April 16, 2020
Gibson Dunn’s lawyers regularly counsel clients on issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are working with many of our clients on their response to COVID-19. The following is a round-up of today’s client alerts on this topic prepared by the Gibson Dunn team. Our lawyers are available to assist with any questions you may have regarding developments related to the outbreak. As always, for additional information, please feel free to contact the Gibson Dunn lawyer with whom you usually work, or any member of the firm’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Team.
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
This weekly bulletin provides a summary and compendium of English law legal developments during the current COVID-19 pandemic in a variety of key areas.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly the biggest public health crisis of our times. Like many other countries, the UK Government has exercised broad powers and passed new laws that impact how we do business and interact as a society. To address the pandemic, the Government announced several sweeping regulations and ushered through the Coronavirus Act 2020. These actions have a broad impact on law, public policy and daily life, impacting areas including health, social welfare, commerce, trade, competition, employment and the free movement of people.
Join our team of Gibson Dunn London lawyers, led by partner and former Lord Chancellor Charlie Falconer QC, for a discussion of these changes and to answer your questions on how they will affect British businesses and community, including the impact on new and ongoing business relationships. This webinar will cover the pandemic’s effect on UK insolvency law, with a focus on wrongful trading and proposed restructuring law reform; the pandemic’s effect on financial regulation, including the adjusted expectations of FCA and PRA; and an overview of the UK’s fiscal response to COVID-19.
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Antitrust authorities in the U.S. and Europe have increasingly emphasized the importance of policing competition in innovation-driven health care markets, including pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical devices, and biotech. During and after the COVID-19 crisis, companies can expect greater demands on industry participants to collaborate, as governments and companies all work to develop innovative treatments and products. In addition, in recent years antitrust enforcers have been reviewing mergers and conduct throughout the industry through new analytical frameworks, and have issued new guidelines, which may have both short-term and long-term ramifications for business practices and transactions. We also can expect continued enforcement attention to perceived high drug costs. M&A transactions, litigation, and government enforcement are impacted and will continue to be impacted by these trends.
Drawing on their experiences in recent cases and their enforcement backgrounds, Gibson Dunn lawyers will discuss how to navigate these new and evolving approaches to antitrust enforcement and litigation. The panel also will discuss how pharmaceutical, medical device, biologic and biotech companies can engage effectively with enforcers, while practically managing antitrust risk in this challenging environment.
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