There have been a number of recent English Court judgments of interest in the corporate field and this corporate update reports on cases relevant in relation to warranties and representations in M&A transactions, restrictive covenants in acquisition agreements, the enforcement of foreign judgments in cross-border insolvency proceedings and the piercing of the corporate veil.
WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS? - Ensuring clarity of intention when drafting acquisition agreements
United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Interest, Covenant (law), Misrepresentation, Warranty, Enforcement of foreign judgments, GAAP
On 29 February 2012, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment concerning the treatment of client money in the long-running administration of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (“LBIE”).
USA, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Lehman Brothers, FSA, UK Supreme Court