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Meritas (other)
Meritas may mean * Meritas (cloth), a brand of oilcloth and other specialist cloths * Meritas (education), a former network of primary schools * Meritas (law) Meritas, formerly known as Commercial Law Affiliates, is a services network consisting of a global alliance of business law firms that was founded in 1990. As of 2019, the association's membership included over 190 law firms in 97 countries, wi ..., an American network of business law practices See also * Merita (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meritas (cloth)
Meritas was a brand of oilcloth first produced in 1869 by A. F. Buchanan and Sons at Montrose, New York. The company was taken over by the Standard Soap Cloth Company which then became part of the Standard Textile Products Company. The range of cloths produced under the ''Meritas'' brand was expanded to include composite cloth, leather cloth and slate cloth which were used for a variety of purposes including upholstery and trim for automobile A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, peopl ...s. In 1909, the company built the Meritas Mills in Columbus to manufacture these cloths. References {{reflist Textiles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meritas (education)
Meritas was a company that operated 10 for-profit college-preparatory schools. The majority of schools are located in the United States, with three additional schools in China, Switzerland, and Mexico. It was owned by Sterling Capital Partners, a private equity company. History The company was founded in 2005 by Philip E. Morgaman, who served as chairman and chief executive until 2008 and remained chairman until 2009, when he sold his interest in the company. He was succeeded as CEO by Jonathan (Mac) Gamse and later as chairman by Christopher Hoehn-Saric. At the time of this transition, Meritas had grown from a concept to 19 campuses with approximately 14,000 students. Meritas has purchased multiple schools worldwide. Its first acquisition, in 2005, was North Broward Preparatory School, in Coconut Creek, Florida. Collège du Léman, located in Geneva, Switzerland, was the next school to join the Meritas family in 2006. As of April 27, 2015, Meritas sold several of their acq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meritas (law)
Meritas, formerly known as Commercial Law Affiliates, is a services network consisting of a global alliance of business law firms that was founded in 1990. As of 2019, the association's membership included over 190 law firms in 97 countries, with more than 7500 lawyers worldwide. Functioning as a non-profit corporation headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ..., Meritas operates on an invitation-only basis with its member firms requiring recertification every three years in order to maintain their membership. Membership Jennifer McPhee, writing for ''Canadian Lawyer'', described Meritas as one of the "more established by-invitation only legal networks that do extensive research before carefully selecting one firm per jurisdiction." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |