S10EP3: REA Makes Fourth Offer for RightMove; Why Do Firms Rebrand?; and Standard Chartered Takes on Investors in Test Case

Welcome back to The Firm Analyst! In this episode we discussed: how REA Group's £6.2bn offer for Righmove could result in a hostile takeover of the company and how lawyers assist clients in such circumstances; why law firms seek to rebrand, while taking a closer look at how Freshfields, Foot Anstey, A&O Shearman and BDB Pitmans have considered branding more recently; and Standard Chartered's dispute with investors regarding the proposed rate switch from LIBOR to SOFR on preference shares issued by the bank in 2006. I hope you enjoy the episode! Link to access on all platforms: https://linktr.ee