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Mayer Brown LLP Cologne, Germany Document Search Results (11) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Tackling the European Sovereign Debt Crisis - Stability at Last?
Marius A. Boewe, Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte, Carsten Flasshoff, Andreas Lange, Kai Liebrich, Jörg Wulfken; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 19, 2012, previously published on March 15, 2012 The European sovereign debt crisis has been back on the agenda of European leaders since the beginning of the year. On 30 January, the 27 Heads of State and Government met during an informal European Council in Brussels. The meeting’s official programme focused on growth and jobs and stressed...
| | PrimaCom - Confirming the Extraterritoriality of English Schemes of Arrangement
Daniel Hart, Jan Kraayvanger, Rainer Markfort, Stuart Pickford, Devi Shah, Marco Wilhelm; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2012, previously published on March 2012 Hildyard J’s recent sanctioning of the scheme of arrangement proposed by PrimaCom Holding GmbH (‘’PrimaCom’’), a German incorporated company whose creditors were domiciled outside of the UK, has reaffirmed the extra-territorial jurisdiction of the English courts in...
| | The Second Financial Market Stabilization Act
Marius A. Boewe, Carsten Flasshoff, Simon G. Grieser, Kai Liebrich, Jörg Wulfken, Heinrich von Bünau; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 10, 2012, previously published on February 10, 2012 The German Parliament (Bundestag) and the Bundesrat have resolved the 2nd Financial Market Stabilization Act (2nd FMStG, the Act). It will soon come into force. The Act empowers the Financial Market Stabilization Fund (SoFFin) again to provide stabilization measures according to the Financial...
| | EU Competition: Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext Merger Blocked
Kiran S. Desai, Nathalie Jalabert Doury, Jens Peter Schmidt, Gillian Sproul; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 6, 2012, previously published on February 2012 On 1st February 2012, the European Commission adopted its decision prohibiting the USD 10.2 billion merger between Deutsche Börse (DB) and NYSE Euronext (NYSE). The decision is notable not the least because it is rare for the Commission to block a merger. Only 21 have been blocked compared to...
| | European Commission Seeks Views on the Technology Transfer Block Exemption
Sarah Byrt, Kiran S. Desai, Nathalie Jalabert Doury, Sangeeta Puran, Jens Peter Schmidt, Gillian Sproul, Ulrich Worm; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 26, 2011, previously published on December 2011 The European Commission is inviting comments on the application of EU competition rules for the assessment of technology transfer agreements due to the upcoming expiry of the current Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (“TTBE”).
|  | The German Renewable Energy Act of 2012
Marius A. Boewe, Andrea Stratmann; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 12, 2011, previously published on December 8, 2011 The German government has reconsidered the role of nuclear energy in Germany as a result, in part, of the nuclear accident at Fukushima, Japan. This decision has resulted in recent energy policy decisions to phase out nuclear-generated energy by the end of 2022, and to increase use of renewable...
| | State Aid - The European Commission Updates the Special Crisis Regime to Banks
Kiran S. Desai, Nathalie Jalabert Doury, Jens Peter Schmidt, Gillian Sproul; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 12, 2011, previously published on December 2011 On 6 December 2011, the European Commission published a Communication to extend the application of the special State aid regime for banks that had been adopted during the financial crisis. The extension of the crisis framework responds to the need to tackle the continued tensions in the financial...
| | New US FTC Consent Decree Underscores Risks of Exclusive Arrangements for Companies with Large Market Shares
John Roberti, Jens Peter Schmidt, Richard M. Steuer, Carmine R. Zarlenga; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 30, 2011, previously published on November 29, 2011 The US Federal Trade Commission recently issued a consent decree that brings into focus the risks of requiring exclusivity. While In the Matter of Pool Corporation, FTC File No. 101 0115 (Nov. 21, 2011), involves unique facts, we believe that the FTC is investigating a number of exclusive...
| | The European Sovereign Debt Crisis - Paving the Way towards Financial Stability
Marius A. Boewe, Simon G. Grieser, Andreas Lange, Jens Peter Schmidt, Jörg Wulfken, Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 15, 2011, previously published on November 14, 2011 The current European sovereign debt crisis has principally emerged with the problems of Greece, where decades of misleading accounting and statistics have brought the country to the verge of collapse. But financial difficulties have also arisen in Ireland and Portugal, and more recently in Spain...
| | Premier League Broadcast Tactics Ruled Off-Side by ECJ
Kiran S. Desai, Nathalie Jalabert Doury, Jens Peter Schmidt, Gillian Sproul; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 14, 2011, previously published on October 2011 The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has delivered a landmark ruling which could substantially change the business models of broadcasters and content providers and reshape the way that live sports events and other media events are offered to consumers across Europe.
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