A selection of recent articles by Herbert Smith specialists appear below, courtesy of the publication in which they appeared.

Class actions

• Competition law: public hearing on private actions
  (01 November 2007)

Commercial litigation

• Equitable liens and engineering, procurement and construction contracts in the oil and gas industry (pdf, 110k)
  (06 December 2007)
• Litigation and the credit crunch: materiality in times of change (IFLR, pdf 160k)
  (12 November 2007)

Competition litigation

• Competition litigation reform - what next for private enforcement?
  (06 May 2008)

Construction and engineering

• Who holds the programme risk? (Construction law, pdf 434kb)
  (20 March 2008)
• Public liability insurance does not provide comprehensive cover (Estates Gazette, pdf 55k)
  (24 November 2007)
• Plain words please courts (Construction Law pdf, 450k)
  (21 November 2007)
• Court favours windows over watersheds (Construction Law, pdf 450k)
  (01 October 2007)

Corporate

• The auction of Resolution plc: a successful Resolution for shareholder value (pdf, 215k)
  (24 July 2008)
• Shareholder activisim - There's a lot of it about (PLC Magazine, pdf, 196 kb)
  (02 June 2008)
• The Future of EU spectrum policy PDF 65k
  (08 January 2008)
• French corporate governance gradual evolution (IFLR, PDF 82kb)
  (09 November 2007)
• Shareholder activism - how it works (IFLR, pdf 1200k)
  (09 November 2007)
• Bridge equity crossing the finance gap (PLC magazine, pdf 612k)
  (01 November 2007)
• Exiting the US markets: Easing the way (PLC Cross-border Quarterly, pdf 490k)
  (24 October 2007)

Employee incentives

• Employee Share Plans: International Legal and Tax Issues, China chapter
  (01 April 2008)

Energy and natural resources

• Who is to Blame? Allocating Liability in Upstream Project Contracts
  (30 May 2008)
• A new and uncertain market (IFLR, March 2008)
  (18 March 2008)

Finance

• Hong Kong chapter of the PLC Cross-border Investment Funds Handbook
  (05 February 2008)

Financial services regulation

• MiFID - A changing environment for EU financial services (PLC Magazine, pdf, 611kb)
  (08 July 2008)

International arbitration

• Desert disputes (Legal Business Arbitration Report 2008 - pdf, 591kb)
  (16 May 2008)
• Treaty protection in India (Global Arbitration Review - pdf, 100k)
  (16 May 2008)

Mergers and acquisitions

• Hostile takeovers and defences (Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook 2008/09, pdf 675k)
  (20 May 2008)
• PLC cross-border mergers and acquisitions handbook 2008/09 Indonesia chapter
  (09 May 2008)
• The scheme: a most convenient and modern arrangement (PLC Magazine, pdf 250k)
  (19 March 2008)

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