We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. Our Summer 2025 review examines these developments and provides practical...more
9/3/2025
/ Acquisition Agreements ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Appeals ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Due Diligence ,
Merger Agreements ,
Merger Controls ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Risk Management ,
Shareholders ,
Third-Party ,
UK ,
Valuation
In Singularis Holdings Ltd (In Official Liquidation) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd ([2019] UKSC 50), the Supreme Court upheld the first successful claim in negligence by a customer of a financial institution for breach...more
11/6/2019
/ Appeals ,
Banking Sector ,
Breach of Duty ,
Causation ,
Dismissals ,
Duty of Care ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
Fraud ,
Investment Banks ,
Investment Management ,
Liquidation ,
Misappropriation ,
Negligence ,
Subsidiaries ,
UK ,
UK Supreme Court
We set out in the attached Newsletter a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place in the second half of 2018 and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these...more
1/11/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
AIM ,
Appeals ,
Arms Length Transactions ,
Board of Directors ,
Breach of Duty ,
Censures ,
Civil Conspiracy ,
Consideration ,
Contract Drafting ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Fines ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
EU ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Majority Shareholders ,
Mergers ,
Minority Shareholders ,
Misrepresentation ,
Non-Reliance Clauses ,
Parent Corporation ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reasonableness Factors ,
Right of First Refusal ,
Scheme of Arrangement ,
Shareholders' Agreements ,
Subsidiaries ,
UK ,
UK Companies Acts ,
Unfair Prejudice