Newsletter
March/April 2013
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
The Bulletin for Pensions Managers is a high-level summary of developments which may be of interest to pensions managers. This issue covers developments to the end of April 2013.
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Media Coverage
17 May 2013
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Global Legal Post
Article reports that Mayer Brown advised Wepa Hygieneprodukte GmbH on its inaugural €275 million high yield bond offering.
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UK Employment Law - The View from Mayer Brown
In this episode Nick takes a look at three cases involving: guidance on collective redundancy consultation issues, the Commerzbank bonus case and finally an Employment Tribunal decision about an employee who was dismissed after bringing a discrimination claim against their previous employer.
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
Companies that make share-based awards (such as share or stock options, LTIP awards or RSUs) to employees in the UK must file an annual report with the UK tax authority, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (the Act), enacted on 25 April 2013, will make changes to the process of assessing mergers, acquisitions and corporate joint ventures (“mergers”) when it comes into force in April 2014. It will not alter the turnover and share of supply thresholds that establish whether a deal qualifies for review; nor will it affect the test used to decide whether to block or clear a deal – this will continue to depend on whether the deal concerned will result in a substantial lessening of competition in any market.
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
We are pleased to present the May 2013 edition of our Trustee Quarterly Review.
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Media Coverage
15 May 2013
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New York Times
Alexandria Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, is quoted in an article about EU finance officials clashing over how quickly to establish a common fund and rule book for overhauling or closing down failing banks.
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Media Coverage
15 May 2013
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Reuters
London Corporate & Securities partner Kate Ball-Dodd is quoted in an article about stricter takeover rules coming into force in September that will affect foreign-managed companies trading on Britain’s Alternative Investment Market.
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Media Coverage
13 May 2013
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Outsource Magazine
Bylined article by head of Corporate in London Peter Dickinson and Corporate & Securities senior associate Megan Paul looks at the importance of governance for outsourcing companies in 2013.
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown represented Wepa Hygieneprodukte GmbH, a leading, family-owned producer and supplier of tissue products in Europe, on the inaugural offering of €275 million of its 6.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 and on a new €90 million Senior Revolving Credit Facility.
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Media Coverage
11 May 2013
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Estates Gazette
Bylined article by Real Estate partner Martin Wright looks at Asian investment in London’s real estate sector following the Sinar Mas deal.
This article was first published in Estates Gazette, 11 May 2013.
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
Nearly three years after the High Court decision on the case of BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd v Eurosail UK 2007 – 3BL PLC and others was handed down, the case has run its course in the Supreme Court. The case, which considers the correct interpretation of the balance-sheet insolvency test in section 123(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986, is of importance to insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, legal advisers, company directors and companies.
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Media Coverage
10 May 2013
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Accountancy Magazine
London Commercial Dispute Resolution partner Stuart Pickford is quoted in an article about the Supreme Court judgment in the Pitt and Futter v HMRC case.
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Media Coverage
9 May 2013
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The Lawyer
Article reports on the Court of Appeal’s ruling in the £400m Northern Rock appeal case, a victory for London Litigation partner Stuart Pickford who acted for the Independent Valuer of Northern Rock.
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On 8 October 2012, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that the British Government will soon be consulting on “a generous new tax regime for shale so that Britain is not left behind as gas prices tumble on the other side of the Atlantic.”
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
In this issue: China: China Insurance Regulatory Commission raises cap for domestic investors in insurers; China: Insurers must implement new anti-money laundering rules by 2015; Hong Kong: Effect of new data privacy rules on direct marketing by insurance companies; Hong Kong: Launch of Risk-based Capital Model; Myanmar: Update on Insurance Industry; Singapore: Amendments to the Insurance Act; Singapore: Financial Holding Company Act 2013; UK: Chief Executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") voices concerns over the implementation of the Solvency II directive; UK: Director of Supervision for the FCA delivers speech on the importance of culture as the driving behaviour of firms and how the FCA will assess this; US: NAIC Spring 2013 National Meeting; US: Update on the NAIC Solvency Modernization Initiative (E) Task Force and its Working Groups; US: Reinsurance (E) Task Force and the NAIC List of Qualified Jurisdictions; US: Federal Home Loan Bank Legislation (E) Subgroup; US: Mortgage Guaranty Insurance (E) Working Group; US: President Obama's 2014 Fiscal Year Budget Proposes Deduction for Reinsurance Premiums Paid to Non-US Affiliates; Argentina: Amendments to Argentinean Insurance Laws
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Media Coverage
9 May 2013
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Media Coverage
9 May 2013
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Accountancy Age
Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency partner Devi Shah and Pensions partner Martin Scott are quoted in an article about a Supreme Court judgment on balance sheet insolvency and the point at which companies should be declared insolvent.
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Media Coverage
9 May 2013
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Pensions Age
London Pensions partner Martin Scott is quoted in an article about a Supreme Court judgment on balance sheet insolvency in the Eurosail case.
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Media Coverage
9 May 2013
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Professional Pensions
Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency partner Devi Shah and Pensions partner Martin Scott are quoted in an article about a Supreme Court judgment on balance sheet insolvency and the point at which companies should be declared insolvent.
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Media Coverage
7 May 2013
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
Bring your own device ("BYOD") is the new phenomenon taking over the workplace.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, has been retained to act as outside common counsel to the International Aerospace Environment Group (IAEG), a worldwide group of aerospace companies including Boeing, EADS and Airbus, Bombardier, Dassault Aviation, Embraer, GE Aviation, Northrop Grumman, Rolls Royce, SAFRAN, UTC and Zodiac Aerospace as founding members. Mayer Brown will provide US and EU regulatory, antitrust, export control and intellectual property advice to the IAEG on an ongoing basis.
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Media Coverage
3 May 2013
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Property Week
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London Real Estate partner Martin Wright is quoted in an article about Singapore investor Sinar Mas buying the New Brook Buildings in London’s Covent Garden for £84m.
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Media Coverage
3 May 2013
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Intellectual Property Magazine
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Mark Prinsley ,head of the Intellectual Property & IT group in London, is quoted in an article about speculation that the UK government is abandoning plans to introduce plain cigarette packaging and the IP implications if the proposals did go ahead.
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