8/28/2025 11:51:55 AM German real estate transfer tax: Federal Tax Court casts doubt on potential double tax charge in M&A transactions By David Beutel Philipp Redeker Moritz Lehmann German real estate transfer tax (Grunderwerbsteuer; RETT) is a significant cost factor in M&A transactions involving the direct or...
8/26/2025 6:11:30 PM Cross class cram across and cross border complexities: lessons from the Madagascar Oil restructuring plan By Nicholas Cooper Katharina Crinson Nick Fortune The High Court sanctioned Madagascar Oil Limited’s restructuring plan, exercising cross class cram down. The judgment deals with a few...
8/21/2025 10:40:54 AM Waldorf: the trilogy of Court of Appeal cases applied – restructuring plan not sanctioned By Chloe Ball Katharina Crinson Catherine Balmond In a significant further application of the Court of Appeal’s reasoning in Adler, Thames Water and Petrofac, the High Court declined to...
7/31/2025 10:51:28 AM Inside Infrastructure: The view from Vietnam By Eric Johnson Thanh Tien Bui George Chatham Hot topics Private Sector to Take Lead Role in Vietnam’s Economic Development: Vietnam’s private sector is now considered as “the most...
7/30/2025 1:39:09 PM Private credit in the loan market: a new era of financing for corporates By Rosemary Lobley In this blog, we look at the offering by private credit lenders of new financing solutions to corporates. Growth in this market is...
7/24/2025 8:57:12 AM Inside Infrastructure: Focus on France By Pascal Cuche Tanguy Bardet Louise Bragard Léa Hirschi +1 more... Show less Overview The Choose France 2025 summit, held from May 19 to 21, 2025 at the Château de Versailles, was marked by several major...
7/22/2025 7:17:03 PM UK National Security & Investment Screening: A More Business-Friendly Future? By Michele Davis Sarah Jensen Cara Carr A critical opportunity for investors and businesses to engage as enforcement levels increase Almost four years since the National...
7/16/2025 10:59:56 AM Merger control amid geopolitical shifts and antitrust scrutiny By Felix Roscam Abbing Aaron Green Janet Lang Alvaro Pliego Selie Kevin Yingling +2 more... Show less In a recent post, we shared details of the 2026 edition of Panoramic: Merger Control. This comprehensive guide continues to cover the...
7/15/2025 3:12:38 PM The India-UK Free Trade Agreement – key implications and takeaways By Rohit Bhat Piusha Bose Boyan Arshinkov Introduction On 6 May 2025, the UK and India signed the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA), expected to double bilateral trade and...
7/15/2025 1:59:08 PM FCA confirms new 75% threshold for further issuances By Christopher Mort Julian Makin Tom Godwin Richard Ho Katie Bentel Egor Marisin Jennifer McCarthy +4 more... Show less The FCA has today published final rules to implement the new public offers and admissions to trading regime (in PS 25/9, following its...
7/14/2025 1:13:13 PM Key Takeaways from the Mergermarket M&A Forum UK 2025 By Kate Cooper The Mergermarket M&A Forum UK 2025 brought together over 600 corporate acquirers, private equity investors, investment banks, and legal...
7/14/2025 11:55:20 AM EU Insolvency Law: Momentum builds as European Parliament comments on the draft directive to harmonise certain aspects of insolvency law By Charlotte Ausema Simran Khan Susanne Hoerrmann Katharina Crinson Silvia Angos +2 more... Show less In our earlier blog, "EU insolvency law: Member States move closer to harmonisation", we examined how proposals to harmonise insolvency...