Plaintiff stockholder litigation is increasingly alleging that discussions over merger support agreements and rollover agreements trigger the higher vote required by Section 203 of the De...
This client update identifies the principal issues that private equity firms and their portfolio companies should consider and address with the help of counsel before any purchase of port...
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A UK-EU partnership in financial services? Implications of the draft Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration
UK contingency planning for financial services in the ev...
The Delaware Supreme Court, in an opinion by Chief Justice Strine, recently reversed and remanded the Chancery Court’s ruling in DFC Global Corporation v. Muirfield Value Partners, L.P....
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Introduction
Supervisory Convergence in Financial Services
Proposals to amend the EMIR Supervisory Regime
On June 23, 2017, we passed the one year mark since the referen...
Minority equity investments in public companies are on the rise.These are often structured as an investment in convertible preferred stock to give the investor a senior position to other ...
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Introduction
Cross-border models for financial services
Societas Europea and cross-border mergers
On March 29th, 2017, the UK delivered a letter from the UK Prime ...
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Introduction
UK Supreme Court Judgment – the Miller Case
What will Brexit mean for benchmark administrators in the UK?
In the last few weeks, some welcome clarity has fin...
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Introduction
Walking on the cliff edge
New proposals for EU intermediate holding companies
“What’s the model? Have your cake and eat it.”
These were the handwritten...
In a ruling released yesterday morning, three senior judges of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (the “High Court”) handed the UK Government a significant defeat in relat...
