King’s C&F Law Blog archive

The King’s Commercial and Financial Law Blog has merged with the KSLR Forum.

However the Blog itself is still online, and prior posts may be viewed here.

The following posts can be found there:

Posts from 2021:
The European Commission’s Pathway from Shareholders’ Democracy to Sustainable Corporate Governance – Michele Corgatelli

Posts from 2020:
Are Copyright Laws adequate to deal with Deepfakes?: A comparative analysis of positions in the United States, India and United Kingdom, Neeraja Seshadri and Sindhu A

The Digital Single Market in the European Union: Myth or Reality?Sushmit Mandal and Yasaschandra Devarakonda

Recognition of Insolvency Related Judgments: an Undetermined Sphere of International Insolvency, Medhashree Verma and Siddharth Jain

Competition Law’s Challenges in Regulating Big Data – Campbell Whyte

“We Almost Had a Deal”: Re-evaluating CMA’s Heavy-Handed Merger Control Approach In Light of JD-Footasylum And Other Experiences – Talin Bhardwaj and Anushka Ganguli

Mediation in Investment Treaty Disputes: Solution for Trust Issues? – Divyansh Sharma

EU Competition Law and Covid-19 Crisis: Making a Case for Efficiency-Enhancing Cartels – Mudit Nigam & Shreya Chandhok

Collective action clauses and beyond: Negotiated public debt restructuring in EU Investment Protection Agreements – Enrico Tinti

COVID-19 Crisis and Bans on Short Selling by European Regulators – Fahad Al-Sadoon

10 Years of the Indian Leniency Programme: Lessons to be Learned from the US and EU Experience – Angela Dua

The Past, Present, and Future of Arbitral Diversity in Investment Arbitration – Ana Prundaru

The European Response to COVID-19: State Aid and the ECB Under the TFEU – Giulio Preti

European Commission Slaps Interim Measures Against Broadcom: The Perfect Test-Case? – Giulio Preti

Right to Property Reigns Supreme Over the Moral Rights of an Architect: Indian High Court Changes Course – Adyasha Samal

The illusive endgame: Enforcement of judgments post-Brexit – Woon Yu Jian

Should cartelists be liable for umbrella pricing? – Martin Kwan

Posts from 2019:
Incomplete provisions: Anti-Profiteering Measures in India under the CGST 2017 – Prankul Boobana

Revised FDI Policies in E-commerce: Do they ensure a ‘level playing field’ in India? Dibya Prakash Behera & Arti Sahu

‘Foreign awards need not be stamped’: Indian Supreme Court promotes pro-arbitration policy – Amrit Singh

Geographic Indications: a Key Device for Rural Economies’ Development Threatened by a ‘No Deal’ scenario, Remy Mevel

Arbitrability of Oppression & Mismanagement Claims in India: Analysing the Courts’ attempt in playing the see-saw ride, Hatim Hussein

Posts from 2018:

The Morrisons Appeal And Vicarious Liability: Did The Court Just Become An Accessory To A Crime? – Meera Manoj

War In Our Times: The End Of The Trading System As We Know It? Meera Manoj

Sign of the Times: A Critical Examination of Financial Assistance Laws in India – Ankit Sharma & Himanshu Pabreja

Making the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) ‘Great Again’ – Isabelle Wenger

Personal Insolvency: Towards Corporate Responsibility – Neta Nadiv

America’s Curve-Ball To Developing Countries: Analysing the US WTO Challenge against Indian Export Subsidies – Meera Manoj

Competition Law & Intellectual Property Rights Interface – Nidhi Singh

Geographic Indications: a Key Device for Rural Economies’ Development Threatened by a ‘No Deal’ scenario – Remy Mevel

Re Easynet Global Services Ltd – A Case Comment – Lucas Nasif

CLICK, CLICK, DID YOU REALLY AGREE? The EU GDPR and the need for a Uniform Format for Privacy Policies – Meera Manoj

Trump And The Wto: A Love-Hate Relationship In International Trade – Meera Manoj

Suggested Reforms Regarding an Appeal/Review Mechanism for Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Awards – Isabelle Wenger

Corporate Duel: Shareholder Activism in the Facebook Personal Data Manipulation Case – Wildredo Cáceres Ghisilieri

Googly for Google: Competition Commission of India Tests Search Engine’s Stance – Nidhi Singh & Ankhu Sharma

Homer and Mickey in a 21st Century-Disney?: The modern implications of mergers and acquisitions in the entertainment industry – Naomi Owolabi

Corporate governance after the financial crisis: Overview of some major evolutions in the United Kingdom and in Switzerland – Elsa Muhaxheri

Posts from 2017:
In search of (legal) symmetry in the Economic and Monetary Union: ‘Off the beaten track’ – Federico Dr Dario

A Comment On Opinion 2/15 And Investor State Dispute Resolution. The Price Of Preserving The Division Of Powers – Giorgia Sangiuolo

Disclosure of End Use of Funds as a Measure to Check Fund Diversion – Surya Rajkumar

Agriculture And Competition Law: A Tale Of Uneasy Relationship? – Nidhi Singh

Legal Mechanism to Reduce Aviation’s Climate Change Impact— Introducing CORSIA – Luping Zhang

Posts from 2016:
The Role of Private Equity Funds in the Troubled Shipping Industry – Ioannis Yiasemis

The diminishing returns of ever greater profile of competition enforcement – Sylwester Gumienny

MiFID 2: Is the New Organised Trading Facility a Real Multilateral Trading Venue? – Chiming Kam

Systemic Crises And The Cost Of Regulation: The Dodd-Frank Act, The Eu Single Resolution Mechanism And Unexpected Lessons From Free Banking – Teemu Alexander Puutio

Human Rights Reporting and the Non-financial Disclosure Regime in Europe – Koen de Roo

The Luxembourg court does not negotiate: A brief commentary on the OMT ruling (Case C-62/14, Gauweiler) – Napoleon Xanthoulis

Posts from 2015:
Tax rulings: From certainty to uncertainty? – Charles Duro

The Protection of Legitimate Expectations under the Fair and Equitable Standard – Riccardo Fornasari

The post-crisis EU regulation targeting hedge funds – Tiago Ventura Mendes

Inside Practice: LIBOR Benchmark Manipulation and the Quantification of Harm in Damages Actions – Amy Dunne

Posts from 2014:
Collective Redress in Competition Claims: The Certification Procedure – Alexander Kamp

The New European Market Abuse Framework: Some Significant Practical Issues – Chiming Kam

What’s in a name? Regulating the growing green bond market – Stephen Minas

Economic Focus: What is the Relevance of Multi-Sided Platform Analysis for EU Competition Law? Maziar Homayounnejad

BT Phone Home: Fixed Line Recommended; Case Comment – Christy Burzio

A Brief Word on Arbitral Confidentiality in England – Adam Liew

An Interconnected Business Registry System for the European Union – Robert Miklós Babirad

When the U.K. is a Tax Haven: Pfizer’s Medicine to Reduce the Tax Bill – Marco Guerra

Evaluating Reorganisation in Bankruptcy law: Can the US Reorganisation Model be Conveniently Adopted by European Countries? – Marco Valdes

Private Equity Transactions and the Bankruptcy Rate – Robert K Rajczewski

It’s all in the Timing – Case Comment on Deutsche Bahn AG and Others v Morgan Advanced Materials Plc [2014] UKSC 24 – Christy Burzio

Has the Curtain Truly Fallen on the AstraZeneca Deal? Business Commentary on its Wider Implications – Christy Burzio

The New Risk Finance Guidelines: A Commentary – Gian Marco Galletti

Tax Transparent Funds: When Transparent Means Fair – Marco Guerra

Arbitration and the Courts – Hand in Hand? – Nascu Ioan

Posts from 2013:
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive: UK’s Road to the Impending Implementation – Robert K. Rajczewski

Restitutionary Damages for Breach of Contract: A Bad Precedent? Nina Anana

Posts from 2012:
Renewing the Short Selling debate in Europe – Jacopo Crivellaro

State Immunity as Bar to Execution of Awards in International Investment Arbitrations – Kshama Loya