1. What is a scheme of arrangement and when might you use it?
While the word ‘scheme’ may give you pause, a scheme of arrangement is a well-trodden path to purchase UK companies via a court-approved process....more
In spite of a general environment of political and economic uncertainty across the globe and a daily sprinkling of stock markets’ volatility, trade wars, sanctions, natural disasters and various other crises, 2018 has so far...more
The two legal systems that most often govern cross-border private M&A transactions are US (most commonly Delaware) law and English law. To the untrained eye, acquisition and sale agreements governed under either system may...more
On 24 July 2018, the UK Government published details of its proposed new regime for the scrutiny of foreign investments that may have national security implications. The details are contained in the National Security and...more