New German bill tightens real estate transfer tax on share deals
Significant changes for share deals relating to entities owning German real estate passed the German Parliament and shall become effective from 1 July 2021.
Article Archive
Important new guidance on interpreting exclusion and limitation clauses
This article explores a recent TCC decision that has provided long overdue and important confirmation on how clauses excluding or restricting liability for breach should be interpreted.
Strategic investments in listed companies and shareholder relationship agreements
This article examines relationship agreements in the context of companies whose shares are admitted, or are seeking admission, to trading on one of the markets operated by the London Stock Exchange or Aquis Stock Exchange.
The EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Investments – Agriculture and Forestry (Soft Commodities)
In the fifth article of our sector series on the EU Taxonomy Regulation for Sustainable Investments, we set out the key concepts it introduced and explain what they means for market participants in the forestry and agriculture sectors.
US Dollar LIBOR Transition in asset finance – where are we now?
This article examines the recent regulatory and market body announcements relating to the transition away from LIBOR.
Ship leasing – risk of reclassification in US proceedings
As the importance of ship leasing as an alternative to debt financing grows, one potentially difficult and uncertain issue should be examined: the risk of a lease being recharacterised in US legal proceedings.
Anti-harassment training and the ‘reasonable steps’ defence
This article examines a recent case where it was held that the employer could not rely on the ‘reasonable steps’ defence where anti-harassment training provided to employees had become ‘stale’.
The Italian Hydrogen Strategy
In the seventh article in our ‘Hydrogen- what is the hype about?’ series, we provide an overview of the hydrogen sector and the strategy for its development in Italy.
Securing a Security: Implying limits in a guarantee
In this article, we look at an interesting decision from the English Commercial Court concerning the implication of terms into guarantees, which may raise alarm bells for some parties in the maritime sector.
Listed companies: holding shareholder meetings in 2021
This article sets out some guidance for UK-listed companies looking to hold a shareholder meeting in 2021.
