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The doctrine of frustration in English law

10/11/2009 In English law, "a contract may be discharged on the ground of frustration when something occurs after the formation of the contract which renders it physically or commercially impossible to fulfil the contract or transforms the obligation to perform into a radically different obligation from that undertaken at the moment of the entry into the contract."

The pledge – taking security over shares

06/10/2010 In our experience, the taking of security for repayment of a debt by way of a pledge of shares subject to English law is fairly commonplace in certain of the emerging economies, particularly Russia, and we have seen the use of this instrument in a number of emerging market transactions with cross-jurisdictional elements in which we have been involved.

Episode 260: Sending our passports to Pornhub

22/04/2019 In this Episode, Nick Weaver and I discuss new Internet regulations proposed in the UK. He’s mostly okay with its anti-nudge code for kids, but not…

OFAC adds Rosneft and VEB subsidiaries to SSI list, designates Russian SDNs, advises on evasion

10/08/2015 On July 30, 2015, OFAC added 11 individuals and 15 entities in Russia and Ukraine to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN…

The boundaries of “restrictions by object” under EU competition law: a badly needed debate

03/02/2014 EU competition law, more specifically Article 101(1) TFEU, prohibits agreements that restrict competition either by “object” (i.e. By their very…

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