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Pari Passu Undone: Game-Changing Decisions for Sovereigns in Distress

In ‘Pari Passu Undone: Game-Changing Decisions for Sovereigns in Distress’, which appears in Issue No. 3 of the ‘Cleary Gottlieb Emerging Markets Restructuring Journal’, published by Cleary Gottlieb...

15 August 2017

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

MAR: A Balanced Approach to the Market Sounding Regime’s Applicability in Capital Markets Transactions

Few aspects of the Market Abuse Regulation (‘MAR’) have generated as much angst and uncertainty among market participants planning capital markets transactions as the market sounding provisions of Article 11....

27 July 2017

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Workers on Boards: Thoughts from Europe

Speaking shortly before her appointment in July last year, UK Prime Minister Theresa May stated ‘If I’m Prime Minister, we’re going to… have not just consumers represented on company boards...

3 May 2017

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

District Judge Rules That Dodd-Frank Allows SEC to Bring Securities Fraud Claims Over Certain Foreign Transactions

Last week a Utah federal judge ruled that a provision of Dodd-Frank[1] authorizes the US Securities and Exchange Commission (‘SEC’) to bring fraud claims concerning securities bought...

20 April 2017

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Towards Brexit: The Trade Implications

The UK government has triggered Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union on 29 March. Upon notification, the UK has two years to complete negotiations for an Exit Agreement....

18 April 2017

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Consequential Loss Exclusions in UK M&A – Nebulous or Clear?

M&A transaction documents often contain an exclusion or limitation of the seller’s liability for ‘consequential’, ‘indirect’ or ‘special’ losses suffered by the purchaser. For instance, a purchase agreement will often provide...

15 February 2017

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

UK Implementation of EU Antitrust Damages Directive: Significant Changes to Rules on Antitrust Damages Actions

In our Alert Memorandum first published on 9 January 2017, we consider the UK Regulations implementing the EU Antitrust Damages Directive and examine...

25 January 2017

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

The UK Government Consults on Corporate Governance Reform: What Next?

The UK’s corporate governance framework, hailed by the current Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as “one of Britain’s biggest assets in competing in the global economy”,...

24 January 2017

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Staying Neutral - UK Supreme Court Re-emphasizes Primacy of Board Neutrality When Battles for Corporate Control Arise

This post comes to us from Sam Bagot of Cleary Gottlieb's London office.Directors of UK companies which are “for sale” are not (unlike directors of Delaware companies) subject...

5 April 2016

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

The New Market Abuse Regime: The Framework So Far

This post is based on the summary of a memorandum by Raj Panasar and Eloise Skinner of Cleary Gottlieb’s London office.On July 3, 2016, the Market Abuse Regulation...

24 March 2016

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Pari Passu Undone: Game-Changing Decisions for Sovereigns in Distress

MAR: A Balanced Approach to the Market Sounding Regime’s Applicability in Capital Markets Transactions

Workers on Boards: Thoughts from Europe

District Judge Rules That Dodd-Frank Allows SEC to Bring Securities Fraud Claims Over Certain Foreign Transactions

Towards Brexit: The Trade Implications

Consequential Loss Exclusions in UK M&A – Nebulous or Clear?

UK Implementation of EU Antitrust Damages Directive: Significant Changes to Rules on Antitrust Damages Actions

The UK Government Consults on Corporate Governance Reform: What Next?

Staying Neutral - UK Supreme Court Re-emphasizes Primacy of Board Neutrality When Battles for Corporate Control Arise

The New Market Abuse Regime: The Framework So Far

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