Litigation developments: core M&A and corporate governance doctrines
Will COVID-19 Qualify as a ‘Material Adverse Effect’?
MAE Clauses: Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton COVID-19 Litigation Podcast Series
Cases on Material Adverse Effect (“MAE”) clauses (also known as Material Adverse Change, or MAC, clauses) rarely come before the English courts, so there are limited English authorities on their construction. The High Court...more
The outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV ("Coronavirus") is an extraordinary challenge for many transactions involving Chinese companies. In this section, we analyse its impact on certain key aspects of mergers and...more