Dec 22, 2020 The Abraham Accords: what now for Israel-UAE investment? By Abdullah Geelah Chaim Seligman In September, Israel and the UAE (along with the US and Bahrain) signed the Abraham Accords. In what was widely seen as an important...
Dec 22, 2020 The new German preventive restructuring regime in force from 1 January 2021 By Katharina Crinson Lars Westpfahl Marvin Knapp Jochen Wilkens Jan-Philip Wilde +2 more... Show less On 17 December 2020 the German Parliament has passed the rules on the further development of the German restructuring and insolvency law...
Dec 17, 2020 Nascent competition: crystal ball gazing or a principled approach to regulatory oversight? By Caroline Chew Amid intense regulatory scrutiny of transactions in innovation-heavy industries such as tech or life sciences, competition authorities'...
Dec 16, 2020 Global M&A in 2020 – and what to expect in 2021 By Matthew Herman Robert Ashworth Richard Perks Bowd Jon +1 more... Show less With the festive season approaching, we thought this a good opportunity to look back at what happened in the world of M&A in 2020 – and...
Dec 15, 2020 A step forward for the energy transition – highlights of the UK Energy White Paper By Caroline Gregson Vanessa Jakovich Amy Sanderson Hana Byrne +1 more... Show less On Monday 14 December 2020, the UK Government delivered its long-awaited Energy White Paper which builds on Boris Johnson’s ‘10 Point...
Dec 09, 2020 Temporary prohibition on creditors from filing statutory demands and winding up petitions for COVID-19 related debts extended to 31 March 2021 By Katharina Crinson This blog post was written by a Freshfields team comprising Ken Baird, Catherine Balmond, Lindsay Hingston, Richard Tett, Adam Gallagher,...
Dec 08, 2020 After the fact: the actual impact of COVID-19 on M&A By Elizabeth Oberholzer Almost 10 months after the first lockdown restrictions were introduced in Europe, we find ourselves at the end of an unprecedented year...
Dec 03, 2020 The UK competition regulator's quest for a seat at the top table By Theodore Souris Kasia Bojarojc As the end of 2020 draws nearer, so does the end of the Brexit transition period. The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has...
Nov 26, 2020 The Netherlands to introduce additional foreign investment review regimes By Max Immerzeel Paul van den Berg Against a backdrop of increasingly protective foreign investment measures globally, the Dutch government plans to introduce additional...
Nov 23, 2020 Three things investors need to know about Indonesia's new Omnibus Law By Cameron Grant Philip Morgan Taybah Siddiqi In early October, Indonesia’s parliament passed the controversial omnibus bill on job creation (the Omnibus Law), which amends 79 laws...
Nov 19, 2020 Merger control filings in Austria: more information and time now needed By Florian Reiter-Werzin Maria Dreher-Lorje Anna Gerstendörfer Since the start of this month, the Austrian Federal Competition Authority (FCA) has required merger control filings to be submitted in a...
Nov 16, 2020 UK Pensions Regulator urges trustees to be prepared for sponsor distress By Dawn Heath Katharina Crinson Tharusha Rajapakse Samuel Taylor +1 more... Show less With the UK currently in the middle of its second lockdown, and companies facing further economic challenges, the Pensions Regulator has...