Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 12
Read the twelfth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
Author: Sam Abreo Archive
Preferred stock in the shipping sector
This article explores the increasing trend for private equity investments in the shipping sector to take the form of preferred stock in either publicly listed or private companies, rather than through establishing a joint venture with an established shipowner.
WFW advises Hensoldt on joint venture with Nano Dimension
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised the Hensoldt group (“Hensoldt”), leading German manufacturer of defence technology, on establishing a joint venture in advanced 3D printing systems with Israel-based Nano Dimension.
A Smart judgment for owners: An owner can demand payment of freight under a Bill of Lading even if head charterers have paid hire in full
In a recent judgment of the English Commercial Court, The M/V Smart , which will be welcomed by owners, Mr Justice Butcher held that a shipowner could demand direct payment of freight under a bill of lading even though the bill of lading stated that the freight was payable “as per charterparty” and the vessel’s time charterer was not in default.
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 10
Read the tenth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
Five WFW deals named IJGlobal ‘Deals of the Year 2020’
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted that leading energy and infrastructure sector publication IJGlobal has named five deals the firm advised on ‘Deals of the Year 2020’ at their annual awards ceremony.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 81
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, a Supreme Court decision on the procedure for enforcing arbitration awards against foreign states, a Privy Council decision on setting aside arbitration awards on public policy grounds, plus an important warning on the recording of remote hearings.
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 9
Read the ninth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
What works are ‘any works’? The case of Shepherd Construction v Drax Power
The operator of a large UK-based power station has successfully argued before the English Technology and Construction Court that it was entitled to withhold from retention for latter phases of work sums in respect of remedial works to earlier phases of that work.
German Public Sector Newsletter: June 2021
Our German Regulatory team publish a regular newsletter offering insights into changes and challenges within the public sector in Germany.