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The Legal 500’s Country Comparative Guides are produced in association with the World’s leading lawyers and give the in-house community a practical overview of the laws and regulations in key jurisdictions, for specific practice areas.

Each country chapter is written by a renowned firm in an easy to use Q&A format. The Hot Topic articles provide analysis of current trends and developments within particular practice areas, giving our readership a deeper understanding of pressing issues within the specified sector.

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Anti-Bribery & Corruption 2022: Current trends in the U.K. Market and Hot Topics

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Lisa Osofsky, the current Director of the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office (the SFO), described 2022 as “the year of the trial” due to (an unprecedented) eight SFO trials listed in 2022 and early 2023. While the volume of trials reflects an increasing change of pace within the corporate criminal enforcement landscape in the UK, the …

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Ukraine: Temporary Protection Measures

Deloitte

Introduction Since 24 February 2022, over 4.3 million people have fled Ukraine. In response to the resulting humanitarian crisis, the European Union (EU) agreed to activate the 2001 EU Temporary Protection Directive for the first time on 4 March 2022. The EU Council Decision obligates Member States to grant immediate temporary protection to individuals leaving …

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“ Ordinary Course ” Covenants in U.S. Merger Agreements Post-COVID-19

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

The phrase “ordinary course of business” has been, for decades, a staple of acquisition agreements, where it appears frequently in representations, warranties and covenants. Despite its ubiquitous use, it was not until recently that the Delaware courts for the first time ruled on what constitutes “ordinary course of business” when a company is facing unforeseen …

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Carve-Out Transactions: Particularities under Swiss Law

Bär & Karrer Ltd.

After the market experienced an unprecedented disruption in 2020 induced by a global pandemic and a subsequent economic downturn, a substantial recovery in market activity in general but also in transaction activity especially took place in the following year. The upswing also led to an increased level of carve-out trans-actions in Switzerland which thus continue …

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Cross-Border Financing Trends in Middle Market Transactions

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

INTRODUCTION At the start of 2020, the world could not have foreseen the impact of a global pandemic. The financing markets were as strong as ever, with robust liquidity within both the private equity and credit markets and well-positioned public markets on both sides of the Atlantic. Economic indicators such as commodity and oil prices, …

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