Merger Control Snapshot
M. Hamel-Smith & Co. is pleased to share its Merger Control Snapshot, authored by M. Glenn Hamel-Smith, Partner, Head – Banking & Finance at M. Hamel-Smith & Co. ...
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Aug
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31
Jan
Merger Control – Getting the Guidance for Merger Transactions
In the current prevailing and uncertain economic paradigm, some companies might be motivated to secure survival or growth by pursuing mergers, joint ventures, sales, or acquisitions. Such opportunities might enhance future growth prospects by taking advantage of synergies...
10
Dec
FAIR COMPETITION IS COMING BUT WILL IT EVER REACH?
When an earlier version of this Article was first published in March 2017, it was stated then that “(W)ord on the ground is that the remaining unproclaimed (and the most substantive) part of the Fair Trading Act (…the...
10
Dec
Fair Trade and Fair Competition Finally Here
After many years, the long-awaited Fair Trading Act (Chap. 81:13 of the laws of Trinidad and Tobago, the FTA or the Act) has finally been brought fully into force. The Act was first partially proclaimed in 2007. While...
08
Dec
BANKERS BEWARE: THE DUTY TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS FROM FRAUD
In the recent case of Singularis Holdings Limited (in liquidation) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court upheld the judgments of the lower courts and found that a bank was in breach of its...