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Funds Litigation

Allen & Overy boasts deep experience of advising alternative lenders and investment fund managers on a broad range of litigation.

Our litigators around the world take a practical and commercial approach to resolving disputes as efficiently and effectively as possible, working for funds on disputes involving acquisitions and sales, commercial contracts, mis-selling and insolvency.

Examples of our fund litigation work include advising:

  • Over 30 international investors (including many private equity funds) in ten different claims under the Energy Charter Treaty against the Kingdom of Spain, relating to investments in renewable energy plants in Spain.
  • A major international hedge fund in relation to the theft of highly valuable information and trading strategies by a former UK employee. The case involves civil and criminal proceedings and injunctions in a number of jurisdictions including England, Hong Kong and the U.S.
  • A global private equity fund in relation to a EUR350m claim against it concerning the amount of additional consideration payable following the acquisition and subsequent disposal of a major brewing business.

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Publications: 20 December 2023

从绝对豁免到相对豁免——《外国国家豁免法》对内地和香港跨境争议的影响

随着《中华人民共和国外国国家豁免法》(下称“《外国国家豁免法》”)即将于2024年1月1日起施行,中华人民共和国(下称“中国”)内地和香港长期以来所奉行的对外国国家及其财产的绝对豁免原则亦将迎来终结。《外国国家豁免法》引入了有关商业活动的例外,并允许外国国家事先以明示的方式放弃国家豁免,从而增加了可对外国国家提起诉讼的情形,并扩大了可对其在内地和香港境内的财产执行仲裁裁决和法院判决的范围。这一变化…

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