4/17/2025 12:54:43 PM Petrofac restructuring plans move forwards: notice and fees in the spotlight By Caroline Platt Rob Gray Katharina Crinson Richard Tett +1 more... Show less On 8 April 2025, Mr Justice Marcus Smith delivered judgment granting Petrofac Limited and Petrofac International (UAE) LLC (the Plan...
4/15/2025 8:53:49 AM Enzen Plans Get Green Light By Tony Conn Caroline Platt Katharina Crinson Craig Montgomery +1 more... Show less On 25 March 2025, Mr Justice Norris handed down judgment sanctioning the restructuring plans (the Plans) of Enzen Global Limited and...
4/14/2025 8:44:17 AM The Dark Side of the Moon: Detecting and Scrutinizing Life Sciences M&A Remains Top of Mind at EC Expert Workshop By Jenny Leahy Alessandra Galea Niklas Andree Sharon Malhi +1 more... Show less In November 2024, the European Commission (EC) published an extensive study on so-called ‘killer acquisitions’ in the pharma sector,...
4/2/2025 3:17:13 PM Asymmetric jurisdiction clauses – the impact of recent case law on financing transactions By Peter Allen Andrew Heathcote Duncan Kellaway Thomas Clark Martin Hutchings Joe Amann Reena Parmar Ashmita Garrett Jessica Wrigley Kacey Brown +7 more... Show less The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of Società Italiana Lastre SpA (SIL) v Agora SARL, casts doubt on...
3/20/2025 12:40:29 PM Netherlands next in line to introduce a “call-in” option for competition regulator? By Winfred Knibbeler Paul van den Berg Felix Roscam Abbing On Tuesday 18 March, a draft legislative Act was published and opened up for public consultation (see here). Dutch Parliament has...
3/20/2025 9:38:22 AM Cessation of business By Duncan Kellaway Peter Allen Greg Garfield Laura Clark-Jones Reena Parmar Katharina Crinson +3 more... Show less In recent months, there have been numerous instances of activist investors in investment grade bonds arguing that certain (very common)...
3/14/2025 1:12:52 PM The next step in the CMA’s evolving approach to M&A By Colin Raftery James Aitken Alastair Chapman Karen Slaney +1 more... Show less On 12 March, the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) kicked off the next round of outreach in its “evolving approach to merger...
3/10/2025 3:50:43 PM Below threshold review: ACM calls in transaction for potential abuse of dominance By Winfred Knibbeler Paul van den Berg Felix Roscam Abbing On Friday 7 March, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (the ACM) announced that it was investigating the acquisition of...
3/3/2025 2:38:56 PM FCA proposals to widen UK investor access to corporate bonds By Peter Allen Duncan Kellaway Reena Parmar Magdalen Christie +1 more... Show less The FCA is consulting on proposals to allow retail investors in the UK to access corporate bonds alongside institutional investors. This...
2/28/2025 9:48:29 AM Private securitisation disclosure – one step forward, two steps back? By Joana Fragata Andrew Heathcote Jessica Wrigley On 13 February 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a consultation paper on the revision of the...
2/19/2025 11:25:34 AM Sino-Ocean’s Contentious Rescue Plan: Court Sides with Survival By Alistair Milne Xuan Boh Katharina Crinson Rachel Seeley Richard Tett Daniel Anderson +3 more... Show less 19 February 2025 UPDATE: Following sanction of the English RP, Justice Linda Chan of the Hong Kong High Court sanctioned Sino Ocean...
2/7/2025 10:55:48 AM The new UK regime for public offer platforms: the FCA consults on further proposals By Claire Harrop Tom Godwin Richard Ho Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy Eden Elder +3 more... Show less An important element of the UK’s new public offers and admissions to trading regime is the introduction of the public offer platform...