Spanish Law Year in Review 2016 and Year to Come 2017

Year in Review – Spanish Law in 2016

Two general elections were held in Spain recently (the first in December 2015) and the various political parties were unable to reach an agreement to form a government until October 2016. This meant a major slowdown in law-making activity. The following are the main legislative changes and case-law precedents from 2016:

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Spain
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Linklaters LLP
Thai Law Year in Review 2016 and Year to Come 2017

Year in Review – Thai Law in 2016

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Thailand, Banking, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Competition & Antitrust, Employment & Labor, Energy & Natural Resources, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Projects & Procurement, Linklaters LLP, Share (finance), Corporate governance, Bankruptcy, Shareholder, Debt, Insider trading, Life insurance, Commercial law, Market manipulation
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Thailand
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Linklaters LLP
Court relies on market capitalization to determine solvency of debtor prior to bankruptcy

Can market capitalization be used to evidence the solvency of bankrupt debtors? A recent bankruptcy case out of the District of Delaware suggests that it can.1

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White & Case, Public company, Bankruptcy, Market capitalisation, Debtor, Consideration, Debt, Liquidation, Intangible asset, Market manipulation, Valuation (finance), AOL
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USA
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White & Case