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Company – Merger. The Companies Court considered an application under Regulation 16 of the Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007to approve a merger between two companies. It approved the merger, but suggested that the process by which the court had considered whether a merger should be approved, in the case of Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd, Re ([2012] EWHC 3576 (Ch)) might have gone beyond that which was required by the relevant European Union legislation.
Company – Merger. The Companies Court considered an application under Regulation 16 of the Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007to approve a merger between two companies. It approved the merger, but suggested that the process by which the court had considered whether a merger should be approved, in the case of Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd, Re ([2012] EWHC 3576 (Ch)) might have gone beyond that which was required by the relevant European Union legislation.
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