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Bee’ah, the Middle East’s sustainability pioneer, has now become BEEAH Group, adopting the structure of an investment holding company and assuming a new visual identity. As BEEAH Group, the organisation is unifying its growing businesses across industries and countries, including operations in UAE, KSA, Egypt and global joint ventures.

Since its founding over a decade ago, BEEAH has been driven by national, regional and global sustainability agendas. The company has established itself as a leader in the waste management industry, its first core business, while diversifying into new industries such as clean energy, environmental consulting, technology, and green mobility.

As a sustainability pioneer, BEEAH has already achieved historic milestones, including ground-breaking firsts for the UAE and wider region.

Its waste management businesses have achieved a 76% waste diversion rate in the emirate of Sharjah alone, the highest in the Middle East. Soon, BEEAH will launch its first clean energy project, the Sharjah Waste to Energy plant, which will realise the target of 100% waste diversion for the emirate and make it the first zero-waste city in the Middle East. The plant is an initiative of the Emirates Waste to Energy company, BEEAH’s joint venture with Masdar.

BEEAH is soon to move into its new headquarters, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and integrated with artificial intelligence, making it one of the most iconic, digitally enabled and sustainable buildings in the world. As the office of the future, the building is a manifestation of BEEAH’s guiding strategy of sustainability and digitalisation, powered by renewable energy and operating at LEED Platinum standards for energy efficiency using cutting-edge digital twin technology.

HE Salim bin Mohamed Al Owais, Chairman of the Board of Directors at BEEAH Group, said: “This new structure and identity highlights our journey as an organisation over the past decade, while ushering in the next future-ready chapter. We have now evolved from a business with operations across future-critical industries, into a holding group of businesses that are shaping the future of these industries in the Middle East and beyond.”

HE Salim bin Mohamed Al Owais attributed BEEAH’s success to His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, whose vision guided the organisation’s formation in 2007 as a public-private partnership. BEEAH was born out of the need to address environmental issues in the UAE and the wider region, beginning with waste management.

“Thanks to the foresight and support of His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, we proactively tackled the challenge of waste management in Sharjah, the UAE and the wider region. His Highness’ vision continues to drive our growing businesses and ventures in industries that are critical for a sustainable future,” HE Salim bin Mohamed Al Owais said.

Under the holding structure and new visual identity, BEEAH Group aims to grow its businesses across the region and globally, working as an organisation to fulfil its vision of pioneering a sustainable quality of life for all.

BEEAH Group is now the parent company for several key businesses including: BEEAH Tandeef for waste collection and city cleaning, BEEAH Recycling for waste processing and material recovery, BEEAH Energy for clean and renewable energy, BEEAH Environment Services for consulting, research and innovation, BEEAH Digital for future technologies and digital ventures, and BEEAH Transport for green mobility and autonomous transportation.

Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO of BEEAH Group, said: “With the new holding structure and identity, our businesses will deliver further value to our clients with solutions that are smart, scalable and resolve sustainability challenges in a more holistic way.”

“By specifying each of our industries of operation, we are giving our businesses the room they need to grow within their industries and areas of operation. At the same time, these verticals and businesses also benefit from the collective experience of BEEAH Group. Our organisation will continue to forge partnerships and invest in ventures that contribute to our overall purpose – to pioneer a sustainable quality of life,” he added.

As BEEAH Group, the company plans to further diversify its portfolio and launch landmark projects and ventures in the UAE, across the region and worldwide. “We are very excited for this next chapter, and we look forward to launching more initiatives that will help shape future industries and tomorrow’s smart, sustainable cities around the globe.”

Press and media are encouraged to visit the BEEAH Group Media Centre for more information:  http://www.beeahgroup.com/media-center

About BEEAH Group:

BEEAH Group is the region’s leading sustainability and digital expert, renowned for groundbreaking environmental innovations and smart solutions for future-ready cities. Recognising sustainability and technology as the pillars for a modern economy, BEEAH Group has invested in a comprehensive, full-circle strategy for the future, and expanded into the fields of renewable energy, sustainable transport, consultancy, education, and technology. Raising the bar for quality of life in the region, BEEAH Group businesses continue to set industry benchmarks in sustainable, smart solutions; and has helped countries across the region in creating and executing their own roadmap for a socially responsible future. The Group is currently operational in the UAE, Egypt and KSA. For more information, please visit beeahgroup.com and connect with @BEEAHGroup on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Closd provides end-to-end legal project management capabilities for complex legal projects to transactional lawyers, in-house legal counsels and dealmakers.

 

Paris, December  2nd, 2021 – LexisNexis Legal & Professional announced today that it has acquired Closd, a top-tier provider of legal transaction management in Europe, founded in 2018. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

 

Closd operates a legal transaction management SaaS platform that makes the management of complex legal projects simpler, safer and faster. Its end-to-end legal project management solution includes automated workflow management, secure document sharing, data rooms, electronic closing, transaction bible generation and document archiving. The Company serves more than 42,000 users consisting of transactional lawyers, in-house legal counsels and dealmakers in Europe and beyond.

 

Closd will become part of LexisNexis Legal & Professional, an established global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics, that helps customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making and achieve better outcomes. The acquisition of Closd is part of a global strategy to develop an ecosystem of solutions to serve legal professionals with analytics, legal document management, and decision support tools.

 

Philippe Carillon, President of LexisNexis Continental Europe, Middle East, and Africa, said: “Closd has quickly become a top-tier provider of legal transaction management. Its technological edge in legal workflow management, data rooms and electronic signatures will be combined with our own strengths in advanced technologies and content to deliver products that enable our customers to work in more effective and efficient ways. This acquisition is in line with our organic growth driven strategy, supported by acquisitions of analytics and workflow automation solutions that are natural additions to our existing business.”

 

Closd co-founder and CEO, Grégoire Debit, said: “We are proud to join LexisNexis and to contribute to the group’s cutting-edge innovation strategy. Synergies between our entities and products are clear. This alliance with an established global provider of legal information and technology will boost our growth and the development of our solutions, and help our internationalization strategy, in a booming sector. We truly look forward to building the future of work for legal professionals with the LexisNexis team.”

 

About LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is an established global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis^® and Nexis^® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 160 countries with 10,400 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

 

About RELX

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The Group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs over 33,000 people, of whom almost half are in North America. The shares of RELX PLC, the parent company, are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX.

 

*Note: Current market capitalisation can be found at http://www.relx.com/investors

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Quickly identify similarities and differences in opposing filings, across multiple documents,
while assessing the argument strength on both sides of a litigation matter

 Unique dashboard, patented concept mapping technology, shared citations view, and more case recommendations accelerates and improves the document comparison process

 

NEW YORK, October 25, 2021 – LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced a new enhancement to the Lexis+^® ecosystem – Judicial Brief Analysis – that will greatly accelerate and improve the document comparison process and quickly deliver the insights legal professionals need to draft stronger arguments and briefs.

Mirroring the process that judges and court clerks use when analyzing opposing briefs, Lexis+ Judicial Brief Analysis allows lawyers to compare up to six documents (three for each side) and receive one comprehensive report of all case law arguments, citations, and quotes to determine accuracy, relevance and argument strength. Its bold, intuitive design includes a unique dashboard visualization of extracted concepts, Shepard’s^® Citations analysis, quote accuracy, and other information that saves a user hours of review time. A new “shared” feature compares how opposing sides used similar arguments or citations in their documents, whether the arguments are “good law,” and whether any modifications were made to the original quotations. The AI-powered tool also recommends relevant case law and other content to help attorneys draft the strongest briefs possible.

“For busy legal professionals who spend significant time doing research to write briefs, Judicial Brief Analysis instantly delivers critical insights and recommendations that can strengthen their position – or weaken their opponent’s,” said Jeff Pfeifer, Chief Product Officer, LexisNexis North America. “Judicial Brief Analysis enables legal professionals to practice with unprecedented efficiency and confidence. Our use of advanced language parsing technologies ensures a thorough review of all plaintiff and defense arguments.”

Developed from attorney and court clerk feedback, Judicial Brief Analysis has tools and features that practitioners won’t get from competitive offerings, including:

• Unique dashboard view of relevant information, insights, and analytics helps visualize key elements to explore within the documents
• Patented concept mapping technology extracts legal- and fact-based concepts from a brief that were used to map to other relevant documents
• More overall briefs, pleadings, motions, and other court documents mean Lexis+ delivers more recommendations per brief to ensure practitioners are not missing critical cases
• Secondary content recommendations, including Practical Guidance, treatises, and more
• Side-by-side comparisons showcases similarities and differences across multiple documents in a single, unified view – without switching back and forth between separate windows

For more information on Lexis+ Judicial Brief Analysis features and pricing, please visit www.lexisnexis.com/lexisplus.

 

About LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis^® and Nexis^® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 160 countries with 10,400 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

 

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The International Awards Program Recognizes Best Practices in Research, Measurement, Insight, and Analysis

October 20, 2021 — NEW YORK CITY, NY — LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, was shortlisted for six awards by the International Association of Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC). Now in its 19th year, the global awards program recognizes and celebrates the importance of research, measurement, insights, and analytics.

“Being nominated in these categories reflects not only the achievements and results of our clients, but the trust they put in our team to deliver against their communication goals,” said Jean-Christophe Lahary, Head of Project and Solution Management team at LexisNexis. “It’s rewarding to have our contributions recognized by AMEC.”

The company was recognized for its contributions to a wide range of measurement programs, including evaluating a travel and tourism company’s media coverage as the COVID-19 pandemic spread; using measurement to identify high-ROI PR tactics amidst budget challenges; and validating the impact one communications team had on its media performance.

These efforts were led by the company’s Nexis® Media Intelligence and Research & Analytics service. The service combines media metrics and human analysis to understand how traditional and social media performance contributes to an organization’s goals and objectives.

LexisNexis was shortlisted in all six of the categories it was nominated for, including:

• Best Multi-Market Reporting
• Plain Language Award for Simplicity in Campaign Effectiveness Measurement and Reporting
• Most Effective Planning, Research and Evaluation in Consumer Communications
• Most Effective Planning, Research and Evaluation in the Public and Not-for-Profit Sectors
• Most Effective Planning, Research and Evaluation: Middle East and Africa
• Most Effective Planning, Research and Evaluation: The Americas

2021 was a record-setting year for entries to the AMEC Awards. Finalists’ submissions will now be reviewed by the judging panel, and winners will be announced in November.

For more information about the awards, visit amecorg.com/awards/2021-awards-shortlist.

About LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Legal & Professional^® is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that helps customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis^® and Nexis^® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 160 countries with 10,400 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

About the AMEC

AMEC is the world’s largest media intelligence and insights professional body, representing organisations and practitioners who provide media evaluation and communication research. AMEC has grown from seven members to nearly 200 in its 25th anniversary year, representing organisations based in 86+ countries, and more than 1,000 professionals dedicated to measurement and evaluation best practices across the globe. AMEC thinks and operates internationally, forming working groups from different countries to work together on new initiatives, all reinforced by its vibrant chapters in Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America.

Las Vegas, Oct. 12, 2021 – Edvisors® 2022-2023 Guide to Filing the FAFSA has been released. Every year thousands of families come to our site to learn about what to expect from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) application process. Our guide not only provides useful written information, but we also have provided helpful videos to guide students and families along the way.

“Applying for financial aid is a necessary part of the college process for millions of students.” Explains Elaine Rubin, Director of Corporate Communications at Edvisors. “While it may be an application that is dreaded, it is manageable. We work hard to focus our information and resources to help ease the anxiety around the FAFSA process. This year’s guide is no exception.”

Our FAFSA Guide will not only help students through the application process including financial reporting, but it also explains what they can expect after submitting the application and how to go about requesting a financial aid appeal. Students and parents can find our 2022-2023 Guide to Filing the FAFSA and other materials at www.edvisors.com/fafsa/guide/. To watch our YouTube videos covering the FAFSA process, visit our Edvisors YouTube channel.

In addition to the 2022-2023 Guide to Filing the FAFSA and other resources, Edvisors provides free, direct assistance to our site visitors who have questions about the financial aid process and repaying student loans through Ask the Edvisor®.

About Edvisors: For 20 years we have been known as one of the largest and most trusted resources to help students find their path to success. Everyone needs to find their own path, and we know that first-hand. We work to provide information from both our professional and personal experiences, to help individuals through college and beyond. Every year, millions of students and their families turn to the company’s flagship site, Edvisors.com, for timely, accurate information, advice and tools that help them confidently make the best decisions about paying for college. Additionally, Edvisors owns ScholarshipPoints.com, where students earn points to enter scholarship drawings (the site has awarded over $1 million to date);  PrivateStudentLoans.com, which helps borrowers find private loan solutions during school and in the refinancing stage. Founded in 1998, Edvisors is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. More information can be found at www.edvisors.com.

The company continues to grow rapidly and plans to enter new markets soon, including the United States

 

Ajax Systems, one of the biggest manufacturers of professional security systems with smart home capabilities, today announced that it has crossed a milestone of 1 million users in 120 countries globally. Recognized as the most award-winning wireless security system in Europe, Ajax smart alarm ensures protection of different types of premises from intrusion, fire and flood, as well as delivers home automation features.

Ajax’s success has been primarily driven by its innovations, namely proprietary technologies like Jeweller, Wings and OS Malevich, along with a great focus on user experience for both professionals and end-users. 

“Rethinking burglar alarms in 2015, we took the quality user experience as a basis,” said Valentine Hrytsenko, CMO at Ajax Systems. “We designed convenient mobile apps for remote setup and control, elaborated installation to make it hassle-free and developed a proprietary wireless connection to ensure reliability. And today, such an approach allows us to gain loyalty in a geometric progression. A year ago, the number of Ajax users was at 500 000, and today it is 1,000,000.” 

The current Ajax product line consists of 36 devices for indoor and outdoor security, including motion, fire, and leak detectors, as well as control panels (hubs), sirens, range extenders, keypads, panic buttons, and devices for home automation. 

Thanks to the system’s flexibility and opportunity to provide comprehensive security regardless of the premise size or location, Ajax alarm is widely implemented for protection not only of private and commercial property but also government and public facilities. Some most notable projects with an Ajax alarm installed include Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica, the Deutsches Museum in Munich, and wooden architecture in the Berger downtown, Norway, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Employing over 1,800 people, Ajax Systems has recently opened its second plant in Ukraine in order to increase production output. The manufacturer is actively preparing for its next big geographical expansion: with FCC and IC certificates received, Ajax will now be present wherever the 915 MHz frequency band is used. It means the system will shortly enter such markets as the US, Canada, Australia, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.

For more information, please visit: https://ajax.systems/

About Ajax Systems

Ajax Systems is a Ukrainian-based manufacturer of professional alarm systems. The company was founded in 2011 by Aleksandr Konotopskyi. In 2015, Ajax Systems launched production in Kyiv and raised the first $1 million from the SMRK fund, and then $10 million from Horizon Capital in 2019 to ramp up global expansion. In 2021 Ajax was included in the list of 30 Best Startups by Forbes Ukraine, in 3rd place after Gitlab and Grammarly.

Agreement provides LexisNexis customers with continued access to all articles, blog content, and real-time news feeds from one of the world’s most trusted news sources

 

NEW YORK, September 20, 2021 – LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced a multi-year extension of its global licensing agreement with The New York Times.

The agreement extends a 40-year relationship between LexisNexis and The New York Times. It ensures continued availability of news stories and editorial coverage from The New York Times via Nexis®, a flagship news and business product, as well as Lexis+ and other products across the legal and professional portfolio. New to the relationship is the inclusion of expanded rights in the media monitoring space, further strengthening an ongoing commitment to provide the most comprehensive set of global news and social content in the media intelligence market. Legal markets will continue to have full access to The New York Times content in addition to news from the Wall Street Journal, Law360 and American Lawyer Media, ensuring LexisNexis continues to be a one-stop shop for legal research.

“The extension of our agreement with The New York Times demonstrates our commitment to delivering the best possible data and content to our customers,” said Todd Larsen, President, Nexis Solutions. “This agreement helps us provide customers with access to unparalleled news coverage to analyze the competitive landscape and deliver actionable insights to their clients.”

“The New York Times is a valued resource for businesses around the globe. This arrangement will continue The Times’s long-standing relationship with LexisNexis services, and we are pleased to offer LexisNexis users access to the quality, original journalism they want most to help them understand the world,” said Michael Greenspon, Global Head, NYTLicensing and Print Innovation, The New York Times.

With this agreement, LexisNexis continues to deliver the most comprehensive legal and news content from The New York Times and 40,000+ other premier sources.

For more information on LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional, visit www.lexisnexis.com.

 

About LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Legal & Professional^® is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that helps customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis^® and Nexis^® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 160 countries with 10,400 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

 

About The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) is a global media organization dedicated to enhancing society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news and information. The company includes The New York Times, NYTimes.com and related properties. It is known globally for excellence in its journalism, and innovation in its print and digital storytelling and its business model. Follow news about the company at @NYTimesPR.