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Solvent restructuring of Dana’s U.K. pension liabilities

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 2 2007

Ohio-based, 102-year-old automobile parts manufacturer Dana Corporation and 40 of its subsidiaries filed for chapter 11 protection in the U.S. in March 2006

Comparison of Chapter 11 United States Bankruptcy Code

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 2 2007

Chapter 11 focuses on preserving reorganization or going concern value over liquidation value

Takeover offers for English companies with U.S. shareholders: some considerations for bidders

  • Jones Day
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  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • July 3 2007

This Commentary considers some of the legal and regulatory issues that arise when a securities exchange offer is made for an English target company that has a substantial shareholder base or a secondary listing in the United States

Some differences in law and practice between U.K. and U.S. stock purchase agreements

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 16 2007

As M&A becomes increasingly international, historic differences between U.K. and U.S. practice are diminishing

Pensions issues in European mergers and acquisitions

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 28 2007

Pensions-related issues have long been a major concern in M&A transactions in the United States

Effective use of discovery obtained pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782 in proceedings before the English courts

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • April 27 2009

In proceedings before the English courts, there are specific rules of civil procedure that can be used to obtain discovery from U.S.-based persons who are not directly involved in the litigation

A Swift analysis

  • Jones Day
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 31 2010

The First Tier Tribunal's finding in the Swift case that a Delaware limited liability company was not an opaque vehicle for UK tax purposes has caused a stir in the international tax structuring arena

The handling of material nonpublic information in the U.S. and U.K. loan markets

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 13 2010

Institutions that maintain loan portfolios through origination or acquisition or engage in other activities that generate credit exposures ("loan market participants" or "LMPs") very often have access to (or are deemed to have access to) confidential information that may include material nonpublic information ("MNPI"

No U.S.-style class actions in the UK just yet: UK Court of Appeal rejects representative damages action against air freight cartel

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 24 2010

The English Court of Appeal has rejected a request to join hundreds of claimants to a damages claim against British Airways (BA) for its involvement in an air freight cartel

UK's Pensions Regulator asserts powers against US companies with UK affiliates

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • November 18 2010

Since 2005, the UK's Pensions Regulator ("Regulator") has had the power, in certain circumstances, to issue notices against companies (including US companies) affiliated with UK companies sponsoring UK defined benefit pension plans