Investment funds update - Eurozone crisis: economic challenges and legal risks *

European Union - January 6 2012
Herbert Smith recently hosted a seminar on the Eurozone crisis.

Co-authors: John Farr, Dorothy Livingston, Adam Johnson, John Balsdon, matthew job.

Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive - remuneration *

European Union, United Kingdom - July 21 2011
It is imperative for HR professionals, in-house counsel, compliance officers and others with responsibility for remuneration-related issues within firms who will be covered by the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive ("AIFMD") to be aware of the impact of the AIFMD on the structure and form of remuneration.

Co-authors: Tim West, Paul Ellerman, Tim Leaver.

JSC BTA Bank v A [2010] EWCA Civ 1141: appointment of a receiver *

United Kingdom - June 8 2011
Most reading this will know that freezing orders are granted to prohibit defendants from disposing of or dissipating their assets in a way that will prevent the claimant from enforcing any judgment he obtains.