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The Glass Cliff: Are women and minority ethnic group leaders held to a higher standard and, if so, why does it matter? – IFSEA Event – 25 February 2026

December 3rd, 2025 by Stuart Smith

The Glass Cliff: Are women and minority ethnic group leaders held to a higher standard and, if so, why does it matter? – IFSEA Event – 25 February 2026

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7th Annual IFSEA International Conference: Executive Risk. Reward. Reputation. Where Leadership Gets Real

November 26th, 2025 by Stuart Smith

7th Annual IFSEA International Conference: Executive Risk. Reward. Reputation. Where Leadership Gets Real – 16 June 2026 in London

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International Investigations: Protecting Your Interests Across Borders – IFSEA Webinar Thursday, 6 March, 1pm – 2pm GMT

February 21st, 2025 by Stuart Smith

International Investigations: Protecting Your Interests Across Borders – IFSEA Webinar – Thursday, 6 March, 1pm – 2pm GMT

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What’s the latest in the world of Private Equity, and how is it affecting PE Partners and Executives, Founders and Funds? – IFSEA Evening Event – 11 February 2025

December 10th, 2024 by Stuart Smith

What’s the latest in the world of Private Equity, and how is it affecting PE Partners and Executives, Founders and Funds? – IFSEA In-Person Event – 11 February 2025 – 6.00 pm – 7.15 pm

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6th IFSEA International Conference on Risk, Reward and Reputation Management Issues for Senior Executives & Founders

October 16th, 2024 by Stuart Smith

6th IFSEA International Conference on Executive & Founder Issues: One-Day Conference on Risk, Reward and Reputation Management for Senior Executives & Founders – 17 June 2025 in London

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Non-Poaching Restrictions in Employment

October 8th, 2024 by Stuart Smith

When can a business prevent its former employees from soliciting or enticing away its staff? And can it stop them from employing their former colleagues regardless of who made the first approach? In the third part of our series on restrictive covenants and other forms of business protection, Partner David Fisher looks at the enforceability and scope […]

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Non-Solicitation and Non-Dealing Restrictions in Employment

July 19th, 2024 by Stuart Smith

When can a business prevent its former employees from approaching or dealing with its clients, and how far can an individual go before their actions amount to a breach of their obligations? In the second part of our new series on restrictive covenants and other forms of business protection, Partner David Fisher looks at the enforceability […]

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Restrictive Covenants Around the World: Podcast preview of IFSEA Conference 2024 panel

June 17th, 2024 by Stuart Smith

In this short podcast, Chair Mark Risk (Mark Risk PC, New York) and Panellists Amit Bindra (The Prinz Law Firm, Chicago), Omar Molina Garcia (Augusta Abogados, Spain), and Jane Amphlett (Howard Kennedy LLP, UK) discuss briefly some of the issues that they will be analysing in their panel session at the 5th IFSEA Conference on Risk, Reward and Reputation Management for Senior Executives & Founders, on 25 […]

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Non-Competes in Employment

May 7th, 2024 by Stuart Smith

Businesses need to protect their interests when key people leave to join a competitor. Many companies and firms therefore include post-termination restrictive covenants in their employment contracts and partnership agreements, and it will be unusual for a partner, LLP member, senior executive or other key employee not to be subject to post-termination restrictions of one form […]

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Is It Too Soon For Executives (and Partners) to be Celebrating Their Release from US Non-Competition Restrictions?

May 1st, 2024 by Stuart Smith

On 23 April 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its final rule banning non-compete clauses across the United States of America (Final Rule). In a 3-2 decision, the FTC determined that non-compete clauses are an unfair method of competition and so violate s 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act). This is […]

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