Mar 31, 2020 COVID-19: the UK Government’s moratorium on enforcement of rent covenants in commercial leases by landlords By Roger Schofield The Coronavirus Act 2020 came into force on 25 March. It imposed a moratorium on forfeiture of a commercial lease for a tenant's breach...
Mar 30, 2020 Debt buybacks: selected legal issues By Brian Rance En-Min Chua Francesca Loreto 1. Given current market conditions, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies (each, a "Buyer")[1] are considering buybacks...
Mar 30, 2020 COVID-19 – the impact on corporate reporting By Reena Parmar Various regulators in the UK, the US and the EU have published statements over the last week in response to the unique circumstances...
Mar 30, 2020 Vietnam’s long-awaited new merger rules are issued By Ngoc Nguyen An epidemic and the competition law share little in common but end up in the same place – one attacks fairly and equally; the other...
Mar 30, 2020 Essential Antitrust podcast series – episode 4: Lessons from the US FTC’s bid to block Evonik/PeroxyChem By Meredith Mommers Andrew Ewalt Laura Onken Jennifer Mellott Eric Mahr +2 more... Show less Until early 2020, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had won each of the seven litigated merger challenges that it had brought since...
Mar 26, 2020 COVID-19: shut down also for foreign direct investments into Europe? Commission issues guidance to member states on how to protect strategic assets By Frank Röhling Alastair Mordaunt Juliane Hilf Uwe Salaschek +1 more... Show less Overview On 25 March 2020, the EU Commission (the Commission) issued a guidance paper (PDF) in relation to foreign direct investment...
Mar 24, 2020 COVID-19 - Bank of England lends direct to corporates By Reena Parmar As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, so too does the impact on the financial markets and on the global...
Mar 20, 2020 DCM and COVID-19 By Peter Allen Duncan Kellaway Reena Parmar As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, so too does the impact on the financial markets and on the economy...
Mar 16, 2020 Impact of COVID-19 – merger review and deal timelines By Thomas McGrath COVID-19 is impacting all sectors of the economy and society, and merger review is no exception. Competition authorities are struggling...
Mar 13, 2020 UK AGMs and COVID-19 By Steph Maguire We set out below some practical steps UK companies may wish to take to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on their...
Mar 12, 2020 Tax matters: UK Budget 2020 By Brin Rajathurai Rishi Sunak has delivered his first budget as the UK’s Chancellor. With the headlines dominated by the coronavirus and little mention of...
Mar 04, 2020 Japan’s guidelines for fair M&A: A brief introduction By Paul Lee On 28 June 2019, as part of the continuing push to reform corporate governance under the Abe administration, Japan’s Ministry of Economy,...