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Using European companies to restructure operations

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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March 9 2009

In the last issue of Insurance and Reinsurance Review we looked at how European legislation is tackling cross-border M&A transactions through the Cross-Border Mergers Directive, the Acquisitions Directive and the Takeovers Directive

European Advocate General opinion concludes no privilege for in-house lawyers

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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European Union
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June 17 2010

On 29 April 2010, European Advocate General Kokott gave her opinion in the case of Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd & Akcros Chemicals Ltd v European Commission

UK government's "call for evidence and views" on a European contract law

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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August 26 2010

On 18 August 2010 the UK Ministry of Justice launched a "Call for Evidence and Views" to inform its response to a European Commission Green Paper on a European contract law

ECJ confirms no change to European rules on legal professional privilege for in-house lawyers

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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European Union
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September 14 2010

In a judgment today, in the case of Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and Akcros Chemicals Ltd v Commission, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that, under European Union law, internal company communications with in-house lawyers are not protected by legal professional privilege (LPP

European Commission publishes a review of the European Company Statute

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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European Union
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March 31 2010

The European Company Statute (Regulation 21572001, which is directly applicable in EU member states) was adopted on 8 October 2001 and came into force on 8 October 2004

EU contract law

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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June 30 2011

On 1 July 2010, following a number of research studies, the European Commission published its Green Paper outlining various proposals for harmonising contract law within the European Union

Consultation on EU proposal to enable the creation of European Private Companies

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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October 23 2008

On 16 October 2008, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) published a consultation document seeking comments in respect of the European Commission's proposal for the creation of European Private Companies, which was published in June 2008

European Commission to monitor co-reinsurance practices

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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European Union
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August 10 2011

The Competition Directorate General of the European Commission has issued a tender for a third party contractor to undertake a wide-ranging study into co-reinsurance pools and ad hoc co-reinsurance agreements on the subscriptions market within the EU

European Commission publishes Green Paper on Consumer Collective Redress

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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European Union
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December 17 2008

On 27 November 2008, the European Commission (EC) published its Green Paper on Consumer Collective Redress