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    2021 M&A reporter: Q2
    2021-08-06

    COVID-19 M&A Lessons

    Filed under:
    USA, Company & Commercial, Corporate Finance/M&A, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Public, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Bribery, Corporate governance, Private equity, Climate change, Supply chain, Sexual harassment, Due diligence, ESG, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    Steven M. Haas , J. Steven Patterson , James A. Kennedy, II , J. R. Smith , Justin F. Paget , Eric Wilson , Scott H Kimpel , Hannah Flint
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
    Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q2 2021
    2021-07-29

    This quarterly civil fraud update provides a summary of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period April - June 2021.

    CONTEMPT OF COURT

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Kingsley Napley, Bribery, Injunction, Fiduciary, Abuse of process, Mediation, Contempt of court, HSBC
    Authors:
    Mary Young
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Kingsley Napley
    Creditor fraud in bankruptcy proceeding is not a "fraud on the court" for Rule 60 purposes
    2011-08-04

    IN RE: GOLF 255, INC. (July 22, 2011)

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Bribery, Bankruptcy, Shareholder, Fraud, Discovery, Res judicata and issue estoppel, Mediation, Indian National Congress, Trustee, United States bankruptcy court, Seventh Circuit
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
    Corporate and commercial disputes update - May 2021
    2021-05-27

    In this issue:

    Welcome to our corporate and commercial disputes update, a new bi-annual publication in which we summarise some of the most significant cases over the last six months or so in the corporate and commercial dispute resolution market:

     

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, Arbitration & ADR, Company & Commercial, Corporate Finance/M&A, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, Stephenson Harwood LLP, Bribery, Mediation, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), CJEU, House of Lords, Shell, Unilever, UK Supreme Court
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Stephenson Harwood LLP
    New financial support measures approved by the Spanish Government
    2021-05-14

    Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Spanish Government has approved a number of financial support measures to address companies’ liquidity requirements, including the creation of two guarantee schemes (líneas de avales) managed through the Spanish Official Credit Institute (Instituto de Crédito Oficial – ICO) in relation to financings granted to companies and the self-employed:

    Filed under:
    Spain, Insolvency & Restructuring, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Bribery, State aid, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    Silvia Angós , Iñaki Gabilondo , Ana López
    Location:
    Spain
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    The SFO and KBR: UK Supreme Court limits extraterritorial effect of SFO powers
    2021-02-16

    Introduction

    In R (on the application of KBR, Inc) (Appellant) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office (Respondent) [2021] UKSC 21 the Supreme Court held that the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") may not compel a foreign company to produce documents held overseas under section 2(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 ("CJA 1987").

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Stephenson Harwood LLP, Bribery, Serious Fraud Office (UK)
    Authors:
    Tony Woodcock , Alex Plant
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Stephenson Harwood LLP
    SFO’s International Investigatory Powers Curbed in Supreme Court Ruling
    2021-02-12

    Landmark decision holds that the SFO does not have the power to procure documents from foreign companies outside the jurisdiction.

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Public, White Collar Crime, Latham & Watkins LLP, Bribery, Brexit, Serious Fraud Office (UK)
    Authors:
    Stuart Alford KC
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Supreme Court ruling is a blow to Serious Fraud Office’s investigative powers
    2021-02-05

    ”The Supreme Court has today handed down its judgment in R (on the application of KBR, Inc) (Appellant) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office (Respondent) [2021] UKSC 2, an important decision relating to the Serious Fraud Office’s powers to issue notices on foreign companies under section 2(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987. In this article, David Savage, Head of Financial Crime looks at the case, and what the ruling means for the SFO’s investigative powers.

    Summary

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, USA, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, White Collar Crime, Stewarts, Bribery, US Securities and Exchange Commission, US Department of Justice, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), Serious Fraud Office (UK)
    Location:
    United Kingdom, USA
    Firm:
    Stewarts
    Doing business in the United States 2021
    2021-01-15

    Doing business in the United States

    2021

    2

    Hogan Lovells

    Doing business in the United States 2021

    3

    Contents

    Introduction1

    I.Openness of U.S. markets to foreign investment

    2

    II.Direct or indirect market entry and choice of entity

    8

    III. Commercial contracting

    20

    IV.Labor and employment law considerations

    26

    V.Immigration laws

    34

    VI.Intellectual property laws

    40

    VII. Export control and economic sanction laws

    46

    VIII. U.S. antitrust laws

    56

    Filed under:
    USA, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Competition & Antitrust, Copyrights, Corporate Finance/M&A, Designs and trade secrets, Employment & Labor, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Immigration, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Patents, Trade & Customs, Trademarks, White Collar Crime, Hogan Lovells, Medicare, Bribery, Corporate governance, Money laundering, Sexual harassment, H-1B visa, Due diligence, Non-disclosure agreement, Cybersecurity, Coronavirus, Personal protective equipment, Internal Revenue Service (USA), US Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission (USA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (USA), US Department of Justice, Office of Foreign Assets Control (USA), USPTO, US Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board (USA), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (USA), US International Trade Commission, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (USA), Microsoft, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, Family and Medical Leave Act 1993 (USA), Fair Labor Standards Act 1938 (USA), Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 (USA), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977 (USA), Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 1976 (USA), USMCA, CARES Act 2020 (USA)
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Hogan Lovells
    Governance & securities law focus
    2020-05-13

    GOVERNANCE & SECURITIES LAW FOCUS

    Proxima Nova A ExCn 35pt

    MAY 2020/LATIN AMERICA

    Below is a summary of the main developments in US, EU, and UK corporate governance and securities law since our last update in February 2020.

    Financial regulatory developments are available here.

    IN THIS ISSUE

    Filed under:
    USA, Delaware, Capital Markets, Energy & Natural Resources, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, White Collar Crime, A&O Shearman, Medicare, Bribery, Corporate governance, Brexit, Medicaid, Money laundering, Cybersecurity, Coronavirus, Paycheck Protection Program, Internal Revenue Service (USA), US Securities and Exchange Commission, European Commission, US Department of Justice, New York Stock Exchange, European Securities and Markets Authority, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977 (USA), Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 (USA), Families First Coronavirus Response Act 2020 (USA), CARES Act 2020 (USA)
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    A&O Shearman

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