Beyond COVID-19: Corporate/M&A outlook

United States: Construction <em>force majeure</em> and alternative relief

United States: Construction force majeure and alternative relief

Force majeure and alternative relief under standard form construction contracts and local law

Global | Publication | May 07, 2020

Brazil: Construction <em>force majeure</em> and alternative relief

Brazil: Construction force majeure and alternative relief

Force majeure and alternative relief under standard form construction contracts and local law

Brazil | Publication | May 07, 2020

UK: Operational resilience: Navigating through

The operational resilience of all firms is now being significantly tested, across people, systems, controls and processes.

United Kingdom | Publication | May 07, 2020

Australia: Construction <em>force majeure</em> and alternative relief

Australia: Construction force majeure and alternative relief

Force majeure and alternative relief under standard form construction contracts and local law.

Australia | Publication | May 07, 2020

Product Design and Distribution Obligations – ASIC’s Consultation and Implications for Fund Managers

Australia: Product Design and Distribution Obligations

Facing now the impending commencement of the new DDO regime, we explore the requirements, draft guidance and implications for fund managers.

Australia | Publication | May 07, 2020

Australia: Navigating the troubled waters of directors' duties during COVID-19

The increasing pressure directors now face to ensure they don’t allow a company to trade-while-insolvent is high among the many severe impacts on Australian businesses of the COVID-19 crisis.

Australia | Publication | May 06, 2020

Mexican ISO prevents wind and solar projects from reaching commercial operation

Mexico: ISO prevents wind and solar projects from reaching commercial operation

The Mexican ISO, CENACE, has suspended all pre-operative tests for wind and solar power plants to preserve the safety and reliability during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Global | Publication | May 05, 2020

Global: Transition faces pressure from oil crash and COVID-19

Until recently, the so-called Opec+ arrangement had successfully managed supply to keep the oil price up in the face of a global slow-down in demand, but within a matter of months all that has changed.

Global | Publication | May 04, 2020

Shareholder meetings update: additional relief from corporate law requirements during the pandemic

Federal and provincial corporate statutes in Canada generally require companies to hold an annual meeting of shareholders within 15 months of their last meeting and, under certain statutes, no later than six months after the end of such companies’ preceding financial year.

Canada | Publication | May 01, 2020