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
As we begin 2025 and set our goals for the new year (realistic or unrealistic), we outline some of the significant English court rulings from 2024 and the key lessons they offer for the year ahead. In 2024, the courts...more
With the world still grappling with the outbreak of COVID-19, companies across a variety of industries have already suffered and anticipate further declines in their businesses and financial performances. This raises many new...more
As the nation (and much of the world) remains gripped in uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the unprecedented measures being taken to combat its spread, one thing appears beyond doubt on the legal...more
COVID-19 is likely to have a significant impact on the (non-)performance of commercial contracts across all sectors. This note provides a high-level checklist of some of the key issues to consider when dealing with an actual...more
It is readily apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on transactional activity—at least in the short term—for both buyers and sellers across a range of industries. Whether parties are still moving forward with...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sudden disruption to businesses and halted almost all forms of global commerce. Contractual parties, lenders and borrowers, and parties to Merger and acquisition agreements are now closely...more
The coronavirus COVID-19 is causing disruption across many business contexts and it would be prudent to do a check of your contractual obligations to determine if there are any consequences of the current disruption. While...more
Relavant Topics in International Financings Due to COVID-19 - Overview For existing financing arrangements: - Material Adverse Effect/Force Majeure... - New utilization requests... - Cancelation of existing...more
The global health crisis brought on by the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) continues to affect businesses of all sizes. This is causing uncertainty in businesses’ ability, or inability, to meet its contractual...more
The coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to create extensive uncertainty for individuals and businesses. For parties actively pursuing an M&A transaction, COVID-19 presents the buyer and seller with additional risks both pre- and...more
As COVID-19’s impacts threaten to upend contractual relationships between parties doing business under Chinese law, it is critical to understand the legal landscape in China. - China’s statutory laws allow contracting...more
Goodwin has written extensively on the challenges presented by the COVID-19 coronavirus... among these important issues, we also want to encourage our clients to be proactive in responding to the potential impact of COVID-19...more
The mysterious new virus first hit the headlines in late 2019, with several cases of viral pneumonia emerging in Wuhan, China. Less than three months later, the new coronavirus has infected over 116,000 people worldwide and...more
The outbreak of coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) is reportedly impacting global manufacturing, transportation and cross-border supply chains underpinning many aspects of international trade and commerce. Some companies...more