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Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: European Commission designates Booking as a gatekeeper under DMA and opens market investigation into X On 13 May 2024, the European Commission announced that it has designated Booking as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act, for its online intermediation service Booking.com. The Commission has also opened a market investigation to assess whether X...
BLOG: Tax Disputes Podcast – Nigeria Our “trip” through tax disputes landscapes around the world is sadly nearing its end (and by “trip”, I mean a six-part podcast series on tax disputes in G20 countries across six continents). This stop in Nigeria marks the penultimate episode in the series...
Tax and the City Review - May 2024 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews discuss: the Court of Appeal’s decisions in BlackRock (unallowable purpose and transfer pricing) and in Hargreaves Property (withholding tax on interest); changes to HMRC’s stamp taxes on shares guidance on the...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 16 May 2024 Includes developments in relation to: financial data access; UK sustainability reporting standards; Sexism in the City; Consumer Duty; cryptoassets; digitalisation in finance; CRR; MREL; solvent exit planning; ESG terminology; equivalence decisions; SDR;...
ISDA's Notices Hub: A solution for delivery of critical notices - a buy-side perspective Many market participants will have received the recent letter from ISDA asking for industry support for the ISDA Notices Hub – a project which aims to go a step further than re-thinking the delivery of notice provisions in the ISDA Master Agreement and,...
Corporate Update Bulletin - 16 May 2024 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
Getting Ready Series: International Sustainability Standards Board Standards Our Sustainability team has been exploring upcoming ESG regulatory developments, helping companies to grapple the sheer volume of reporting disclosures across the UK, EU and globally. We explore the 'What,' 'When,' 'Who,' and 'Why' of the International...
Employment Bulletin - May 2024 Topics covered in this bulletin: Dismissal and re-engagement: protective award uplift High Court considers whether non-solicitation and commission provisions were in restraint of trade Creation of new role with reduced responsibilities was breach of...
Global Investigations Bulletin (May 2024) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for May 2024 is now available. This month we discuss the FCA finally setting out its findings against Link Fund Solutions in the latest instalment of the Woodford saga. We also set out recent news in global...
The IP Brief - May 2024 Welcome to The IP Brief – a quarterly update of key IP cases and news, with a primarily UK and EU focus.
Financial Regulation group's banking and investment services column for Practical Law - May 2024 Our May 2024 column for Practical Law Financial Services subscribers on topical developments in the banking and investment services sector.
BLOG: Tax Disputes podcast - India In the fourth episode of our round the world Tax Disputes podcast series, we take you to India for a conversation with Mukesh Butani, founder and Managing Partner of BMR Legal Advocates, Sarah Osprey, tax partner and member of Slaughter and May’s Tax...
EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – May 2024 Developments in this month's edition include:
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 9 May 2024 Includes developments in relation to: FCA/PRA secondary objective; Edinburgh Reforms; AI; financial stability; UK CRR; UK EMIR; UK-Switzerland agreement; banking supervision; credit risk management; SME finance; operational resilience; securitisation...
Banking on private equity: UK regulators weigh in on how banks should be assessing their exposure to the private equity sector There is concern emerging at the Bank of England (BoE) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) about how banks are assessing their overall exposure to private equity (PE) related financing activities.