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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Pride Month: myGwork's Free WorkPride 2025 Conference Empowers Allies to Step Up
LONDON, June 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tightening DEI regulations in the US and recent rulings – such as the UK Supreme Court's narrowing of the legal definition of 'sex' – are creating growing uncertainty in workplaces worldwide. These developments not only threaten progress toward workplace equality but also reinforce the urgent need for meaningful allyship at both the individual and corporate level to foster inclusion and belonging for all. Taking place during Pride Month, the sixth annual WorkPride 2025 virtual global conference, hosted by myGwork, (from 16–20 June) themed 'Your Allyship Journey Starts Here,' will address these pressing issues. The five-day event will spotlight the increasing importance of visible, vocal and active allyship in the workplace. Recent research by myGwork, the largest global talent and networking platform connecting diverse talent with inclusive companies, reveals that: 80% of LGBTQ+ Gen Z professionals are hesitant to join companies that have withdrawn support for LGBTQ+ inclusion. 80% are more likely to accept a job offer when they see allies and LGBTQ+ role models in leadership. Generation Z is reshaping the talent landscape, prioritising inclusion, visibility and authenticity. Performative gestures and 'rainbow-washing' are no longer acceptable. Companies that fail to meet these expectations risk losing top talent. Earlier this year, myGwork recorded a 120% increase in US-based job seeker traffic, reflecting a growing demand for safe and inclusive workplaces. This surge sends a clear message: Professionals from LGBTQ+ and other underrepresented groups are actively seeking environments where they can thrive. 'Allyship is no longer a nice-to-have. It's a business imperative,' said Adrien and Pierre Gaubert, Co-Founders of myGwork. 'WorkPride 2025 is the go-to global platform for allies and leaders to engage in meaningful dialogue, sharpen their inclusion strategies, and build truly inclusive workplaces.' WorkPride 2025 is proudly supported by top employers committed to LGBTQ+ inclusion. returns as headline sponsor, joined by day sponsors Taylor Wessing, RS Group, Canada Life, Organon, and the Valencia Gay Games. Robin Panrucker, Head of Talent Development and Inclusion at Taylor Wessing, said:'We're proud to support WorkPride 2025. Fostering inclusion isn't just good ethics – it's good business. Partnering with myGwork helps us continue building a truly diverse workforce.' Jessica Chu, Group Head of D&I at RS Group, added: 'Visible allyship is essential. myGwork continues to help us grow and evolve as an inclusive organization.' David Burten and Edison Chen, Global Co-Leads of Organon Pride Network, stated:'At Organon, we're creating a workplace where everyone belongs. Our ongoing partnership with myGwork enables us to attract talent and strengthen our culture of belonging.' WorkPride 2025 Hosted by myGwork, WorkPride 2025 will feature 200+ global speakers and 40+ sessions across five days, offered in both English and Spanish. The conference is open to all – LGBTQ+ professionals, allies, HR leaders, DEI advocates, and anyone committed to workplace equality. Key themes include: Practical allyship and leadership visibility Intersectionality and challenges facing LGBTQ+ professionals Inclusive language and addressing microaggressions Closing the Rainbow Wage Gap and promoting pay equity Mental health and wellbeing in diverse workplaces Using data to measure and improve DEI outcomes Attendees who join five or more sessions will earn a Certificate in LGBTQ+ Inclusion. WorkPride 2025 is free to attend. Register here now to access the full agenda, build your allyship journey, and help shape the future of workplace inclusion. About myGwork myGwork is the largest talent platform and professional network for LGBTQ+ professionals, graduates, inclusive employers, and anyone who believes in workplace equality. It empowers the LGBTQ+ community by offering individual members a safe space where they can connect with inclusive employers, find jobs, mentors, professional events, e- learning/training, news, and much more. myGwork's co-founders and twin brothers Adrien and Pierre Gaubert have won many accolades in the diversity and inclusion space since setting up the platform. Most recently they have been shortlisted for the 2024 National Diversity Awards as Entrepreneurs of Excellence. They have been honoured as 2023's inspirational role models in the Global Diversity List and featured in the UK's Top 50 inclusion champions in the 2022/23 Diversity Power List. They also won the Attitude Young LGBTQ+ Entrepreneur of the Year Award and were named as one of the Top 100 Global LGBT+ OUTstanding Executives. myGwork has won many awards too. Most recently myGwork scooped the 2023 Award for the D&I Tech Initiative category, and the co-founders, as well as the Bank of London's 2022 Rainbow Honours. It was also shortlisted for the 2023 European Diversity Awards and the 2022 Digital Leaders Impact Awards celebrating UK tech for good. Additionally, the company has been listed in the Top 5 Startups with Pride by Geek Times and won the Diva Magazine Award of Corporate Allies. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at CONTACT: For media inquiries, interviews, or further information, please contact: press@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Mayor
06-05-2025
- Business
- Business Mayor
Dubai attracts Swiss family offices tired of tax and regulation
Unlock the Editor's Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Swiss family offices that manage assets for the very wealthy are looking to move to Dubai as a confluence of factors from regulation to political debate over taxes erodes Switzerland's attractiveness. Ronald Graham, managing partner of law firm Taylor Wessing's Dubai office, said people at two large family offices, including one with billions of dollars of assets, had told him they were exploring moving to the United Arab Emirates and that regulation was the reason. One has already completed the move. He said: 'In Switzerland there is more regulation, certainly more disclosure in terms of confidential information. Dubai family offices are not subject to the same standards, they can be more private — that's more attractive to the world's wealthy.' There had been no single issue or 'road to Damascus moment' that had persuaded these family offices to consider leaving Switzerland but rather a pile-up of obstacles, Graham said, including the definition of 'family'. A family office in Switzerland managing assets for more than 20 clients, including members of a single family, or with earnings or assets above specified limits must be licensed as a portfolio manager, attracting more onerous regulation, according to Swiss bank Julius Baer. By contrast, Graham said, Dubai had a wide definition of 'family' which did not invite greater regulation. Wealthy families have also been concerned by recent political debate in Switzerland, which will hold a referendum later this year on the introduction of a 50 per cent tax on very large inheritances and gifts. A beneficiary of one Swiss family office said the political debate and concerns about regulation had pushed some people to leave the country. Voters are expected to reject the proposal but the person said, 'The insecurity it has caused in the past two years has obviously motivated some families to reconsider Switzerland as a financial hub.' He cited Norwegian families who had moved there to avoid high domestic taxes and Swiss families who held their businesses in their family offices. Both single family offices, which manage the wealth of one family, and multi-family offices have been moving wholesale to Dubai or establishing a branch there. Around 200 family offices joined Dubai's offshore financial centre last year, according to the DIFC, taking the total to 800. Reto Gareus, a partner at consultancy KPMG in Switzerland, said he saw many multi-family offices moving to the Middle East because their clients were relocating. 'The standard of living in Dubai is enormous and the economic system is geared towards entrepreneurs and ultra-high-net-worth individuals,' he said. Thomas Hug, a tax partner at Deloitte in Switzerland, noted that Switzerland does not offer generous incentives to investment companies, while some governments in the Middle East were offering 'compelling subsidies'. Dubai was also benefiting from other changes, from abolition of the UK's non-dom regime to high taxes in other European countries and sanctions on Russian assets, industry figures said. Family offices operating out of Switzerland and exploring the UAE were 'often long-established, sophisticated, multigenerational [and] run for non-Swiss nationals', said Yann Mrazek, managing partner of M/HQ, which helps rich clients structure their wealth. Consultancy Deloitte's 2024 ranking of international wealth management centres said that Switzerland remained the world's leading hub but that 'recent developments . . . threaten to weaken Swiss competitiveness', citing tax, regulation and a loss of trust among some investors following Credit Suisse's bankruptcy. At the same time, some wealthy Americans are drawing up contingency plans to move assets to Switzerland as the Trump administration sows uncertainty. The ski village of Andermatt is proving particularly attractive because of looser rules around foreign property ownership.
Gulf Insider
05-05-2025
- Business
- Gulf Insider
Dubai Attracts Swiss Family Offices Tired Of Tax And Regulation
Ronald Graham, managing partner of law firm Taylor Wessing's Dubai office, said people at two large family offices, including one with billions of dollars of assets, had told him they were exploring moving to the United Arab Emirates and that regulation was the reason. One has already completed the move. He said: 'In Switzerland there is more regulation, certainly more disclosure in terms of confidential information. Dubai family offices are not subject to the same standards, they can be more private — that's more attractive to the world's wealthy.' There had been no single issue or 'road to Damascus moment' that had persuaded these family offices to consider leaving Switzerland but rather a pile-up of obstacles, Graham said, including the definition of 'family'. A family office in Switzerland managing assets for more than 20 clients, including members of a single family, or with earnings or assets above specified limits must be licensed as a portfolio manager, attracting more onerous regulation, according to Swiss bank Julius Baer. By contrast, Graham said, Dubai had a wide definition of 'family' which did not invite greater regulation. Wealthy families have also been concerned by recent political debate in Switzerland, which will hold a referendum later this year on the introduction of a 50% tax on very large inheritances and gifts. A beneficiary of one Swiss family office said the political debate and concerns about regulation had pushed some people to leave the country. Voters are expected to reject the proposal but the person said, 'The insecurity it has caused in the past two years has obviously motivated some families to reconsider Switzerland as a financial hub.' He cited Norwegian families who had moved there to avoid high domestic taxes and Swiss families who held their businesses in their family offices. Both single family offices, which manage the wealth of one family, and multi-family offices have been moving wholesale to Dubai or establishing a branch there. Around 200 family offices joined Dubai's offshore financial centre last year, according to the DIFC, taking the total to 800. Reto Gareus, a partner at consultancy KPMG in Switzerland, said he saw many multi-family offices moving to the Middle East because their clients were relocating. 'The standard of living in Dubai is enormous and the economic system is geared towards entrepreneurs and ultra-high-net-worth individuals,' he said. Click here to read more…
Associated Press
10-02-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Caldwell Advises Eppendorf on the Sale of eLabNext
BOSTON and LONDON, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Caldwell, a law firm renowned for its expertise in intellectual property, life sciences, and technology transactions, is pleased to announce its role in advising Eppendorf Group, a leading provider of laboratory equipment, consumables, and services for the life sciences industry, on the successful sale of eLabNext, including U.S. and Canadian assets to SciShield, a U.S.-based company. This transaction has led to the creation of SciSure, a global technology company serving 800+ unique organizations, 550,000+ research and administrative users, and 37,000+ lab groups across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. This cross-border transaction, executed in collaboration with Taylor Wessing (Netherlands), reflects Caldwell's commitment to delivering exceptional legal support in complex and high-profile matters. The transaction highlights Caldwell's depth in M&A, life sciences, and technology, showcasing the firm's ability to provide comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional support. Caldwell's team, led by Partner Marcus Wolter and Associates Daniel O'Brien and Bianca Lindau, worked seamlessly with Taylor Wessing's Marnix Geraerts and other key legal advisors to achieve this milestone. The transaction was led from the client side by Dr. Julien Schlagowski, LL.M. (Stellenbosch), Legal Counsel at Eppendorf Group, and Klaus Ferber, Senior Vice President, Global Digital & Channel Business at Eppendorf Group, supported also by Dr. Catherina Lodemann, Senior Vice President, Legal, IP & Compliance at Eppendorf Group. On buy-side, legal support was provided by Thomas Queen (QS+S), and Tobias Miedema, Max de Vreede, and Diederick de Boer (Lexence). 'This transaction underscores Caldwell's ability to navigate the intricacies of cross-border M&A in the life sciences and technology sectors,' said Marcus Wolter, Partner at Caldwell. 'We are proud to have partnered with Eppendorf and our esteemed colleagues at Taylor Wessing to deliver this successful outcome.' About Caldwell Caldwell is a law firm specializing in intellectual property, M&A, and corporate legal services for high-growth companies, venture capital funds, and established corporates. With offices in Boston, Los Angeles, and London, Caldwell delivers innovative legal solutions across industries, including life sciences, technology, and healthcare. Media Contact: Mona Lucier Director of Marketing Caldwell
