Financial Regulatory Observer - February 2018
fThe financial services industry is undergoing a radical transformation. Companies that can navigate this uncertain terrain will retain a competitive edge.Language English Hero Image: Publication Type:...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises Icade on €600 Million Bond Issue and Tender Offer
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised Icade on its €600 million bond issue, with a maturity of ten years and an annual coupon of 1.625%.Icade has simultaneously launched a tender offer on...
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View ArticleWhite & Case Advises Bank Syndicate on Nordex Group €275 Million High Yield...
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised a bank syndicate led by BNP Paribas, HSBC, J. P. Morgan and UniCredit on the €275 million high yield bond issuance by Nordex, a wind turbine...
View ArticleEverything your business should know about the impending GDPR
fWith the GDPR deadline passing the 100 day mark recently, the May 25th deadline looms closer. Many businesses have begun preparing for the new legislation, but its full implementation is likely to...
View ArticleNew DIS RULES after 20 years
fTomorrow, on 1 March 2018, after 579 days of deliberations, the new arbitration rules of the German Institution of Arbitration ("DIS") will enter into force, replacing the previous 1998 DIS Rules. The...
View ArticleWhite & Case Announces London Qualifying Trainee Retention Rates for March 2018
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP will retain 81 percent of its London trainees who are due to qualify in March 2018, after 13 of 16 trainees were offered and accepted positions at the Firm.The...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises PFH on Acquisition of Uni Gasket Group
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP advised PFH on its acquisition of Uni Gasket Group.PFH is an independent investment holding company which has been operating in Italy for more than 30 years. Uni...
View ArticleLauri Love – How high has the forum bar really been set?
fIn what has been hailed as a landmark decision, the High Court recently refused to allow the extradition of UK citizen Lauri Love to the USA for offences of cyber theft, activating the forum bar for...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises European Investment Bank on Strategic Financing for ORES
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised the European Investment Bank (EIB) on a strategic €550 million financing to ORES, one of Belgium's main gas and electricity distribution networks...
View ArticlePerspectives on Arbitration in the OHADA Zone
fAs part of Paris Arbitration Week, White & Case is pleased to invite you to a conference on the topic of: Perspectives on Arbitration in the OHADA Zone.SpeakersNarcisse Aka, Secretary General of...
View ArticleMike Weir Joins White & Case as a Partner in London
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Private Equity Industry Group and Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of Mike Weir as a new partner in...
View ArticleInfrastructure Investor Global Summit in Berlin
fWhite & Case are sponsoring the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, which is taking place on the 20-22 March 2018 at the Hilton Hotel in Berlin. The event is the largest global gathering of...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises J.P. Morgan on Bridge Financing for ADLER Real Estate's...
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised J.P. Morgan, as mandated lead arranger and agent, on the financing of ADLER Real Estate AG's acquisition of up to 70 percent of Brack Capital...
View ArticleToward e-justice with the transformation of the French legal system?
fOn March 9th 2018, the Minister of Justice has unveiled the main lines of the upcoming reform regarding the radical transformation of the French judicial system.On January 15th 2018 a plan for the...
View ArticleSetting Aside Certificates for "Manifest Error"
fIn a judgment delivered last month, the English Court of Appeal considered the circumstances under which completion certificates under a PFI contract could be set aside for "manifest error".The...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises Oaktree Capital Management on Sale of SACO Property...
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised Oaktree Capital Management, a leading global alternative investment management firm, on its sale of the SACO property portfolio, one of the UK's...
View ArticlePayment limitation periods for works and services
fIn the recent case of ICE Architects Ltd v Empowering People Inspiring Communities [2018] EWHC 281 (QB), the English High Court considered whether the wording of the payment provisions in a contract...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises Nordic Capital on Acquisition of Ober Scharrer Group
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised Nordic Capital Fund IX (Nordic Capital) on the acquisition of Ober Scharrer Gruppe GmbH (OSG), one of Germany's leading providers of ophthalmology...
View ArticleFrench prosecutors reach first ever DPAs settling bribery charges
fIn February 2018, the first Conventions Judiciaire d'Intérêt Public ("CJIPs") – or French Deferred Prosecution Agreements ("DPAs") – were entered into for corruption charges between the Public...
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