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13 July 2018
Subpoenas issued by Australian Court in support of Arbitral Proceedings
Businesses who participate in international arbitration should be aware of the mechanisms available to assist them with the arbitral process, including where assistance can be obtained from the courts in support of that arbitration. Such assistance can include not only subpoenas for witnesses to...
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13 July 2018
UK Court of Appeal finds UK parent company owes no duty of care in relation to operations of overseas subsidiary
The UK Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in AAA and others v Unilever PLC and Unilever Tea Kenya Limited , declaring that Unilever PLC (the UK parent company) owed no duty of care in relation to the operations of its Kenyan subsidiary, Unilever Tea Kenya Limited (" UTKL "). Without a...
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11 July 2018
How can in-house lawyers tackle the increasing threat of class actions in the English Courts?
Class actions represent an increasing area of risk for UK corporates, with increasing numbers of high-profile and highvalue group claims being brought, or threatened to be brought, in the English courts. The principal mechanism used to litigate these claims differs from the ‘opt-out’ class action...
Audio and Video
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11 July 2018
International negotiation competition
This year will be the 5 th Herbert Smith Freehills-NLU Delhi International Competition in which students from India and across the globe participate in transactional lawyer-type negotiation situations. This year, we are expecting a record 39 teams of which 23 are international teams from 10...
Legal Briefings
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10 July 2018
Corporate crime update, June 2018
Welcome to the June 2018 edition of our corporate crime update - our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. For the full update on each jurisdiction, please click on the name of the jurisdiction below. Below we provide a brief...
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10 July 2018
CYBER SECURITY QUARTERLY ROUND-UP, July 2018
Cyber security affects all businesses and industries and is a Board level agenda item. Our quarterly e-bulletin provides a roundup of best practice, news and legislative developments concerning cyber security in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA.
Events
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09 July 2018
Event: Banks and Human Rights Today
Marking ten years since the global financial crisis, a new book: "Necessary Evil: How to Fix Finance by Saving Human Rights” by Professor David Kinley investigates the impact the financial system has on human rights. The book explains how to reform finance in ways that will salvage its legitimacy...
Legal Briefings
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09 July 2018
Comments on UK proposal for the future relationship with the EU
Last Friday, 6 July, it was understood that the UK Cabinet had finally united around a UK position on the desired future relationship with the EU. However, it now remains to be seen if the proposal survives the protests of “betrayal” heard from some quarters and the resignations of the Secretary of...
Legal Briefings
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09 July 2018
Shareholder activism – new tactics, new players and a change in tone
Shareholder activism continues to grow in the UK as it does globally, both in terms of capital deployed and the publicity it attracts. While shareholder activism is not a new concept in the UK, the type of investors involved in activist campaigns, the companies that they are targeting, the tools...
Legal Briefings
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09 July 2018
Key questions for General Counsels dealing with global investment decisions
Recent years have seen global shifts in both policy frameworks for screening inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and the way in which those frameworks are applied. The result is a more uncertain environment for foreign investment, which parties to a transaction will have to consider how to...
Legal Briefings
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09 July 2018
Patent and Pharma Update, July 2018
Key recent developments in the United Kingdom and Europe relating to patents and the pharmaceutical sector English courts begin to consider the new Doctrine of Equivalents as applied by the Supreme Court in Actavis v Lilly , and continue to accept jurisdiction in complex, cross-border patent...
Legal Briefings
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06 July 2018
Hong Kong's anti-graft commissioner warns of corruption on belt and road
The head of Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has warned local investors to beware of rampant corruption in some Belt and Road countries. ICAC commissioner Simon Peh Yun-Lu pledged the support of the agency, one of the world's most respected and effective anti-corruption...
Legal Briefings
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06 July 2018
HM Treasury and Financial Regulators’ updates on Brexit preparation
Almost a year after it was introduced, a key piece of UK domestic Brexit legislation has now been passed. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ( EUWA ), which aims to provide a functioning statute book on the day the UK leaves the EU, completed its difficult passage through the UK Parliament...
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13 July 2018
Subpoenas issued by Australian Court in support of Arbitral Proceedings
Businesses who participate in international arbitration should be aware of the mechanisms available to assist them with the arbitral process, including where assistance can be obtained from the courts in support of that arbitration. Such assistance can include not only subpoenas for witnesses to...
Legal Briefings
|
13 July 2018
UK Court of Appeal finds UK parent company owes no duty of care in relation to operations of overseas subsidiary
The UK Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in AAA and others v Unilever PLC and Unilever Tea Kenya Limited , declaring that Unilever PLC (the UK parent company) owed no duty of care in relation to the operations of its Kenyan subsidiary, Unilever Tea Kenya Limited (" UTKL "). Without a...
Legal Briefings
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11 July 2018
How can in-house lawyers tackle the increasing threat of class actions in the English Courts?
Class actions represent an increasing area of risk for UK corporates, with increasing numbers of high-profile and highvalue group claims being brought, or threatened to be brought, in the English courts. The principal mechanism used to litigate these claims differs from the ‘opt-out’ class action...
Audio and Video
|
11 July 2018
International negotiation competition
This year will be the 5 th Herbert Smith Freehills-NLU Delhi International Competition in which students from India and across the globe participate in transactional lawyer-type negotiation situations. This year, we are expecting a record 39 teams of which 23 are international teams from 10...
Legal Briefings
|
10 July 2018
Corporate crime update, June 2018
Welcome to the June 2018 edition of our corporate crime update - our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. For the full update on each jurisdiction, please click on the name of the jurisdiction below. Below we provide a brief...
Legal Briefings
|
10 July 2018
CYBER SECURITY QUARTERLY ROUND-UP, July 2018
Cyber security affects all businesses and industries and is a Board level agenda item. Our quarterly e-bulletin provides a roundup of best practice, news and legislative developments concerning cyber security in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA.
Legal Briefings
|
09 July 2018
Comments on UK proposal for the future relationship with the EU
Last Friday, 6 July, it was understood that the UK Cabinet had finally united around a UK position on the desired future relationship with the EU. However, it now remains to be seen if the proposal survives the protests of “betrayal” heard from some quarters and the resignations of the Secretary of...
Legal Briefings
|
09 July 2018
Shareholder activism – new tactics, new players and a change in tone
Shareholder activism continues to grow in the UK as it does globally, both in terms of capital deployed and the publicity it attracts. While shareholder activism is not a new concept in the UK, the type of investors involved in activist campaigns, the companies that they are targeting, the tools...
Legal Briefings
|
09 July 2018
Key questions for General Counsels dealing with global investment decisions
Recent years have seen global shifts in both policy frameworks for screening inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and the way in which those frameworks are applied. The result is a more uncertain environment for foreign investment, which parties to a transaction will have to consider how to...
Legal Briefings
|
09 July 2018
Patent and Pharma Update, July 2018
Key recent developments in the United Kingdom and Europe relating to patents and the pharmaceutical sector English courts begin to consider the new Doctrine of Equivalents as applied by the Supreme Court in Actavis v Lilly , and continue to accept jurisdiction in complex, cross-border patent...
Events
|
09 July 2018
Event: Banks and Human Rights Today
Marking ten years since the global financial crisis, a new book: "Necessary Evil: How to Fix Finance by Saving Human Rights” by Professor David Kinley investigates the impact the financial system has on human rights. The book explains how to reform finance in ways that will salvage its legitimacy...
Legal Briefings
|
06 July 2018
Hong Kong's anti-graft commissioner warns of corruption on belt and road
The head of Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has warned local investors to beware of rampant corruption in some Belt and Road countries. ICAC commissioner Simon Peh Yun-Lu pledged the support of the agency, one of the world's most respected and effective anti-corruption...
Legal Briefings
|
06 July 2018
HM Treasury and Financial Regulators’ updates on Brexit preparation
Almost a year after it was introduced, a key piece of UK domestic Brexit legislation has now been passed. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ( EUWA ), which aims to provide a functioning statute book on the day the UK leaves the EU, completed its difficult passage through the UK Parliament...
