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June 30, 2020

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UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 now in force

This blog post was written by a Freshfields team comprising Ken Baird, Richard Tett, Adam Gallagher, Catherine Balmond, Lindsay...

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Jochen Ellrott

June 29, 2020

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A (post) COVID-19 approach to sale and purchase agreements – part 1 of 4

A lot has been written about the macro-economic environment in which we expect to find ourselves as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic....

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Dawn Heath Samuel Taylor

June 26, 2020

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The UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 – greater protections for defined-benefit pension schemes confirmed

We reported in our previous blog published on 15 June 2020 ('The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill – a pensions perspective') that...

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Jenny Leahy

June 23, 2020

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The politics of global M&A: navigating foreign investment controls

The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated global trends towards more expansive reviews of foreign direct investment (FDI). The first half of...

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Sarah Jensen Michele Davis

June 23, 2020

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UK Government widens its powers to intervene in acquisitions

Companies deemed critical to combating COVID-19 and future public health emergencies gain protection as additional sectors are brought...

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Joanna Goyder

June 19, 2020

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Wide-ranging new EU tool targets foreign state subsidies

The European Commission’s controversial white paper on levelling the playing field as regards foreign subsidies (PDF) published on 17...

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Felix Roscam Abbing Winfred Knibbeler Paul van den Berg

June 18, 2020

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PostNL/Sandd: Dutch court annuls first ministerial merger licence

The District Court of Rotterdam on 11 June 2020 annulled the Minister of Economic Affairs’ decision to grant a licence for the...

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Alessandra Galea Rikki Haria

June 16, 2020

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Deal preparation remains vital in dynamic and innovation-led sectors: UK competition regulator publishes lessons from Illumina/PacBio

Mergers in rapidly developing, dynamic and innovation-led markets are increasingly coming under scrutiny from competition authorities.

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Dawn Heath Katharina Crinson Samuel Taylor

June 15, 2020

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The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill – a pensions perspective

The new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the Bill) has been introduced into the UK Parliament and proposes significant...

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Mark Liscio Madlyn Primoff Scott Talmadge

June 10, 2020

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Three avenues for US distressed M&A

Compared to the 2007-08 financial crisis, the COVID-19 crisis is likely to produce a broader array of asset classes that become available...

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Chris Milliken Tony Foster

June 8, 2020

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Education – Investment Outlook for the 2020s – Vietnam

The opportunity

Like many other countries, Vietnam closed its schools as a precautionary measure to deal with COVID-19. While initially...

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June 3, 2020

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Foreign investment review in times of COVID-19 – German regulation targets health sector

Today, a new regulation entered into force in Germany to increase foreign investment scrutiny in the health sector.

The new rules are...

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Ninette Dodoo Hazel Yin

June 2, 2020

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No material slowdown in decision-making for China’s antitrust authority

Since the start of the year, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has waved through more than 160 deals without remedies...

James Nepaulsingh Toshiki Yashima

June 1, 2020

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Shareholder meetings in Japan – the post-COVID-19 new normal

As many jurisdictions are easing their COVID-19 restrictions, many of our clients are asking how they should conduct their annual general...

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