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Insolvency: Bankruptcy Blunder
The EC's Insolvency Regulation requires judges to decide where a company's "centre of main interests" lie and, as a result, under which jurisdiction's laws insolvency proceedings should be conducted - but this has led to inconsistent results. The U.S. bankruptcy courts are now also required to...
Read MoreLatin America, The New Frontier
Editor: You have had vast experience in practice areas such as cross border transactions. You are also head of the firm's Brazil practice. What in your experience caused you to focus on Brazil? Angus: I lived in Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from...
Read MoreRevisiting Material Adverse Change Clauses
During the "Burger Wars" of the 1970s, McDonald's jingles indelibly imprinted the consistently exact ingredients of their Big Mac sandwich on the memory of an entire generation: "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun." Burger King, on the other...
Read MoreA Global Private Equity Practice In The Heart Of Texas
Editor: Is your large private equity practice in the Dallas office primarily Texas-based or is it part of the larger Global Private Equity Practice of the firm? West: While we live in Texas, our practice is global. Our clients come from all over the U.S. and abroad. Because our firm generally,...
Read MoreFirst Circuit Rules That Antitrust Treble Damage Class Arbitration May Proceed, But Strikes Contractual Restrictions
In the latest of a number of decisions examining the allowable restrictions that may be placed upon private agreements to arbitrate antitrust disputes, the First Circuit has allowed claims on behalf of a class to be arbitrated - but has disallowed certain restrictions placed on the plaintiffs'...
Read MorePro Bono Service: "One Of The Defining Characteristics Of Our Firm Culture"
Editor: Ms. Mayer, would you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Mayer: I am a partner in the Business Finance and Restructuring Department and the Pro Bono partner for our Houston office. I graduated from the University of Houston Law Center, summa cum laude, in 1993...
Read MoreTraining Can Assure That Even Junior Law Firm Lawyers Earn Those Fees - Part II
Editor: Please tell our readers about your background. Mastando: I am a partner in the Complex Commercial Litigation Group in the Litigation/Regulatory Department at Weil Gotshal. I was a summer associate here in 1995 and started full-time in 1996 in the Litigation Department. I left for one...
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