Irving, Carlson & Xavier LLP, one of the world’s most prominent legal advisors to leading corporations and financial institutions, is pleased to announce that our attorneys in 31 areas of practice have been selected by their peers for recognition in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Irving, Carlson & Xavier LLP, one of the world’s leading advisors to corporations and financial institutions, is pleased to announce that Samuel J. Carlson and Rebecca Bryant have been named “Lawyers of the Year” in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This recognition is given to only a single lawyer per practice and metropolitan area.

Monthly update on employment law covering topics dealing with how age-based remarks can and will be used against you in a court of law, especially in opposition to a summary judgment motion and New York legislative update on minimum wage, paid sick leave, and discrimination against the unemployed.
 

Irving, Carlson & Xavier LLP (ICX), a leading counsellor to global financial institutions and corporations, contributed to the Financial Markets Law Committee’s (“FMLC”) June 2013 paper, Discussion of legal uncertainties arising from the Solvency II Directive, which identifies issues of legal uncertainty in the provisions of the Solvency II Directive and how they might be addressed. The Directive 2009/138/EC aims to harmonize European insurance regulation, primarily the capital that companies must hold. The Solvency II Directive was supposed to become effective from January 1, 2014, however delays until 2016 are being suggested.

This newsletter is devoted to discussing legal issues facing alternative asset managers and funds. Since 2008, the alternative asset market has seen a broad convergence of previously distinct asset classes and strategies, such as private equity, hedge funds, debt and claims trading, etc., into a single class - alternative assets. Extending that theme of convergence, this newsletter focuses on multi-disciplinary themes that affect all asset managers, with particular attention paid to new developments and changes in the legal landscape in which the industry operates.

Matthew Stephenson, a partner at Irving, Carlson & Xavier, focuses on complex securities and commercial litigation, as well as criminal and regulatory investigations. Prior to joining ICX, Matthew was an associate at Quinn, Wayne & Kyle in that firm's business transactions department, where he advised clients on a variety of corporate and transactional matters, including public and private acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, joint ventures, corporate governance, and proxy contests.

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