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On 14 November 2024, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, gave her first Mansion House speech, in which she argued that regulatory changes to eliminate risk after the financial crisis...
On 18 November 2024, the the new Product Liability Directive (PLD) was published and will come into force on 9 December 2024. It will update the EU-wide regime governing claims by consumers for ...
The UK’s corporate criminal law framework was bolstered last year with the passing of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 which, among other things, introduced a new Failure to ...
The Securities and Futures Commission (the SFC) has finalised its Guidelines for Market Soundings (the Guidelines). The Guidelines will come into effect on 2 May 2025 and Market Sounding ...
In our podcast Out of the shadows: The growing regulatory spotlight on private capital, we explored the increasing noise we hear from regulators regarding the impact of and potential for private ...
On 7 October 2024, a new mandatory reimbursement regime for victims of authorised push payment (APP) will come into force in the UK. From that date, payment service providers (PSPs) will be required ...
On 3 September 2024, the Berlin Higher Regional Court (the Berlin Court) afforded a German subsidiary of a European industrial company a novel remedy against a Russian sanctioned party, which had ...
European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs) and Long-Term Asset Funds (LTAFs) are designed to facilitate investments in long-term and illiquid assets, such as private equity, venture capital, ...
‘As we reflect on the impact of the New Consumer Agenda, it's evident that substantial strides have been made in bolstering consumer rights, from enhancing product safety and banning greenwashing to ...
Regulation 2024/2019 (Amending Regulation as published on 12 August 2024 in the Official Journal L) amending the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union (Statute of the Court of Justice...
On 20 June 2024, the UK Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in R (on the application of Finch on behalf of Weald Action Group) (Appellant) v Surrey County Council and others (...
Five years ago, when Diem (formerly known as Libra) was announced to the market, the potential and need for a revolution in digital payments was clear. However, the readiness of central banks, ...
In its widely commented decision no. 24-D-05, the French Competition Authority (FCA) ruled that mergers below the thresholds - in this case, 21 business transfers between three companies, leading to ...
The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation, as supplemented by the detailed guidance in the Foreign Subsidies Implementing Regulation, is intended to fill a gap perceived by the EU Commission in the ...
Beneficial ownership and entitlement are pervasive concepts in tax law. The Court of Appeal’s decision in Hargreaves offers an opportune reminder of the domestic meaning of these terms, including ...
Summary of the seminar jointly hosted by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. On 4 June 2024, Rasul Butt, Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong ...
Richard Bird, Fan Li, Leslie Xu The PRC Data Security Law (DSL) set up a categorisation and grading system for ‘important data’ accounting for the importance of the data on economic and social ...
The EU Listing Act Package comprises several legislative proposals for changes to the EU Prospectus Regulation, the EU Market Abuse Regulation, EU MiFIR and EU MiFID II, as well as the introduction ...
Listed Company Academy: Hot Topics The slides and video recording of the session are available here: Slides for Listed Company Academy – 23 May 2024 (the password to access the video recording has ...
The recent decision of the Court of Appeal in BlackRock Holdco 5, LLC v HMRC [2024] EWCA Civ 330 is the latest judicial pronouncement on two UK tax issues arising from the BlackRock group’s $13.5bn ...