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Contractual joint venture agreementsThis Practice Note sets out various key commercial matters and options to be considered when drafting or reviewing...
9th Apr
Practice notes
Jurisdictions coveredThe following jurisdictions are covered in this report:Argentina; China; India; Japan; Netherlands; Saudi Arabia; South Africa;...
9th Apr
Practice notes
Joint ventures will typically be the means by which companies enter into a new market and develop new products. The concept covers many different...
9th Apr
Practice notes
The creation of the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) was accompanied by a radical change in the element of the criminal cartel offence the...
Produced in partnership with Kingsley Napley
9th Apr
Practice notes
A ‘merger’ may fall within the EU merger rules and require notification to the European Commission if at least two parties to the transaction generate...
8th Apr
Practice notes
A key proposition underpinning EU competition law is that competing companies should act independently on markets. In principle, rivalry and...
8th Apr
Practice notes
Intellectual property (IP) agreements relating to, for example, licensing of technology and for the joint development of new technology, may have a...
Produced in partnership with Bristows
8th Apr
Practice notes
In the EU, unilateral or ‘dominant’ firm conduct is governed by Article 102 TFEU. In particular, Article 102 TFEU prohibits undertakings that...
8th Apr
Practice notes
With thanks to other contributors from Shearman & Sterling LLP offices in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Rome and...
Produced in partnership with Matthew Powell of Shearman & Sterling
8th Apr
Practice notes
A key proposition underpinning EU competition law is that competing companies should act independently on markets. In principle, rivalry and...
6th Apr
Practice notes
This Practice Note is important first stage reading for analysing vertical restraints, that is, restrictions in vertical agreements caught by Article...
6th Apr
Practice notes
Research and Development agreements (R&D agreements) are agreements under which two or more parties agree to jointly execute research work and/or...
Produced in partnership with K&L Gates
6th Apr
Precedents
This Agreement is made on [date] Parties1[Insert name of party] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert registered...
30th Mar
Practice notes
The merger control rules of the UK are contained in the Enterprise Act 2002, as amended. Under the UK merger control rules, the Competition and...
30th Mar
Practice notes
The UK merger regime is voluntary, which means that if a transaction falls within the scope of the UK merger rules, there is no requirement to seek...
30th Mar
Practice notes
Scope of restraint of trade clausesWhen one participant leaves a joint venture but the joint venture business continues, the remaining participants...
22nd Mar
Precedents
IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Produced in partnership with Dechert
19th Mar
Practice notes
In the UK, unilateral or ‘dominant’ firm conduct is governed by section 18 of the Competition Act 1998 (the Competition Act). Section 18(1) of Chapter...
18th Mar
Practice notes
Vertical agreements are those entered into between two or more firms operating at different levels of the market, for example, distribution, agency...
18th Mar
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