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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP London, England Document Search Results (10) Sort by:  | UK Government Publishes Consultation to Promote Private Sector Challenges to Anti-Competitive Practices
Patrick Doris, Jade-Alexandra Fearns; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 10, 2012, previously published on May 8, 2012 On April 24, 2012, the UK Government published a consultation paper on methods to promote private sector challenges to anti-competitive practices in the UK. This consultation comes shortly after the UK Government announced proposed reforms to the institutional framework for the regulation and...
| | Proposals for Binding Shareholder Votes on Executive Pay in the UK
James A. Cox, Daniel Pollard, Jeffery Roberts; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2012, previously published on April 18, 2012 On March 14, 2012, the UK Government published a consultation paper on its proposals to give shareholders of quoted companies a greater influence over executive pay.
|  | UK Government Targets Foreign Owners of UK Residential Property
Nicholas Aleksander, Assiya Shalabayeva, Jeffrey M. Trinklein; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2012, previously published on March 30, 2012 On March 21, 2012, the UK Government expressed its intention to ensure that individuals and companies pay a "fair share" of tax on residential property transactions and to tackle avoidance by (a) increasing Stamp Duty Land Tax, (b) proposing an annual fee for the right to own residential...
| | UK Government Announces Merger between the Country's Two Competition Authorities
James Ashe-Taylor, Patrick Doris, Jade-Alexandra Fearns, David Wood; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 22, 2012, previously published on March 19, 2012 On March 15, 2012, the UK Government published its response to a consultation relating to the possible reform of the UK's competition regime ("Response"). In the Response, the Government announced its intention to merge the competition functions of the Office of Fair Trading...
| | A Tale of Market Abuse Highlighting Traps for the Unwary
Jeffery Roberts, John H. Sturc, Edward A. Tran; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2012, previously published on March 5, 2012 The UK Financial Services Authority ("FSA") imposed fines of £3.651 million ($5.77 million) on Greenlight Capital Inc., a US hedge fund manager ("Greenlight"), £3.638 million ($5.74 million) on David Einhorn, Greenlight's owner, and £350,000 ($553,000) on Andrew Osborne, a...
| | UK Corporate Governance: The 2011 Report Card -- Verdict: 'Not Bad ... But Could Do Better'
James A. Cox, Leila Greer-Stapleton, Selina S. Sagayam; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 8, 2012, previously published on February 7, 2012 Introduction: The Financial Reporting Council ("FRC"), the independent regulator responsible for promoting corporate governance in the UK, published its annual report at the end of last year assessing the impact and effectiveness of the new UK Corporate Governance Code ("CGC")...
| | French Court of Appeals Confirms Heart of La Defense's Right to Seek and Obtain Creditor Protection in France under Safeguard Proceedings
Gregory A. Campbell, Benoît Fleury, Wayne P.J. McArdle, Jean-Philippe Robé; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on February 1, 2012 On January 19, 2012, the Versailles' Court of Appeals confirmed that CMBS borrower, Heart of la Défense SAS (Hold), and its Luxembourg parent company, Dame Luxembourg Sarl (Dame), were entitled to Court protection in France under Safeguard Proceedings (sauvegarde). Safeguard is a French...
| | Vote No to Pay -- the UK's Search for the 'Magic Bullet' & ... The Perils of the Scatter Gun Approach ...
James A. Cox, Leila Greer-Stapleton, Selina S. Sagayam; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 1, 2012, previously published on January 31, 2012 The Business Secretary of the British government ("Government"), Vince Cable, announced a week ago a package of controversial plans in a bid to transform UK executive pay culture. Under a new-four-pronged approach, shareholders would for the first time be given a binding vote on...
| | Duties of Directors of UK Subsidiary Companies - An Introduction
James Ashe-Taylor, James A. Cox, Patrick Doris, Jeffery Roberts; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 20, 2012, previously published on January 2012 This guide gives an overview of the duties of directors of unlisted private companies incorporated in the UK. While these duties will often coincide with the strategy and requirements of the subsidiary's parent company, it is not always the case and the circumstances may require a director to act...
| | E-Discovery Basics: Cross-Border E-Discovery (Vol. 1, No. 11)
Catherine D. Brewer, Patrick Doris, Gareth Evans, Farrah Pepper, Daniel Pollard; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 27, 2011, previously published on July 25, 2011 In previous installments of E-Discovery Basics, we discussed each of the stages in the e-discovery life cycle--starting with litigation preparedness, legal holds and preservation, and proceeding to processing, review, production, admissibility and presentation of electronically stored information...
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