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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On 17 July 2020, an update to Germany’s foreign investment law entered into force. The key points are as follows: The changes mainly...
The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) continues to enhance its legislative framework after recently publishing its fourth round of...
Non-US companies face increased hurdles in establishing a lack of involvement in unsponsored ADR programmes to avoid US securities fraud...
On 10 July 2020, the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) clarified the legal position under Dutch law around the assignability of receivables...
On 7 April 2020, US District Judge Stark decided not to prohibit the proposed acquisition by Sabre (one of the leading global...
COVID-19 has disrupted global economies and thrown businesses into an unfamiliar and unstable environment. The economic effects of the...
With negotiation power tilting towards buyers, the catalogue of deal protection provisions that a buyer is able to assert may expand...
On 21 April 2020, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) unanimously dismissed Ecolab’s appeal of the Competition and Markets...
We reported in our previous blog published on 26 June 2020 that the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the Act) granted...
With significant developments on the regulatory front suggesting that long-stop periods will need to increase in the post-COVID-19 world,...
As the world begins to emerge belatedly from the COVID-19 crisis, potential buyers are lining up to forge ahead with existing expansion...