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On 17 May 2022, the Dutch Senate approved a bill introducing a national security control regime for investment screening. The regime will capture transactions that satisfy the mandatory notification r...
Author(s): Max Immerzeel, Paul van den Berg
May 2022The large earthquakes felt earlier this year were an unnecessary reminder of the need for alternative energy sources in Japan. Coupled with the Government’s move to shift away from Russian oil...
Author(s): Hugh Goodwin
Our latest M&A monitor leads with a special report on our inaugural Freshfields M&A forum. Held on 9 March, the event explored the key considerations for European buyers doing deals in the US and was ...
Author(s): Sebastian Fain, Kate Cooper, Heiner Braun, Arun Balasubramanian
What has happened?The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a broader, more prescriptive disclosure regime for cybersecurity incidents and cybersecurity risk management, strategy an...
Author(s): Doug Smith, David Ludwick, Virginia Flower
On 30 March 2022, the English court sanctioned the most recent restructuring plan proposed by Smile Telecoms Holdings Limited (Smile). The Smile plan has raised novel issues in relation to the restruc...
Author(s): David Bor, Frank Clarke, Katharina Crinson, Sharon Tong, Craig Montgomery
Pandemic related restrictions on winding up companies come to an end.From the start of the pandemic, the UK government introduced restrictions to prevent creditors from winding up companies. Initially...
Author(s): Eleni Rawson, Katharina Crinson, Roger Schofield
In an era of heightened focus on economic and national security, new and strengthened investment screening regimes are increasingly seen by legislators around the world as an effective means of mainta...
Author(s): Megan Yeates, Rory Jones, Sarah Jensen
The High Court has sanctioned the Part 26A restructuring plan of E D & F Man Holdings Limited (the Plan) on which Freshfields has advised the E D & F Man Group (the Group). The Plan represents the fir...
Author(s): Nicholas Cooper, Craig Montgomery