Abrams is a USA corporate lawyer in London providing American lawyer legal services to businesses.
General UK Due Diligence Information Request List to be used by US Investors in UK Private Companies can be accessed below. What is Due Diligence? Due diligence is the process by which a proposed investor in or buyer of a company investigates the company’s business, people, records and documents. Due diligence is designed to make…
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Foreign investors in certain U.S. businesses (U.S. legal entities, branch offices, and real estate (improved or unimproved), with limited exceptions for certain residential properties) must report their investments pursuant to a Form BE-13 filing (Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States). The BE-13 filing is a requirement of the U.S. Department of…
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Whether our clients are engaging in mergers and acquisitions, investments, sales, or financing transactions in the US or in the UK, our advice is always to ensure that the key terms of the deal are agreed at the earlist possible stage and once an agreement is reached, those terms are enshrined in a Term Sheet,…
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US Attorneys and UK Solicitors likely already know legal systems in both the U.K. and the U.S. share the same historical common law roots, and are for that reason similar. As a dual qualified US Lawyer and UK solicitor I am more aware than moast at how the U.S. and U.K. legal systems differ and…
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Swatch and Samsung involved in IP dispute over use of Swatch designs.
On 3 January 2018 the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (2014/65/EU) and accompanying legislation (MiFID II) will come into force. MiFID II is the EU legislation that regulates firms who provide services to clients linked to ‘financial instruments’ (shares, bonds, units in collective investment schemes and derivatives), and the venues where those instruments are traded.…
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The media has been scattered recently with reports surrounding the unsolicited bid of $103 billion for Qualcomm Inc, made by Broadcom Ltd. The companies are competitors in the mobile device chipmaking industry; manufacturing and supplying these components to international computer and telecommunication companies. There is substantial scrutiny around the prospective takeover as, should the offer…
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