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The essentials of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) practice can best be examined from a buyer's perspective. In a corporate transaction, it is the buyer who typically faces the more substantial risks. In many instances, legal problems exist of which the buyer must be aware before deciding to purchase the target company. The ongoing internationalization of the M&A market must also be taken into consideration. The integration of foreign concepts into local legal systems not only leads to a multitude of new questions, it also creates a challenge for any lawyer practicing in this area. Clients expect their professional advisors to handle legal problems likely to arise abroad and to communicate and...
This convenient country-by-country guide to merger control law gives business people and their counsel all the essential information they need to proceed confidently toward a successful transnational merger. For each of twenty major jurisdictions -- including the USA, EU, China, India, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Vietnam and most EU countries -- this book describes: procedure for antitrust clearance, if necessary rules and criteria for approval restrictions on merger dimensions relevant market definition criteria ancillary restrictions Whenever possible, actual national notification forms are reproduced so they may be prepared in advance. The authors, each an expert in the business law of his or her own country, offer practical advice on managing the transaction and avoiding pitfalls. A detailed general introduction highlights shared patterns, as well as distinctions, among the merger control regimes of the various jurisdictions.
The major free trade agreements of the 1990s have quickened the pace of international joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions in all the world's regions. Here is a convenient survey, by business lawyers and corporate counsel from Asia, Europe, and the Americas, of the important legal issues that arise in the course of planning, negotiating, and implementing a transborder business relationship. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
This overview starts from the premise that corporate law across jurisdictions addresses the same three basic agency problems - the opportunism of: managers vis-a-vis shareholders; controlling shareholders vis-a-vis minority shareholders; and shareholdersvis-a-vis other corporate constituencies.
"Other essays present the basic legal issues from a comparative perspective and clarify the fundamental distinctions in the points of view of the contractor and the sub-contractor. Individual contributions from practitioners in twenty countries (encompassing EU countries, the United States, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Asia Pacific region) detail applicable domestic law so the user can determine points of difference, common aspects, and potential pitfalls in most of the world's major industrial sub-contracting jurisdictions." "Handbook on Cross-Border Industrial Sub-Contracting will be of great value to lawyers and business people everywhere engaged in this all-important area of today's legal practice."--BOOK JACKET.
Deals with the growing interest in the Internet as a marketing tool. A company wanting to present its services on the net and wishing to avoid legal exposure must deal with many questions. This text aims to give answers to these questions, reducing the risk of advertisers facing litigation.
In this enriched new edition of a proven, indispensable practical guide to the drafting and negotiating of agency, distribution, and franchising agreements, the contributors have all updated their country reports with recent cases and commentary and an abundance of new sample clauses and other practical features. In addition, four major jurisdictions – Brazil, England, Japan, and the United States – have been added, bringing the total number of country reports to nineteen. The first edition is well known among commercial law practitioners as the preeminent hands-on guide to drafting effective distribution agreements tailored specifically to countries in which foreign direct investment is...
Publication of the Antitrust sub-commission of the International Business Law Commission. It is the result of the reports from twenty different jurisdictions for the working session organized during the annual congres of AIJA in September 1998. The reports were based upon a questionnaire and generally reflect legislation up until January 1999. The purpose of this book is to discuss the critical issues in applying antitrust laws to the media sector, having in mind three main issues, namely deregulation and convergence in the media industry worldwide, the effect of antitrust laws on the new media environment, and the balance between sector-specific regulation and antitrust rules.
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