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Cleary Gottlieb Discusses the Context for Analyzing Force Majeure Clauses in the UK

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

A COVID-19 Quandary: Does a Force Majeure Clause Displace the Frustration Doctrine?

The frustration (or ‘frustration of purpose’) doctrine excuses a party from its contractual obligations when an extraordinary event completely undermines its principal purpose in making the deal. Historically, the doctrine...

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Andrew A. Schwartz

COVID-19 in the US: Impossible Contracts and Force Majeure

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020—as well as government orders to contain it—have prevented countless people, babysitters to basketball players, from fulfilling their contracts. Are all of...

15 September 2020

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Andrew A. Schwartz

GCGC/ECGI Global Webinar Series - A ‘Majeure’ Update on COVID-19 and MAEs

Beyond the extraordinary human toll it continues to exact, the coronavirus has thrown a pall of uncertainty over hundreds of corporate transactions that were signed and waiting to close at...

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Matthew Jennejohn

Brexit Essentials: Contingency planning – what corporates can do between now and the referendum

Our latest Brexit Essentials briefing, available here, discusses the potentially significant consequences of a Brexit for businesses and financial markets, and explains how the precise impact will depend...

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Slaughter and May

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