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Oct 17, 2024 | 
friedfrank.com | Gregg Beechey |Neil Caddy |Kathryn Cecil |Kate Downey |Ashley Katz |Jons F. Lehmann | +9 more
Skip to main content Rankings | October 17, 2024 Chambers and Partners, an independent and research-based survey of clients and leading practitioners, recognized the firm in four practice categories of its 2025 UK Guide and ranked 15 Fried Frank lawyers as leaders in their respective practice areas.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
friedfrank.com | Chris Barron |Gregg Beechey |Valeri Bozhikov |Neil Caddy |Tobias Caspary |Kathryn Cecil | +40 more
Skip to main content Accolades | October 3, 2024 Fried Frank was recognized in 12 practice categories in The Legal 500 UK 2025, a guide to the leading commercial law firms in the United Kingdom. In addition, 47 Fried Frank lawyers are recommended by the publication. Partners Chris Barron, Gregg Beechey, Kathryn Cecil, David Christmas, Ashley Katz, Jons Lehmann, Ian Lopez and Nick Thornton were all listed as “Leading Partners” in their respective practice areas.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
friedfrank.com | Liza Andrews |Bret T. Chrisope |Adam Cohen |Andrew J. Colosimo |Steven Epstein |Christopher Ewan | +24 more
M&A/PE Quarterly | September 26, 2024 Table of Contents: In the Most Recent Earnout Decisions, the Court of Chancery Found the Buyers Breached Their Efforts Obligations—Auris and Alexion Uncertainty on Governance Rights in Stockholders Agreements Continues Pending a Decision in the Appeal of Moelis Chancery Holds, for the First Time, that Substantive Contract Provisions in Private Agreements Cannot be Incorporated by Reference into a Delaware Corporation’s Charter Lessons on Law Firm Legal...
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Liza Andrews |Bret T. Chrisope |Adam Cohen |Andrew J. Colosimo |Steven Epstein |Christopher Ewan | +24 more
Table of Contents: In the Most Recent Earnout Decisions, the Court of Chancery Found the Buyers Breached Their Efforts Obligations—Auris and Alexion Uncertainty on Governance Rights in Stockholders Agreements Continues Pending a Decision in the Appeal of Moelis Chancery Holds, for the First Time, that Substantive Contract Provisions in Private Agreements Cannot be Incorporated by Reference into a Delaware Corporation’s Charter Lessons on Law Firm Legal Opinions from Chancery’s Recent...
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
friedfrank.com | Kate Downey |James Renahan
September 17-18, 2024 London Partners Kate Downey and James Renahan will speak on panels at the Markets Group 7th Private Equity Europe Forum, the leading investor-centric event for LPs investing in private markets across Europe and globally. Renahan will speak on the panel, "Global Private Equity Outlook," discussing the current private equity landscape as firms navigate market volatility, inflationary pressures and rising interest rates.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Liza Andrews |Bret T. Chrisope |Adam Cohen |Andrew J. Colosimo |Steven Epstein |Christopher Ewan | +26 more
In Cantor Fitzgerald v. Ainslie (Jan. 29, 2024), the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery’s decision that a “forfeiture-for-competition” provision in a limited partnership agreement was unenforceable because it was unreasonable. More importantly, the Supreme Court held that forfeiture-for-competition provisions in partnership agreements—which condition receipt of future payments on non-competition—are not subject to review for reasonableness at all.
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Jan 30, 2024 | lexology.com | Liza Andrews |Bret T. Chrisope |Adam Cohen |Andrew J. Colosimo |Steven Epstein |Christopher Ewan | +26 more
In Cantor Fitzgerald v. Ainslie (Jan. 29, 2024), the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery’s decision that a “forfeiture-for-competition” provision in a limited partnership agreement was unenforceable because it was unreasonable. More importantly, the Supreme Court held that forfeiture-for-competition provisions in partnership agreements—which condition receipt of future payments on non-competition—are not subject to review for reasonableness at all.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Liza Andrews |Bret T. Chrisope |Adam Cohen |Andrew J. Colosimo |Steven Epstein |Christopher Ewan | +26 more
In Paul v. Rockpoint Group, LLC (Jan. 9, 2024), the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed the alternative dispute resolution mechanism set forth in a fund manager’s LLC agreement for calculating the share of proceeds to which a former managing partner was entitled upon the funds’ sale of portfolio companies.
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Jan 19, 2024 | lexology.com | Liza Andrews |Bret T. Chrisope |Adam Cohen |Andrew J. Colosimo |Steven Epstein |Christopher Ewan | +26 more
In Paul v. Rockpoint Group, LLC (Jan. 9, 2024), the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed the alternative dispute resolution mechanism set forth in a fund manager’s LLC agreement for calculating the share of proceeds to which a former managing partner was entitled upon the funds’ sale of portfolio companies.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Liza Andrews |Bret T. Chrisope |Adam Cohen |Andrew J. Colosimo |Steven Epstein |Christopher Ewan | +26 more
In Chordia v. Lee (Jan. 4, 2023), the Delaware Court of Chancery interpreted a Stockholders’ Agreement (the “Agreement”), between Alphonso Inc. (the “Corporation”) and its founders and other key stockholders (the “Key Holders”), which had been entered into in conjunction with the acquisition of a majority stake in the Corporation by LG Electronics (“LGE”).
