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Ralls case affirms President’s broad CFIUS authority

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • China, USA
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  • March 14 2013

On February 22, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed all but one claim in a lawsuit filed by Chinese-owned Ralls

Foreign investment in minerals liable to less capital gains tax

  • Clayton Utz
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  • Australia
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  • April 26 2013

Australia's domestic laws limit the liability of foreign residents to Australian capital gains tax (CGT) to instances involving direct and indirect

Supreme Court of Queensland outlines the consequences of providing for a "fair market value" in relation to the valuation of joint venture interests

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
  • -
  • August 19 2011

Vale Belvedere Pty Ltd v BD Coal Pty Ltd 2011 QSC 173 concerned a joint venture agreement between the parties, under which Vale Belvedere Pty Ltd (Vale Belvedere) had exercised an option to purchase the interests of BD Coal Pty Ltd (BD Coal

Joint ventures in the energy & natural resources sector

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • Russia, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 14 2012

The TNK-BP joint venture between BP and Alfa Access Renova (“AAR”) set up in 2003 to explore, extract, refine and sell Siberian oil and gas has been a frequent subject of headlines in the decade since

Legal and market developments in Russia - summer autumn 2012

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Russia
  • -
  • November 7 2012

Russia Update: Legal and market developments in Russia Summer Autumn Issue 2012 Macro Updates

Representations and warranties in energy transactions

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 1 2011

Representations and warranties are a critical component of any energy asset acquisition and serve to allocate risk between buyer and seller

CFIUS shows new aggressiveness in ordering divestiture of wind energy farms

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 9 2012

Recent litigation an extraordinary rarity in practice before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has highlighted a new willingness on the part of the US Government to restrict parties’ activities relating to foreign acquisitions of US companies, through measures that go beyond the standard remedies of barring transactions or ordering divestiture

What’s the deal with fracking? Regulation, litigation and due diligence

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 18 2012

Recent enhanced drilling techniques have made it economically feasible to drill wells in certain shale formations, like the Marcellus Shale, and tap into the estimated trillions of cubic feet of natural gas trapped within those formations

U.S. District Judge rules on Ralls Corp challenge to President Obama's divestiture order

  • Stoel Rives LLP
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  • China, USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

There has been a new development in the effort by Ralls Corporation, a company owned by two Chinese nationals, to challenge President Obama's

Delaware Chancery Court's CNX Gas decision changes dynamics for controlling stockholder freeze-out transactions

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 9 2010

A recent Delaware Chancery Court decision, In re CNX Gas Corp. Shareholders Litigation, C.A. No. 5733-VCL (Del. Ch. May 25, 2010), changes the process and dynamics for controlling stockholder freeze-out transactions and improves the minority stockholders' position