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Corporate Know-How Guides: Selling a Business

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Claire Tourret

We look at the flip side of price structuring, instead focusing on how a seller could secure elements of the purchase price that are delayed – or at least obtain comfort around the buyer’s ability to pay them. Discover our …

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Corporate Know-How Guides: Buying a Business

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Claire Tourret

When making an offer for a business, the question of when the consideration will be paid can often be just as important as how much will be paid. We look at four of the most common options available to prospective …

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Private equity/post M&A disputes

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Claire Tourret

Often involving complex, cross-border issues, our team has a great deal of experience in resolving the full range of post-M&A disputes.

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Baker wins tribunal after being sacked for holey loaves

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Claire Tourret

Artur Piaszczynski, the head baker at Leakers Bakery in Dorset, has won £15,000 in an unfair dismissal case after being sacked for making loaves with too many holes in them. The tribunal found the former baker may have produced inconsistent …

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Dispute over a distribution agreement termination

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Claire Tourret

Acting for an English distributor of perfumes in Italy in a €10m dispute relating to the termination of the distribution agreement.

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Contractual dispute over €50m of medical equipment

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Claire Tourret

Acting for an Italian distributor of medical equipment in a contractual dispute with a Belgian supplier with a value of €50m.

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Defending a medical products manufacturer against claims for damages

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Claire Tourret

Acting for a medical products manufacturer defending claims for damages arising from the supply of allegedly substandard products to the NHS.

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€120 million claim between global automotive product manufacturers and Japanese car-maker

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Claire Tourret

Acting for global automotive product manufacturers FIAMM Energy Technology Ltd in litigation and in a trial brought by car- maker Nissan over the supply of 1.6 million car batteries which involved approximately 900,000 separate claims and a total claim value …

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‘Clawback Claims’ under the Insolvency Act 1986 (Part 2)

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Claire Tourret

Senior Associates Gavin Kramer and Peter Pratt specialise in contentious insolvency. In this second episode they look at transaction at an undervalue (TUV) and preference claims. Run time: 12 minutes

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CB Comply: Data Protection training

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Claire Tourret

May 2023 will mark five years since the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 came into force. But all that good work your business undertook in preparation will go to waste if you don’t revisit your current data protection …

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