On Thursday 4 October 2012 at 9:30am (UK time) Herbert Smith will be delivering a webinar entitled ‘Enforcing against state assets – the landscape post-Gécamines and SerVaas'. The panel will consider the following topics:
- Sovereign immunity – from an English law perspective and from a Hong Kong law perspective
- Implications of the Gécamines decision in relation to the liability of state owned entities for debts of the state
- Implications of the SerVaas decision in relation to the "commercial purposes" exception
- Drafting considerations in state contracts
The speakers will be:
Matthew Weiniger, Partner, London
Andrew Cannon, Senior Associate, London
Joanne Greenway, Professional Support Lawyer, London
Martin Wallace, Associate, Hong Kong
The webinar is an online seminar delivered to your desktop. We very much hope that you can join us.
For further details and to register for this webinar, please contact Prudence Heidemans.
Key contacts
Simon Chapman KC
Managing Partner, Disputes, Asia and Australia, Hong Kong
Andrew Cannon
Partner, Head of International Arbitration, London and Paris
Dr Patricia Nacimiento
Partner, Germany
Kathryn Sanger
Partner, Head of Disputes, China and Japan and Head of Private Capital, Asia, Hong Kong
Thierry Tomasi
Partner, Paris
Christian Leathley
Partner, Head of International Arbitration, US, London and New York
Craig Tevendale
Partner, Head of Energy Sector, London
Gitta Satryani
Managing Partner, Singapore Office, Singapore
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