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July 29, 2020

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COVID-19-related ad hoc corporate disclosures in Germany: a Freshfields analysis

Freshfields has analysed the 245 ad hoc announcements made by companies listed in Germany between mid-February and mid-April 2020...

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Frank Röhling Uwe Salaschek Jonas von Kalben

July 27, 2020

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Germany to introduce stricter foreign investment rules - again

On 17 July 2020, an update to Germany’s foreign investment law entered into force. The key points are as follows:

The changes mainly...

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Katharina Crinson

July 23, 2020

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The Abu Dhabi Global Market introduces priority funding for administrators

The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)continues to enhance its legislative framework after recently publishing its fourth round of...

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Doug Smith David Ludwick

July 23, 2020

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Unsponsored ADR programmes and Rule 10b-5 (again)

Non-US companies face increased hurdles in establishing a lack of involvement in unsponsored ADR programmes to avoid US securities fraud...

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Ivo van Dijk Tim Elkerbout

July 14, 2020

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Dutch loan portfolio transactions: Supreme Court judgment

On 10 July 2020, the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) clarified the legal position under Dutch law around the assignability of receivables...

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Sarah Gallagher Megan Yeates

July 14, 2020

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Sabre/Farelogix: opposing outcomes across the Atlantic – an interventionist approach by the UK to 'killer acquisitions' in the context of two-sided markets?

On 7 April 2020, US District Judge Stark decided not to prohibit the proposed acquisition by Sabre (one of the leading global...

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Meredith Mommers

July 13, 2020

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COVID-19 and M&A: Merger control during the pandemic

COVID-19 has disrupted global economies and thrown businesses into an unfamiliar and unstable environment. The economic effects of the...

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Jochen Ellrott

July 9, 2020

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

With negotiation power tilting towards buyers, the catalogue of deal protection provisions that a buyer is able to assert may expand...

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Caroline Chew Wenjie Shen

July 8, 2020

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UK Competition Appeal Tribunal confirms the high bar for successful challenges of CMA merger decisions

On 21 April 2020, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) unanimously dismissed Ecolab’s appeal of the Competition and Markets...

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Dawn Heath Samuel Taylor

July 8, 2020

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The UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 – Pension Protection Fund back in the driving seat

We reported in our previous blog published on 26 June 2020 that the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the Act) granted...

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Jochen Ellrott

July 6, 2020

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A (post) COVID-19 approach to sale and purchase agreements – part 3 of 4

With significant developments on the regulatory front suggesting that long-stop periods will need to increase in the post-COVID-19 world,...

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Jochen Ellrott

July 2, 2020

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A (post) COVID-19 approach to sale and purchase agreements – part 2 of 4

As the world begins to emerge belatedly from the COVID-19 crisis, potential buyers are lining up to forge ahead with existing expansion...

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