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Global Investigations Bulletin (May 2021) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for May 2021 is now available. This month, we review corporate convictions for bribery in the UK, set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions, and provide key horizon scanning updates...
Tax impact of European Commission’s draft foreign subsidies Regulation Under the European Commission’s draft Regulation for a new regime to address the impact of subsidies from non-EU countries on trade within the EU published on 5 May 2021, tax concessions, reliefs and credits granted by the UK or other non-EU...
European Commission publishes new regulation targeting foreign subsidies On 5 May 2021, the European Commission published a draft Regulation for a new regime to address the impact of subsidies from non-EU countries on trade within the EU. This follows the White Paper on foreign subsidies that was published by the Commission...
Europe's Groundbreaking Draft Artificial Intelligence Act The EU broke new ground on 21 April 2021 by issuing the draft of its proposed harmonised legal framework on AI (the "AI Act"), the first attempt worldwide to specifically regulate this rapidly developing and often misunderstood branch of...
An overview of the EU competition rules General overview of the European competition rules applicable to cartels, abuse of dominance, forms of commercial cooperation, merger control, and State aid
The EU Merger Regulation An overview of the European merger control rules
The EU competition rules on cartels Guide to the enforcement of rules applicable to cartels in Europe
The EU competition rules on horizontal agreements Guide to the assessment of horizontal agreements (including the European Commission’s guidelines on horizontal cooperation and the block exemption regulations on research and development and specialisation agreements)
The EU competition rules on vertical agreements Guide to the assessment of vertical agreements (including the European Commission's block exemption regulations on vertical agreements and motor vehicle distribution)
The EU competition rules on intellectual property licensing Overview of the application of EU competition rules to intellectual property licensing; focus on the EU block exemption for technology transfer agreements including accompanying Guidelines
The EU rules on State aid Guide to the rules on State aid within the EU
The cautionary tale of Mr Bostan Khan On 30 April 2021 the Court of Appeal handed down its unanimous judgment in Bostan Khan v HMRC. As tax cases go, it is neither the biggest in terms of amounts of tax at stake (except, one assumes, from the perspective of poor Mr Khan) nor the most complex....
Our latest banking and investment services column for Practical Law In their column for April 2021, Ben, Nick and Selmin consider the FCA's stance on  breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, the Resolvability Assessment Framework (RAF) and the PRA’s recent Supervisory Statement on outsourcing and...
M&A, Litigation and Regulation - Emerging Themes from the Premier Oil Restructuring The merger of Premier Oil plc (“Premier”) and Chrysaor Holdings Limited (“Chrysaor”) completed on 31 March 2021, with Premier’s shares being readmitted to trading the following day under the new name of Harbour Energy plc...
The tide comes in: An update on the SFDR and the taxonomy regulation This briefing provides an update on the application of the SFDR and Taxonomy Regulation to asset managers, discussing latest regulatory developments, some of the issues arising from the regulations (including their application to UK and non-EU firms), and...