29 May, 2020 SEC adopts changes to simplify financial disclosures for significant M&A transactions: implications for non-US companies By Doug Smith David Ludwick Virginia Flower The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted improvements to the rules requiring separate target financial disclosures...
29 May, 2020 CK Telecoms judgment – a watershed for European merger control By Amaryllis Müller Thomas Wessely James Aitken Michele Davis Onno Brouwer Koo Asakura +3 more... Show less On 28 May, Europe’s General Court handed down a landmark ruling, comprehensively and emphatically upholding an appeal brought by CK...
28 May, 2020 The most significant insolvency reforms for a generation: UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill By Katharina Crinson This blog post was written by a Freshfields team comprising Katharina Crinson, Lindsay Hingston, Catherine Balmond, Richard Tett, Ken...
27 May, 2020 Parliament adopts Dutch ‘Chapter 11’ law: major step towards a business rescue regime in Europe By Charlotte Ausema Michael Broeders Alejandra Bouts On 26 May 2020, the Dutch Lower House adopted the long-awaited legislative proposal regarding the Dutch scheme (Wet Homologatie...
22 May, 2020 Further Italian COVID-19 tax measures announced By Toni Marciante Costanza Cascone The Italian government already introduced relevant COVID-19 tax-related measures with the aim of assisting Italian individuals and...
20 May, 2020 Landmark UK reforms to help rescue companies in COVID-19 times By Lindsay Hingston Katharina Crinson As the business world starts to count the cost of the COVID-19 pandemic and the government measures taken to contain it, attention is...
18 May, 2020 The Netherlands to strengthen its foreign investment control screening policies: what lies ahead By Max Immerzeel Inspired by other countries and in line with the rise of protectionist policies globally, the Dutch government intends to introduce...
13 May, 2020 Planning licences in the Region of Madrid By Francisco Moya In response to the coronavirus crisis and to help reactivate the economy, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the president of the government of the...
12 May, 2020 The French market regulator is paying attention to activism By Hervé Pisani Ethan Klingsberg Sebastian Fain Elizabeth Bieber Arnaud Mouton +2 more... Show less Following a five-year-long saga, the enforcement committee of French market regulator Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) fined Elliott...
11 May, 2020 Joint ventures in a crisis: maintaining the balance By Alon Gordon Almost all businesses are facing unprecedented challenges in the global COVID-19 pandemic. But these challenges are, in a number of ways,...
06 May, 2020 Court of Appeal judgment in Debenhams – UK furloughed employees are adopted in administration By Katharina Crinson Lindsay Hingston The English Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in the Debenhams case, on which we acted. A copy of the judgment can be...