Due to the conflict involving the U.S. and Iran, major events such as Formula 1 races and financial forums in the region have been cancelled.

The legal industry's business model may shift towards success fees, similar to Wachtell, rather than the billable hour model, due to AI's impact on legal work.

Valuing companies in or exposed to the Middle East has become difficult because the cost of insurance has risen dramatically and the cost of energy as an input is impossible to determine.

The conflict in Iran is beginning to have second and third-order impacts on financial markets and the movement of goods.

Dentons is considered the largest law firm in the world.

Over the last 10 years, major law firms like Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins have pursued a strategy of getting larger and charging higher fees, leading to record-high profits per equity partner...

John Waldron of Goldman Sachs described the M&A deals of the previous year as 'once in a generation, once in a lifetime deals' involving highly regulated sectors like railroads and movie studios.

AI technology enables the creation of very convincing deepfake videos of individuals, such as those in Hollywood, saying things they never said.

There has been a significant push by companies, with Starbucks being a chief example, to exit the Chinese market.

Dentons dissolved its partnership with China's largest law firm in 2023 and has since re-established a form of that partnership.