Dec 18, 2019 Post-acquisition integration: The top five people issues to consider By Nicola Jones People are a fundamental part of any business and significant HR challenges can arise in almost any M&A transactions, including after...
Dec 13, 2019 UK Pensions: Conservative majority paves the way for new criminal offences By Dawn Heath Tharusha Rajapakse Charles Smye Now that the election results have been confirmed, and the Conservative Party has secured a majority, we are expecting the Conservative...
Dec 05, 2019 EU Directive on Insolvency, Restructuring and Second Chance By Katharina Crinson On 16 July 2019 the Directive on insolvency, restructuring and second chance (the Directive) came into force. The Directive had a long...
Nov 29, 2019 FDI in Germany: more protection for critical technologies By Jonas von Kalben Frank Röhling Following the announcement by the Chinese government of a Made in China 2025 strategy and plans to spend $1.3tn to promote domestic...
Oct 31, 2019 International Capital Markets trends 2018/19 By David Ludwick Doug Smith In an article published in October by LexisNexis, our international capital markets team gives an overview of recent trends experienced...
Oct 23, 2019 EBA guidance on the EU Securitisation Regulation: positive news for loan portfolio acquisitions but key questions remain unanswered and policy conflict remains By Mandeep Lotay Background On 1 January 2019, the new EU Securitisation Regulation (the SR) became applicable across the EU imposing new obligations for...
Oct 11, 2019 Hostile takeovers – is the debate still about value? By Nick Jones Poison pills, dawn raids, staggered boards, white knights, the pacman defence – these are the colourful terms that come to mind when the...
Oct 08, 2019 Getting The Deal Through – Merger Control In Flux By Jennifer Mellott The just published 2020 edition of Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control features an opening chapter titled “Merger Control In Flux”,...
Oct 01, 2019 Getting The Deal Through: Merger Control – 2020 edition now out By Thomas Janssens The latest edition of Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control is now out. The ever increasing complexity of merger control enforcement...
Sep 17, 2019 England's Law Commission reports on e-signatures – but deeds are here to stay (for now) By Ruth Musgrave As executing documents by electronic signature (e-signature) becomes increasingly common, related law and practice continues to develop....
Sep 16, 2019 What's the future for regulated industries? Freshfields' Petersberg Conference will take a look By Andreas Schuler Christoph Werkmeister Mina Aryobsei At a time of rising economic uncertainty, particularly for regulated industries, we are inviting decision-makers from telecommunications,...
Aug 29, 2019 Brussels to determine framework for green investment standards over the next months By Christiaan Smits Mathias Lehner These are special times in Brussels policy circles. With a new European Commission due to take office and a new European Parliament that...