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Substance behind the sales pitch? UK Government calls for evidence on proposed EU Contract Law

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • March 30 2012

The Ministry of Justice has published a call for evidence in relation to the European Commission’s proposals for a Common European Sales Law

Consumer goods: update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Indonesia, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • February 29 2012

The Ministry of Commerce People’s Republic of China’s (“MOFCOM”) prohibition of CocaCola’s proposed acquisition of Huiyuan in 2009 generated significant controversy and prompted a fear that the Anti-Monopoly Law could be used to prevent foreign-multinational companies from acquiring well-known Chinese brands and businesses

Eurozone crisis the corporate perspective

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 27 2012

2012 has begun with continued uncertainty surrounding the future of the Eurozone and the possibility that the year ahead will see the withdrawal of one or more countries from the euro

Preview of 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 12 2012

2012 will herald some significant changes to the legal arena, notably in the corporate area in relation to the Prospectus Directive, board diversity and corporate governance and reporting; in dispute resolution in relation to the Government's reforms to the civil litigation costs and funding regime; and in energy, real estate and construction areas where there are major changes to the carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme, changes to the energy performance certificates regime; and also the establishment of the Green Investment Bank

House of Commons objects to proposed Common European Sales Law

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 3 2012

The House of Commons has objected to the proposed Regulation to introduce a Common European Sales Law on the basis that it does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity

General Counsel Update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • December 7 2011

This is the twenty-seventh in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Proposed optional Common European Sales Law

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 1 2011

On 11 October the European Commission published its proposed Regulation on a Common European Sales Law, aimed at facilitating cross-border transactions in the EU

ECJ rules on parental liability and the Commission's duty to consider serious arguments put forward by the parent company aimed at rebutting liability

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 14 2011

The European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling in Elf Aquitaine (Case C-52109) of 29 September 2011 confirms that parent companies are able to rebut the presumption of their liability for anti-competitive behaviour by their subsidiaries and that the Commission needs to provide adequate reasons where it decides that the facts or legal arguments relied on by the parent company are not sufficient to rebut the presumption

Commission publishes proposal for an optional common European sales law

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • October 13 2011

The Commission has published its proposal for an optional Common European Sales Law which it says is aimed at facilitating cross-border transactions in the EU

EU green paper on corporate governance

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • August 1 2011

The European Commission has published its long awaited Green Paper on the EU corporate governance framework

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