Subjects:

Commercial Law

Contents:

Part A - Planning: Why Go Into a Joint Venture.

Planning a Joint Venture Transaction.

Choosing the Legal Form.

Contractual Alliances: an Overview.

Equity Joint Ventures: the Framework.

Importance of Ancillary Contracts

Part B - Relationship Issues:

Capital and Funding.

Governance and Management.

Minority Investment and Protection.

Deadlock and Breakdown.

Duties between Joint Venture Parties.

Transfers of Shares.

Exit, Termination and Change.

Disputes: Mediation, Litigation and Arbitration.

Part C - Specialist Issues:

Tax Planning.

Competition and Regulatory.

Intellectual Property.

Employment.

Accounting.

Part D - International Joint Ventures and selected Jurisdictions

(e.g. China, India, Poland and Russia).

Part E - Precedents.

Part F:

Joint Venture and Alliance Checklists.

Joint ventures aim to build successful and profitable relationships and the skill of the practitioner is to protect the client’s interests in a way which is constructive to the establishment of a successful alliance. The new 3rd edition of Joint Ventures will assist you to do this for your clients with confidence - giving you clear guidance on the issues you will encounter and enabling you to find constructive solutions.

Joint Ventures is a one-stop source of information and will help you plan, understand and implement joint ventures more successfully than ever before.

• Provides practical guidance and analysis on all aspects of joint ventures and alliances
• Takes a procedural approach, considering all the legal issues involved
• Covers the practicalities involved in the drafting, negotiating and setting up joint ventures
• Provides an overview of the law relating to joint ventures and includes comprehensive checklists and precedents for use in practice
• Covers implemented legislative changes including the introduction of limited liability partnerships, the European Company and proposals for a UK Company Law Reform Bill
• Includes free CD containing precedents and checklists