The New Delaware and its Kirchberg Plateau

The European Court of Justice recently confirmed in its Polbud judgment the extent to which regulatory competition may prevail in the field of corporate law. A review.

Nathan de Arriba-Sellier • December 04, 2017 • 1 comment

CERIL - Independent Think Tank in European Restructuring and Insolvency Matters

The Conference of European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL) acts as an independent non-profit think tank committed to the improvement of legal and practice frameworks at national and European levels. In September CERIL issued its first statement.

Bob Wessels • October 23, 2017

Oppression of minority shareholders and relief under the Companies Act of Singapore

On 25 August 2017, the High Court of Singapore ordered two shareholders to buy out a third shareholder for reasons of ‘oppression’.

Cees de Groot • September 28, 2017

Singaporean (common) law: seizure and sale of the membership of the Singapore Island Country Club

On 14 August 2017, the High Court of Singapore decided on the issue of whether the membership of the Singapore Island Country Club was subject to seizure and sale, in order to satisfy a court judgment to pay damages.

Cees de Groot • September 20, 2017

Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions Inc.: something about internet search engines

On 28 June 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that a Canadian court can issue an injunction order against Google Inc. to de-index certain websites even when Google is not a party to the underlying dispute and the order has extraterritorial effect.

Cees de Groot • September 14, 2017 • 1 comment

The case against Uber Kenya Limited before the High Court of Kenya in Nairobi

Several plaintiffs brought a claim against Uber Kenya Ltd concerning online contracts concluded with Uber BV which is established in the Netherlands. On 30 March 2017 the High Court of Kenya ruled on whether such a lawsuit could be tried in Kenya.

Cees de Groot • September 08, 2017

Piercing the corporate veil: an almost impossible task

On 20 January 2017 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Hainey J.) rendered an important judgement in which it refused to pierce the corporate veil in a case concerning corporate environmental responsibility.

Cees de Groot • March 27, 2017

Wanted: judges with experience in international commercial insolvency practice!

The EC Directive on “preventive restructuring frameworks" provides for pre-insolvency rescue measures that need a specialist court, to be staffed with judges experienced in international commercial insolvency practice, to become successful.

Reinout Vriesendorp • January 31, 2017 • 1 comment

Third major overhaul of corporate law in the Netherlands

The Dutch government has proposed clarifying legal provisions concerning the management and supervision of all non-governmental corporate forms regulated in the Netherlands, especially the one-tier board system and the two-tier board system.

Cees de Groot and Jelle Nijland • September 29, 2016 • 1 comment

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