Coronavirus - Private equity and the pandemic: Future of M&A Part 2 - Global
As we move into peak holiday season (if you can call it that this year!), we continue to gaze into the crystal ball and consider how deal-making is likely to change in the post-COVID 19 environment....
View ArticleWill COVID-19 have a lasting impact on workplace health and safety?
There is no doubt that the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak will have a long-lasting impact on the economy, businesses and working lives, but has the pandemic also successfully moved health and safety...
View ArticleBuyer power provisions under South Africas competition law
Earlier this year, the Competition Commission (“Commission”) published its Buyer Power Enforcement Guidelines to provide further clarity on the new Buyer Power provisions of the Competition Act 89 of...
View ArticleQuarterly Fraud and Corruption Enforcement update - July 2020
Please click here to download our quarterly Fraud and Corruption Enforcement update. Here we provide a quick overview of the recent key developments relating to criminal investigations and enforcement...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Private equity and the pandemic: Future of M&A Part 1 - Global
It is arguably difficult to look even to the near future when the world is in the midst of such upheaval and few have been left unaffected in one way or another on a personal level by the havoc...
View ArticleSECTION 34 PUBLICATION AND VOIDABLE SALES
Section 34 of the Insolvency Act provides that if parties enter into a sale of business agreement, a sale of goodwill of a business, or an agreement whereby any goods or property forming part of the...
View ArticlePart 3 Overview of the limited partnership fund: Safe harbors for limited...
For the majority of limited partners (“LPs”), the issue of utilizing or benefitting from a safe harbor is not one that ordinarily troubles them. They are, after all, entrusting the fund manager with...
View ArticleTechnology in Financial Services: Podcast Series
Episode 1 - Biometrics In episode 1, we discuss the Financial Services (FS) sector’s increasing collection (and reliance) of biometric data, including for account validation and payment transaction...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Private equity and the pandemic: The future of debt funding -...
Being asked to write an article on the future of the debt markets is something of a poisoned chalice, but I’ve checked my horoscope with Mystic Meg who at the time of writing promises that my “zone of...
View ArticleFCA reminds accountancy firms of their reporting obligations
Dear CEO letters are a tool used by the FCA and PRA to highlight issues of concern and how the regulator expects regulated firms to address them. However, in an unusual move, the Financial Conduct...
View ArticleLawbite: Interim Code Rights - balancing prejudice with the public benefit
EE Limited & Another v Cooper & Another [2020] UKUT 0214 (LC) EE and Three sought interim rights under paragraph 26 of the Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”) to enter land owned by...
View ArticleLawbite: First lease renewal of an electronic communications site under the...
Vodafone Limited -v- Hanover Capital Limited [2020] EW Misc 13 (CC) These were County Court (as opposed to Upper Tribunal) proceedings in which the Court was required to provide guidance upon term...
View ArticleIlluminating the new normal - Asia-Pacific legal counsel in a time of...
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on lives, livelihoods and industries across the world. It is challenging companies, their legal teams and corporate counsel to adapt to the “New...
View ArticlePPI: No second bite of the cherry, where customers have accepted PS17/3...
Beverley Ann Taylor -v- GE Money Consumer Lending Limited, 20 July 2020, Leeds County Court The Facts Miss Taylor (the “Claimant”), represented by HD Law Limited, sought relief under s140B of the...
View ArticleDo you supply products into the EU/EEA? Do you know whether those products...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) was updated on 25 June 2020 to include additional substances including Butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (Butylparaben). This...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal sanctions use of assets to pursue a fledging business by a...
Organic Grape Spirit Limited -v- Nueva IQT, S.L. [2020] EWCA Civ 999 Facts of the Case The appellant (“OGSL”) was a start-up company subject to a worldwide freezing order (“WFO”) in favour of the...
View ArticleHM Treasurys Payments Landscape Review: Call for Evidence
On 28 July 2020, the HM Treasury (‘HMT’) published a Call for Evidence to kickstart a review of the UK payments landscape. From our perspective, this review is likely to bring about changes to the...
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