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Morrison & Foerster LLP | USA | 30 Jul 2020
Buying into Private Companies: 10 Points to Note for Secondary Share Acquisitions
Investments in private companies by way of share purchases from existing shareholders (secondary transactions) raise a unique set of complexities…
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Canada | 21 Mar 2019
Hail the ROFR: Another Non-Compete Bites the Dust at the Ontario Appeal Court
Last January, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Appeals Court) provided judicial clarity on the interplay between specific real estate documentation…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | United Kingdom, USA | 5 Mar 2019
LIBOR replacement: How to protect yourself
Without action you may have to pay more, or may receive less, than you expected under any financing arrangement or contract that references LIBOR and…
Dickinson Wright | United Kingdom, USA | 1 Mar 2019
Do I Need a Right of First Refusal in My Parenting Plan?
Parenting time can be one of the most contentious issues in a divorce. Deciding which parent sees the children, how much and under what circumstances…
Santamarina y Steta SC | Mexico | 22 Feb 2019
Maximising your real estate returns with fractional ownership
As with any other type of investment opportunity, when investing in real estate, it is crucial to limit the risks as much as possible while maintaining maximum returns. Fractional ownership is a good option in this regard, irrespective of whether a party wants to develop real estate or invest in personal real property. Often mistakenly compared with the timeshare model, the fractional......
Thompson Coburn LLP | USA | 24 Jan 2019
Rest in peace: ROFRs expire once a tenant becomes a holdover tenant
In a case of first impression in California, the California Court of Appeal in Smyth v. Berman held that in the absence of specific language to the…
HFW | Global | 11 Jan 2019
Navigating a shareholders agreement: ROFR or ROFO?
In the first of our Corporate Wire series, in which we distil common corporate and transactional issues into bite-sized insight, we answer a commonly…
King & Spalding LLP | USA | 11 Dec 2018
Rights of First Refusal: New Texas Supreme Court Case Expands a Right-Holder’s Ability to Unwind a Conveyance for which It Did Not Receive Notice
The ownership of oil and gas mineral interests is often subject to a right of first refusal—commonly known by its acronym ROFR or the short-hand…
Paul Hastings LLP | United Kingdom | 19 Nov 2018
Avoiding Russian Roulette with Rights of First Offer in Shareholders’ Agreements
In the recently decided case of United Co Rusal Plc v Crispian Investments Limited (1) and Whiteleave Holdings (2), the English courts had to consider…
Ashfords LLP | United Kingdom | 6 Nov 2018
Landlords and Developers Beware - The Tenants' Right of First Refusal
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 ('1987 Act') provides "qualifying tenants" with a statutory right of first refusal by prohibiting certain landlords…
