The world’s biggest international organisations rely on us to help them make the right decisions in a fast-changing world. We combine the knowledge, experience and energy of the whole firm to solve our clients’ most complex challenges, wherever and whenever they arise.
Here you’ll find our lawyers’ latest perspectives on the business, legal and wider issues that matter.
Our global teams span specialisms, regions and industries to deliver against three fundamental client needs: transactional, regulatory, risk.
Explaining the culture of a firm is always difficult. But we think ours is special.
In recent years, we have seen various global events that have placed unforeseen obstacles in the way of strict contractual performance. As a result, contracting parties have often sought to rely on fo...
Author(s): Ali Kirby-Harris, Zaid Fathoala, Charlotte Dunn
The ECOFIN Council has reached agreement on the EU Directive on Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes (the FASTER Directive) at its recent meeting on 14 May 2024. The FASTER Directive s...
Author(s): Katharina Kubik, Andreas Langer, Dominic Krenn
Introduction As AI becomes increasingly advanced, so does the risk that companies may face litigation or regulatory investigations concerning their use or development of the technology. Governments an...
Author(s): Cat Greenwood-Smith, Rebecca Fenning, Georgina Bayly, Lizzy Matthams, Erin Field
Germany and collective actions have not been a big success story so far. The development of collective redress mechanisms in Germany has been largely sporadic, triggered by surges of litigation that o...
Author(s): Elisabeth Weber, Stefanie Fay, Jan Henning Buschfeld, Marie Laubenstein, Johanna Möller, Theresa Schumacher
The Automated Vehicles Bill was passed by the House of Lords and the House of Commons last week and is set to become law in the UK, once it receives Royal Assent. Overview The Bill proved to be uncon...
Author(s): James Roberts, Georgina Bayly
On 19 March 2024, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Trilegal, and the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry organised a roundtable on legal practitioners’ perspective on disputes and compliance r...
Author(s): Vasuda Sinha, Stuti Gadodia
Professional football is not just an entertaining happening for millions of fans around the world; it is also a big money game. During the 2021/22 football season, the top 10 clubs based in the EU (i....
Author(s): Jan Struckmann, Marcel Michaelis, Mathis Schwarze
In a recent decision, the Regional Court of Essen (LG Essen) dismissed Spain’s request for an anti-enforcement injunction, sought to prevent the enforcement of the intra-EU ICSID award in RWE v Spain ...
Author(s): Carsten Wendler, Nathalie Colin, Gregorio Pettazzi, Hager Sameh