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Mayer Brown Paris, France Document Search Results (14) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Recent Reforms of the Mining Code and Model Mining Convention in Mauritania
Alban Dorin, Rachel Speight, Matthieu de Varax; Mayer Brown;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 18, 2012 The mining income contributes to more than a quarter of Mauritania’s gross domestic product and mining is generally seen as a strategic asset in the country’s long-term growth strategy. While Mauritania remains attractive for mining investors, recent reforms have had a significant...
| | German Federal Cartel Office Published New Merger Guidelines
Kiran S. Desai, Nathalie Jalabert Doury, Jens Peter Schmidt, Gillian Sproul; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2012, previously published on April 2012 On 29 March 2012, the German Federal Cartel Office ("Cartel Office") adopted new Merger Control Guidelines ("Guidelines"). The new guidelines replace the Principles on the Assessment of Market Power, that the Cartel Office had released in 2000. A first draft of the Guidelines...
| | Enactment of Legislation Concerning Tax on Financial Transactions and New Rate for Registration Duties
Florent Bouyer, Robert M. Flanigan, Benjamin Homo; Mayer Brown;
Legal Alert/Article March 21, 2012, previously published on March 2012 On 14 March 2012, France enacted the Amended Finance Act for 2012, which creates a new tax on financial transactions and modifies the current regime of registration duties (droits d’enregistrement) on the sale of equity securities evidenced through a written deed of transfer (acte). ...
| | 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...
| | Leniency Applications Protected: German Court Denies Private Plaintiffs Access to File
Kiran S. Desai, Nathalie Jalabert Doury, Jens Peter Schmidt, Gillian Sproul; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on February 2012 Yesterday, a decision of the Local Court of Bonn, Germany, became public denying a company seeking redress from cartelists access to a leniency application and documentary evidence submitted in the context of a cartel proceeding. Following a period of uncertainty, this is the first time - as far as...
| | Recent Changes in French Transfer Tax Treatment Impact Structuring Of Block Trades
Florent Bouyer, Robert M. Flanigan, Benjamin Homo; Mayer Brown;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 30, 2012 France has recently lifted a cap on registration duties (droits d’enregistrement) applicable to certain transfers of equity interests in corporations listed or headquartered in France, which may have a significant impact on the way block trades involving French companies are structured....
| | 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”).
|  | Enforcement of Awards in ICSID Arbitration
Dany Khayat; Mayer Brown;
Legal Alert/Article December 20, 2011, previously published on December 19, 2011 Although planning for the potential difficulties in enforcing an arbitration award is sometimes neglected before an arbitration is initiated, reviewing such issues must be part of any overall assessment of the dispute.
| | London Says “No” and Paris Says “Oui” on Enforcement: Contrasting the English and French Court Decisions in Dalla v. Pakistan
Raid Abu-Manneh, Dany Khayat, Wisam Sirhan; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 20, 2011, previously published on December 19, 2011 Without effective enforcement, international arbitration can be pointless. The New York Convention (the Convention), widely recognised as the foundation instrument of international arbitration, is the means by which international arbitration awards are given teeth in almost 150 countries around...
| | 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...
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