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McGuireWoods London partners Francesca Titus, Mehboob Dossa and William Boddy, Chicago partner Rodger Heaton and D.C. associate Andrew Thornton-Dibb contributed to Global Investigations Review's sixth edition of “The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations.” The lawyers wrote the cybersecurity section of “Volume I: Global Investigations in the United Kingdom and the United States.” Their discussion examined recent cases, issues that can arise in cyber investigations and how to respond to cyberattacks. It …

McGuireWoods London partner Mebs Dossa was quoted in a June 3, 2021, Compliance Week article on European Union probes into whether tech giants could still access European Union data meant to be protected.The EU has been looking into whether some cloud-based services infringe on privacy rules. The European Data Protection Supervisor, which oversees compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation in the EU, recently opened two investigations into two companies over concerns EU …

McGuireWoods London partner Francesca Titus, D.C.-based international attorney Andrew Thornton-Dibb, Chicago partner Rodger Heaton, and London partners Mehboob Dossa and William Boddy contributed to Global Investigation Review's fifth edition of “The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations.” The lawyers wrote the CyberSecurity section of “Volume I: Global Investigations in the United Kingdom and the United States.” Their discussion examines recent cases, issues that can arise in cyber investigations and how to …

McGuireWoods lawyers in London and the United States advised UK provider of essential components and solutions Essentra PLC (LSE: ESNT) in selling its Pipe Protection Technologies business to National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV), a Texas-based oil and gas equipment provider. The US$48 million (£38 million) cross-border transaction involving assets in the UK, Canada, Mexico and the United States closed Jan. 14.McGuireWoods assisted Essentra, a longtime client of the firm, in all …

… community, celebrate “achievement, excellence and innovation in the legal profession.” For each entry, judges are looking for evidence of legal expertise and innovation, project management skills, teamwork, client satisfaction, and value for money. Evaluating the entries is an independent panel of judges: general counsel and senior members of the legal community and several former law firm managing partners. Alasdair Douglas, chairman of the City of London Law Society, serves as the judging panel’s …

A McGuireWoods team represented GNC on its cash acquisition of Discount Supplements, the United Kingdom’s largest multi-brand sports nutrition e-tailer. The acquisition itself was strategic, as it resulted in GNC establishing a presence in the UK market.

London partner Mehboob Dossa was quoted in an article published on March 8 as part of the Financial Times’ “Mid Market Companies 2013” special report. In the article, titled “M&A: Brokers hang on in hope of a reversal in fortunes,” he offers his observations on how the recent financial crisis has impacted London stock brokerage firms.