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Clarke Willmott LLP is a major player in sports law and leads the field in the South East with ‘a strong team‘ that is able ‘to provide succinct, fast and accurate advice at the right cost‘. Lead partner Trevor Watkins is ‘excellent, so much more than a lawyer, and can cut through the chaff‘. The Southampton office services national clients including Silverstone Circuits, the British Olympic Association and UK Sport.

Knights ‘knows the world of country matters, and hunting in particular‘. Matthew Knight is ‘knowledgeable and helpful‘ and advises the Masters of Foxhounds Association and the National Small-Bore Rifle Association.

Paris Smith LLP’s Janet May acts for Southampton FC, Portsmouth FC and Hampshire County Cricket Club, the three prize local Hampshire sporting clients.

SA Law LLP’s Peter Baines is chairman of the RFU Finance Committee. Fellow partner and joint department head Peter Goodman has an international reputation for F1 work, having advised McClaren, Lotus and Jaguar, and drivers including Dario Franchitti, David Coulthard and Nigel Mansell.

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Legal Developments in South East for Sport

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    - SJ Berwin LLP

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    GSK Stockmann & Kollegen has released an update explaining a case involving the VAT treatment of nonperforming loans that the German Federal Fiscal Court referred to the European Court of Justice.
    - GSK Gassner Stockmann & Kollegen

  • Company & Commercial - Germany

    In a series of judgments the German courts have subjected directors of UK limited companies with 'centres of main interest' (COMI) in Germany to German insolvency law. In its judgment of September 24 2009 the Berlin Higher Regional Court held that the director of an UK limited liability company whose COMI is situated in Berlin was personally liable for payments made after the company has become insolvent or overindebted, as set out in Section 64, Paragraph 2 (now Paragraph 1) of the Act on Limited Liability Companies.
    - GSK Gassner Stockmann & Kollegen

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    - Astapov Lawyers International Law Group

  • New Law on Public Private Partnership in Ukraine

    The President of Ukraine has signed the Law On Public Private Partnership (PPP Law) which was adopted by the Parliament of Ukraine on July 1, 2010. The law enters into force in three months after its official publication.
    - Astapov Lawyers International Law Group

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    - Magisters

  • Liabilities of Directors of an Investment Fund

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    - Noble & Scheidecker

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    - Penningtons Solicitors LLP

  • Regulation on Pre-Notification of Mergers, Consolidations and Acquisitions in Indonesia

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    - Makarim & Taira S.

  • ENFORCEMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL/FOREIGN ARBITRATION AWARD

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  • Sentencing guidelines for corporate manslaughter

    In February 2010 the Sentencing Guidelines Council (the SGC) issued definitive guidelines to courts on imposing appropriate sentences for corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death. The SGC states that fines imposed on companies found guilty of corporate manslaughter should not fall below £500,000, while fines in respect of health and safety offences that are a significant cause of death should be at least £100,000. Crucially, the SGC declined to provide for a fixed link between the imposed fine and the turnover or profitability of the offending company.

    - DLA Piper UK LLP

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