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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the world's economies and investment activity in 2020—including Asia-Pacific. This black swan event has exacerbated previous market threats, including rising geopolitical tensions, regulatory protectionism and tumbling fundraising, suggesting a potentially broader stagnation in 2020 and beyond. In a time of unprecedented challenges, many corporations and investors in Asia-Pacific are looking for both shelter and new opportunities in all directions. ......

The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted our social norms and daily lives in unprecedented ways. However, cities and communities around the world have risen to the challenges in ways that are unsurprising, given that the development of smart cities has seen an uptick in recent years. More than ever, cities around the globe are learning to embrace the opportunities presented by technology to tackle existing and potential challenges....By: Dentons

This week, in response to the emergence of COVID-19 hot spots in downstate New York, Governor Cuomo instituted a new “cluster action initiative” to “crush” the clusters and contain the spread. New rules and restrictions, to be “in effect for a minimum of 14 days”, are designed to directly target “areas with the highest concentration of COVID cases and the surrounding communities.”...By: Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

The judgment provides useful jurisdictional clarifications for deals involving joint ventures (JVs) acting as an acquirer. The General Court (GC) confirms that when the true players behind the transaction are the parent companies, rather than the JV - because they did the deal valuation, negotiated the transaction structure, and determined the purchase price - the parent companies are the relevant undertakings to consider when determining whether the merger thresholds are met. This can have a......

I) Il decreto semplificazioni (recentemente convertito in legge) ha introdotto novità non solo nel settore delle FER (cfr. art. 56), ma anche in quello delle fonti convenzionali. Con l’art. 62 sono state infatti apportate significative modifiche al decreto sblocca-centrali (d.l. n. 7/2002) relativo appunto ai grandi impianti di generazione da fonti fossili....By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

In this second edition of October HorrorFest 2020 celebration we consider the first Hammer film version of Frankenstein – The Curse of Frankenstein which was released in 1957. As Universal Studios had the copyright to the make-up for their Frankenstein, The Monster, played by Christopher Lee looked very different. But the biggest difference was in Dr. Frankenstein, played by Peter Cushing, who was not a tortured soul or even a Mad Scientist but clearly evil. The movie opens with Dr. Frankenstei...

No. On October 2, the Small Business Administration published a procedural notice on changes of ownership for PPP borrowers. One specific area where we’ve seen confusion is whether the procedural notice requires a Buyer to assume all of the PPP Borrower’s obligations in an asset sale transaction....By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) created under the CARES Act has provided much needed economic relief to businesses and other organizations negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, until recently, PPP borrowers with outstanding PPP loans were unsure about how their loan eligibility and ability to obtain loan forgiveness might be impacted by transactions such as equity interest sales, mergers, reorganizations, redemptions and assets sales....By: Murtha Cullina

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects to date, including economic uncertainty and widespread business interruptions. This environment may raise unique considerations for parties contemplating an M&A transaction. This guidebook is intended to provide a summary of key considerations for M&A transactions in a post-COVID-19 era....By: Foley & Lardner LLP

HSR Act-driven Second Request responses require an uncommon balance of understanding, expertise, and experience to successfully deliver certified compliant responses. Recent FTC and DOJ updates, coupled with the increasing velocity of requests, make current expertise more crucial than ever in this unique discovery area. In this presentation, expert investigation, eDiscovery, and M&A panelists will present updates and considerations for managing Second Request responses to include tactics,...By:...