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  • Rome II: Threat to business in Europe?

    United Kingdom 24.07.2001
    On Wednesday 18th July 2001, the DTI held a seminar to consider the impact on business of a proposed EU regulation on the choice of law rules for non-contractual obligations. Companies are concerned that...

  • Takeover Directive - Conciliation Committee reaches agreement

    United Kingdom 07.06.2001
    In the early hours of 6 June the Council and European Parliament delegations to the Conciliation Committee finally reached agreement on the Takeover Directive. The two outstanding key issues, namely the...

  • Privy Council Decision in Re Brumark

    United Kingdom 05.06.2001
    The Privy Council delivered their judgment today in the case of Re Brumark, which was heard on appeal from New Zealand and was delivered by Lord Millet. The issue in the appeal centred on whether a charge...

  • Brumark anticipated - awaiting the decision of the Privy Council

    United Kingdom 04.06.2001
    A recent appeal from the New Zealand Court of Appeal to the Privy Council in the case of Re Brumark(1) could have a series of legal consequences that will reverberate through the banking and leasing industries....

  • EU Takeover Directive - final announcement is days away

    United Kingdom 31.05.2001
    Takeover Takeoff? The path of the European Union's Takeover Directive to its current status has been tortuous to say the least. It is over 15 years since the European Commission announced its intention...

  • Takeovers: compulsory purchase challenge rejected

    United Kingdom 15.05.2001
    The Court of Appeal has rejected a challenge to current takeover practice in relation to overseas shareholders, and has endorsed (although not without reservations) the tried and trusted methods by which...

  • Real Estate Finance

    United Kingdom 14.05.2001
    Introduction Historically, the financing of investment property in the UK has been concerned with one key factor, the open market value of the underlying property asset. However, investors and lenders...

  • Financial Advisers' Engagement Letter: who carries the can?

    United Kingdom 03.05.2001
    The recent stock market downturn could cause severe indigestion for several highly acquisitive companies. If the chief executive is looking to make the FD the scapegoat for a deal that went sour, the FD...

  • The Takeover Panel - membership changes and the Human Rights Act 1998

    United Kingdom 01.05.2001
    The Takeover Panel (the "Panel") recently amended the Introduction to The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"). These amendments reflect certain changes to the membership of the Panel and in...

  • Recent releases from the FSA

    United Kingdom 01.05.2001
    Update: The FSA recently released the following Consultation and Policy Papers: CP 89: 'Grandfathering Concessions and Individual Guidance': This CP sets out the FSA's detailed proposals for 'grandfathering...

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