Dec 08, 2023 Not over yet: UK DMCC Bill enters the House of Lords with some key questions still up for debate By Sharon Malhi Rikki Haria Sarah Jensen Martin Dickson Abigail Legge Milo Noone +3 more... Show less The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the Bill) is still expected to come into force in Autumn 2024. Although the overall...
Jul 17, 2023 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening mechanisms must respect fundamental freedoms: A Case built on Clay, Sand (and Gravel) By Thomas Lübbig Uwe Salaschek Matthias Wahls Weak cases sometimes make good law. On 13 July, the ECJ in Case C-106/22 held that: Except in specific circumstances, the EU FDI...
Jan 18, 2023 Developments in Spanish tax exemptions for sovereign investors: impact for M&A deals and tax disputes By Álvaro Fernández Silvia Paternain Bosco Montejo The domestic Spanish tax code does not, of itself, provide for any specific exemptions or favourable regimes for foreign sovereign...
Feb 09, 2022 Unsponsored ADR programmes and Rule 10b-5 (again and it’s not over yet) By Doug Smith David Ludwick Virginia Flower In a positive development for non-US issuers, a new ruling in the long-running Stoyas v Toshiba case offers possible additional defence...
Mar 26, 2021 Deal disputes – preparing for a more litigious environment By Angela Landry Wherever you are in the world, mitigating against your litigation risk to create greater deal certainty will be paramount in 2021. In...
Jan 29, 2021 It works! DeepOcean’s fair wind fills the sails for UK cross-class cram down By Katharina Crinson Charlotte Schofield Richard Tett After Virgin Atlantic and Pizza Express achieved ‘too much consent’ and did not need cross-class cram down in the end, DeepOcean is the...
Jan 14, 2021 Dutch law share pledge enforcement: update following recent case law By Barbara Slooter Tim Elkerbout Following the entering into force of the Dutch Scheme on 1 January this year, allowing for court confirmation of private restructuring...
Oct 09, 2020 Codere's 2020 UK scheme of arrangement: a shot across the bow for bridge financing and fees By Adam Gallagher Katharina Crinson Adam Jones On 6 October 2020, the England and Wales High Court approved the second scheme of arrangement proposed by Codere (an international gaming...
May 29, 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...
May 06, 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...