Date: Tuesday 29 March 2011
The expected increase in M&A activity may well bring an increase in the use of ancillary tactics such as litigation. The multi-jurisdictional nature of many deals provides competing bidders and disgruntled shareholders opportunities to seek to disrupt sensitive transactions in different court and regulatory proceedings and means that target companies and bidders need to be increasingly alert to developments in other countries. This Webinar will focus on international trends in M&A litigation, including parallel litigations in multiple countries, the decreased willingness of US courts to get involved in disputes with only limited links to the United States, the role of regulators, and the impact of the newly introduced class action suits and derivative actions in certain European countries. The Texas courts reared their heads while the recent Liverpool Football Club sale was before the London courts. When ABN AMRO was sold, claims were brought before the Enterprise Court in the Netherlands. Both the US and Spanish courts intervened in the Endesa acquisition. The speakers will discuss recent high profile domestic and international M&A litigation and seek to draw certain lessons on how best to prepare, both for the legal battles and for the crucially important PR-side.
Speakers: Litigation partners Iain Roxborough (London), Jeroen Ouwehand (Amsterdam) and William Wallace (New York/Washington), together with corporate partner, Thijs Alexander (London and Amsterdam).