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Littleton Chambers | United Kingdom | 11 Sep 2020
Commercial Court rules on claim for declaratory relief in context of ongoing foreign proceedings
In an important judgment handed down today (reported at [2020] EWHC 2436 (Comm)), the Hon Mrs Justice Cockerill ruled on BNP Paribas SA's claims for…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 24 May 2019
BNP Paribas SA v Trattamento Rifiuti Metropolitani SPA (Rev 1) [2019] EWCA Civ 768
One commercial relationship in fact, two contracts in law: the Court of Appeal considers which agreement governs which disputes when the parties’…
McKool Smith | USA | 23 May 2019
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Allows Class Action on Behalf of Victims of Atrocities in Sudan to Proceed Against International Bank BNP Paribas
The law firm of McKool Smith, P.C., and Tobias Barrington Wolff, the Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 23 May 2019
Commercial Court grants summary judgment in favour of defendant bank in FX de-pegging case
The Commercial Court has granted summary judgment in favour of a bank defending a claim brought by a foreign exchange ("FX") broker seeking to…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 21 May 2019
Court of Appeal finds ISDA jurisdiction clause trumps competing clause in related contract
The Court of Appeal's judgment in BNP Paribas SA v Trattamento Rifiuti Metropolitani SPA provides further assurance that jurisdiction clauses within…
Novagraaf | France | 2 May 2019
New gTLD : délire ou nécessité ?
Il n’est pas exagéré de dire que l’ouverture de nombreuses nouvelles extensions génériques n’a pas eu l’effet escompté. En effet, les sociétés…
Hogan Lovells | USA | 9 Apr 2019
Insights from the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Korea 2019 Conference
There has been a huge influx of aircraft into the region in tandem with the associated financing needs. Banks and capital markets are more in demand…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 21 Mar 2019
Is it really within your “absolute discretion”? UBS AG v Rose Capital Ventures Ltd and others
Indian business tycoon, Mr Vijay Mallya, was once dubbed “the King of Good Times”. However, over the last two years, £1.14 billion of his assets have…
The Commercial Bar Association of Victoria | Australia | 8 Mar 2019
Performance securities and strict compliance
In Santos Limited v BNP Paribas [2019] QCA 11, Queensland’s Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the rejection of a claim by Santos Ltd…
RPC | United Kingdom | 7 Mar 2019
Enforceable oral contracts - Supreme Court looks to conduct and context
To avoid expensive litigation, contracting parties should ensure that all essential terms are expressly agreed within a legally binding contract…
