12/18/2019 7:58:04 AM 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...
12/13/2019 12:17:33 PM 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...
12/5/2019 11:53:39 AM 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...
11/29/2019 12:00:00 AM 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...
10/31/2019 12:00:00 AM 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...
10/23/2019 12:00:00 AM 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...
10/11/2019 10:55:11 AM 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...
10/8/2019 9:20:30 AM 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”,...
10/1/2019 12:00:00 AM 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...
9/17/2019 12:00:00 AM 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....
9/16/2019 12:00:00 AM 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,...
8/29/2019 12:22:29 PM 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...