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Trust & investment fund litigation
We have unparalleled experience handling claims relating to private banking, trusts and investment funds whether acting for high net worth individuals or institutional clients, in all the major global financial centres, as well as in offshore jurisdictions such...
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Financial sanctions for Libya: an update on UN, EU and Dutch legislation
6 April 2011
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On 3 March 2011, Clifford Chance published a client briefing "Sanctions affecting Libya" outlining the first regulations with sanction provisions relating to the current situation in Libya. Since then, on 17 March 2011, the United Nations Security Council...
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Business and human rights
Clifford Chance has a leading business and human rights practice. Our professionals have been involved in shaping policy, law and regulation in the area for more than a decade. Our global network of offices means that our specialist knowledge of international...
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Agreements: the benefits of boilerplate
22 February 2011
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Boilerplate is important. The provisions lost at the end of a contract or ignored at the beginning of an information memorandum might not be subject to the same negotiation as the terms specific to the transaction, but they can be vital in defining the parties'...
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Agreements: the benefits of boilerplate
22 February 2011
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Boilerplate is important. The provisions lost at the end of a contract or ignored at the beginning of an information memorandum might not be subject to the same negotiation as the terms specific to the transaction, but they can be vital in defining the parties'...
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Contentious Commentary A review for litigators - January 2011
14 January 2011
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The latest edition of "Contentious Commentary", a newsletter that provides a summary of recent developments in litigation. The newsletter is produced by lawyers in the litigation and dispute resolution practice at Clifford Chance.
This edition contains...
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A decade of experience with the money laundering offence
29 December 2011
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On 14 December 2011, the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of specific money laundering prohibitions in the Dutch Criminal Code ("DCC") was marked. Just two weeks before the conversion to the euro a new, broadly defined offence was implemented...
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Anti-money laundering system of the Netherlands evaluated by the Financial Action Task Force
15 March 2011
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Recently the Financial Action Task Force has published the report of the mutual evaluation of the Netherlands, assessing its level of compliance with the FATF requirements for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. It describes and analyses...
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Contentious Commentary A review for litigators - February 2011
8 February 2011
Publication
The latest edition of "Contentious Commentary", a newsletter that provides a summary of recent developments in litigation. The newsletter is produced by lawyers in the litigation and dispute resolution practice at Clifford Chance.
This edition contains...
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Enforcing contractual rights in the UAE
29 January 2013
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This note outlines basic choice of jurisdiction options available in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The UAE is a seven-Emirate federation that operates under a civil law system. Therefore, statutes are the primary source of law and there is no doctrine of...