Financial News is delighted to announce the shortlist for its fourth annual 

Awards for Excellence in Legal Services, Europe

. The awards celebrate the achievements of the best law firms, teams and individual lawyers supporting the financial markets throughout the past year.

Winners will be announced by Financial News in late April/early May 2017.

FN Legal Services Awards 2017 – Deal of the Year nominees

Helen Power

Anheuser-Busch InBev

21st Century Fox

Sysco

Hedge funds offer bumper pay to lure AI talent: ‘Million-dollar packages are not far’

Weekend crypto volatility increases demand for traders: ‘It wakes me up at night’

Kraken’s Arjun Sethi: Remote work will help us find the best talent

Senior GIC private equity lawyer joins Dechert in London

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US law firm hires private equity specialist from key client

Barclays poaches Citi managing director for wealth private credit push

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Dale Walsh will accelerate growth of the private bank and wealth management’s lending business

Northern Trust taps UN pension fund for head of international role

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Pedro Guazo, who joins in August, will also oversee the $1.3tn asset manager’s responsible investment platform globally

The buyback program delivers on UBS’s plans to hand money back to shareholders after the Swiss government proposed tougher capital rules for the bank earlier this month.

The firm had big ambitions for three resorts with views of the Aegean Sea. It recently sold the properties, barely breaking even.

Goldman Sachs Scraps Plans to Build Hotel Brand in Greece

Blockbuster tie-ups continued in the second quarter in industries relatively insulated from tariffs.

By Ben Glickman, Miriam Gottfried and Corrie Driebusch

Wall Street Hangs On to Hopes for a Boom in Deals

Sixth Street’s Alan Waxman thinks his publicly traded rivals are turning private credit into a commoditized, lower-returning business.

By Miriam Gottfried | Photographs by Jason Henry for WSJ 

A Pioneer in Private Credit Warns the Industry Is Ruining Its Golden Era

Carney and Trump will try to reach an agreement by July 21, a Canadian spokeswoman said.

By Vipal Monga in Toronto and Paul Vieira in Ottawa 

Canada Rescinds Digital-Services Tax to Salvage Trade Discussions With U.S.

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