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...
Freshfields Transactions
1. Given current market conditions, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies (each, a "Buyer")[1] are considering buybacks...
Various regulators in the UK, the US and the EU have published statements over the last week in response to the unique circumstances...
An epidemic and the competition law share little in common but end up in the same place – one attacks fairly and equally; the other...
Until early 2020, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had won each of the seven litigated merger challenges that it had brought since...
OverviewOn 25 March 2020, the EU Commission (the Commission) issued a guidance paper (PDF) in relation to foreign direct investment (FDI)...
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, so too does the impact on the financial markets and on the global...
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, so too does the impact on the financial markets and on the economy...
COVID-19 is impacting all sectors of the economy and society, and merger review is no exception. Competition authorities are struggling...
We set out below some practical steps UK companies may wish to take to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on their...
Rishi Sunak has delivered his first budget as the UK’s Chancellor. With the headlines dominated by the coronavirus and little mention of...
On 28 June 2019, as part of the continuing push to reform corporate governance under the Abe administration, Japan’s Ministry of Economy,...