regulatory regimes. Despite geopolitical risks aplenty (including ever-shifting sanctions regimes, the United States’ shift towards nativism, and the fractured state of the European Union post-Brexit) there remains plenty of interest, globally, for cross-border deals. Smartphone users in the U.S...
U.S. Supreme Court Says “Enough, Already” - Nike’s Broad Covenant Not to Sue Mooted Its Competitor’s Cancellation Counterclaim
World Services Group, February 2013
Sometimes, litigants are forced to reevaluate their strategy mid-course. Occasionally, a plaintiff in a pending trademark infringement action faces a cancellation counterclaim that poses a real threat to the plaintiff’s trademark. In that situation, to avoid the risk of cancellation or a declaration of invalidity, the plaintiff may want to voluntarily dismiss its claim and grant a covenant not to sue to the alleged infringer. A recent Supreme Court decision makes it clear that this is a viable tactic ifthe covenant is sufficiently broad. On January 9, 2013, in Already, LLC dba YUMS v. Nike, Inc., No. 11-982, the U.S...
The Asialaw Litigation Dispute Resolution Awards 2018
World Services Group, October 2018
The Asialaw Litigation Dispute Resolution Awards brought together private practice lawyers to recognize the firms setting a new standard in progressive work practices and leading the way in their field. WSG would like to applaud the successes of our Asia-Pacific member firms for their 2018 achievements. The WSG network consists of highly experienced members who understand the complexities and changing landscapes of their practice areas and regions, and for that, these member firms have been recognized as top talent professional service providers...
Shepherd and Wedderburn Celebrates its 250th Anniversary
World Services Group, October 2018
On 6 July 1768, David Stewart was admitted as a Writer to the Signet, laying the foundations of the firm that became Shepherd and Wedderburn. Since then, Shepherd and Wedderburn has grown to become one of Scotland’s top independent law firms – with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Aberdeen – and their relationship with the business and financial sectors has endured and prospered...
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