Author: Alexander Procter Archive

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 162

In this issue of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider a Supreme Court decision on limitation of time in respect of an oil spill, interpretation of an aviation lessor determination clause, the requirements for formation of a lease and whether it was reasonable to believe that sanctions applied.

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WFW advises lenders on financing of Afentra’s entry into Angola

Watson Farley & Williams has advised Mauritius Commercial Bank as agent and lender on an up to US$110m reserve-based lending facility and an up to US$30m working capital facility granted to Afentra Ltd for the acquisition from INA-Industrija d.d. of 4% interests in Block 3/05 and Block 3/05A offshore Angola in the Lower Congo Basin.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 161

In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we discuss a Court of Appeal decision on a novel issue as to the status of a bill of lading in the hands of a charterer, as well as judgments on interpretation of a covenant not to build, the applicable law for an interest claim and a case that will not get its day in the Supreme Court.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 160

This issue of Commercial Disputes Weekly covers two arbitration challenges on fairness and jurisdiction, the interpretation of a live/work covenant in a lease and an unsuccessful invocation of Brexit and the pandemic as force majeure.

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