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UK Listing Regime - To change or not to change, that is the question It is not often that the rules around equity capital markets hit the mainstream papers but that was the case with the release of Lord Hill’s report on the UK Listing Review (“Report”) in March. Whilst there appears to be general...
Looking ahead: Equity Capital Markets Outlook With Lord Hill’s review of the UK listing regime now published and under consideration by HM Treasury, the 2021 IPO market in full swing, and the ink (finally) drying on Brexit, we gaze into our ECM crystal ball and consider the likely trends and...
Employment Bulletin - April 2021 Employment rates and limits; payment for taken but unpaid annual leave; store workers can use distribution workers as equal pay comparators; transfer of car on termination April 2021 employment rates and limits and other changes We attach an updated...
The Real Estate Law Review - 10th edition - Hong Kong chapter Developments in Real Estate in Hong Kong prepared for the tenth edition of the The Real Estate Law Review This chapter focuses on the key legal Real Estate developments and their potential impact on the global Real Estate market. It provides an overview...
The Real Estate Law Review - 10th edition - England & Wales chapter Developments in Real Estate, in England and Wales prepared for the tenth edition of the The Real Estate Law Review This chapter focuses on the key legal Real Estate developments and their potential impact on the global Real Estate market. It provides an...
The Real Estate Law Review - 10th edition The tenth edition of The Real Estate Law Review covers major jurisdictions from around the world, providing an invaluable insight into key legal issues and market trends in the authors’ jurisdictions and, offering an up-to-date synopsis of the...
Global Investigations Bulletin (April 2021) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for April 2021 is now available. This month, we discuss the Financial Conduct Authority’s initiation of criminal proceedings against NatWest for breaches of the 2007 Money Laundering Regulations. We also set out...
SFC invites consultation on conduct requirements for bookbuilding and placing activities A briefing summarising the consultation paper published by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission on governing market intermediaries’ bookbuilding and placing activities. Summary In February 2021, the Securities and Futures Commission...
Competition Law in the Digital Age This edition covers the European Commission’s proposed Digital Markets Act, the German Digitalisation Act, the UK probe into Google’s Privacy Sandbox project and the international review of the Google / Fitbit transaction.  Our...
Pensions Bulletin - March 2021 In this month’s Pensions Bulletin, we consider three significant consultations regarding the Pension Regulator (TPR) and its powers: the proposed approach of TPR to the new criminal sanctions under the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (PSA), the draft...
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (10 - 23 March 2021) National Security and Investment Bill update: UK Government refines definitions of high risk sectors that require notification and BEIS publishes new factsheet National Security and Investment Bill update: UK Government refines definitions of high risk...
BLOG: Diversity and inclusion: a regulatory issue In this blog post we reflect on recent speeches delivered by the Financial Conduct Authority on the importance of diversity and inclusion.
Tax Day! The UK Government has, in its own words, published "more than 30 tax updates, consultations and documents in a move to strengthen policymaking and modernise UK tax system" as part of the tax policies and consultations update on 23 March 2021,...
Tax and the City Review for March 2021 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews look at Budget 2021 and the review of bank taxation in particular; the publication by the OECD of the International Compliance Assurance Programme handbook; and the CA decision in Eastern Power Networks. Budget 2021 announces an...
Is your joint copyright work purple or red/blue? Joint ownership of copyright can be a commercial headache. It is important to be aware of the final decision in the drama of Martin v Kogan in relation to the screenplay of Hollywood film Florence Foster Jenkins. The case is...