It's no surprise that Mr. Lipton's biggest detractors are his rivals at banks and other law firms, the beneficiaries of the increase in special committees and internal investigations that Mr. Lipton rails against.
Davis had to take out a life-insurance policy worth sixty-four million dollars, with the firm as the beneficiary, which cost a hundred thousand dollars in annual premiums, just to make sure that his death wouldn't ruin the firm.
The value creation process involves at least the firm and the beneficiary (e.g. the customer).
This firm is a beneficiary of a huge gas find called Davy Jones (for more on that, see "At 89 a Wildcatter Strikes Again").
This paper evaluates the impact of an R&D subsidy program implemented in a region of northern Italy in the early 2000s on innovation by beneficiary firms.
His firm was the biggest beneficiary of IBM's travail.
Because your firm was the largest beneficiary of the government's decision, did you or any of your employees lobby the Fed, Treasury or any other government agency for this "100 cents on a dollar" payout?
Although, as the firm is a big beneficiary of legal aid and one of its big shots is shown arriving at court in an eye-wateringly expensive sports car, a question should have been asked about the size of the fees involved.
"There are two areas of concern for us," says Tom Curran, the chief executive of Title Research, a firm which tracks down beneficiaries but only on the instruction of solicitors.
New positions include Republic Services, the waste-hauler; Symbol Technologies, which makes bar codes and scanners for retail, shipping and security firms; and United Rentals, a beneficiary of the trend by contractors to rent heavy equipment rather than own it.
