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Hong Kong Launches Company Re-domiciliation Regime Key points Hong Kong has launched an “inward re-domiciliation” regime with effect from 23 May 2025, allowing non-Hong Kong incorporated companies to move their domicile to Hong Kong without court or winding-up procedures while preserving continuation of...
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: Advocate General finds ‘no-poach’ agreements generally restrictive ‘by object’, but “context always matters” On 15 May 2025, Advocate General Emiliou issued his opinion on the assessment of a ‘no-poach’ clause under EU competition rules. While he considered that such clauses are generally restrictive ‘by object’, he suggested that the ‘no-poach’ clause in...
Event-driven creditor activism - A corporate perspective Introduction Interventions from activist debt investors - normally hedge funds - are familiar in crisis and insolvency scenarios. A flurry of recent news stories and claims have highlighted that companies can attract the attention of activist funds as a...
Tax treatment of re-domiciliations and cross-border mergers
Everything, everywhere all at once – proposals for pensions reform After months of relative quiet on the pensions front, last week saw a flurry of activity from the Government with long awaited responses to consultation being published in relation to both DB and DC schemes. The consistent theme is how pension scheme...
The wait is over - the Pension Schemes Bill is here The Government has trailed the publication of the new Pension Schemes Bill since it was elected and even told us in the King’s speech what was likely to be in it. The Bill has now been published and we consider below whether it was worth the wait, what...
Aviva's equity release securitisation signals a new era for long-term RMBS - June 2025 This briefing explores Equity Release Products - their role in later-life finance, regulatory oversight, and evolving securitisation trends across the UK and beyond. The word “mortgage” comes from the Old French words “mort” meaning “death” and “gage”...
EU Securitisation Framework: Regulatory Update The EU Commission is expected to publish proposals to reform the EU Securitisation Regulation in June 2025.These are expected to be presented with the goal of removing undue issuance and investment barriers in the EU securitisation market.While issuers...
First time originator's guide to securitisation - June 2025 Originators can use securitisation to achieve a lower cost of funding than from other debt products and to remove securitised assets from their balance sheet. Securitisation plays an important role in facilitating liquidity and risk management, allowing...
The New Securitisation Framework: what has really changed? On 1 November 2024, the Securitisation Regulations Framework (as defined below) came into force as part of the UK Government’s efforts to establish a ‘Smarter Regulatory Framework’ after Brexit. This note explains the legislative background and compares...
The Independent Water Commission's Interim Findings: Pressure builds for reform, but a sea-change looks unlikely Following a Call for Evidence that elicited over 50,000 responses, the UK’s Independent Water Commission (Commission) has published its interim findings, highlighting five areas it believes to be critical to reforming the UK water industry. The report...
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: European Commission fines Delivery Hero and Glovo €329 million for participating in first EU labour market cartel On 2 June 2025, the European Commission announced that it has imposed fines totalling €329 million on Delivery Hero and Glovo for participating in a cartel to eliminate competitive rivalry in the online food delivery sector across the EEA. This historic...
Employment Bulletin - June 2025 Topics covered in this bulletin: Employment Tribunal had jurisdiction to consider claims from peripatetic employee Non-disclosure agreements will be unenforceable to the extent they prevent certain disclosures by victims of crime Conduct of disciplinary...
FRC publishes new Stewardship Code 2026: Supporting long term sustainable value? Following an extensive period of consultation with various stakeholders (for more details on the consultation, see our client briefing here), the Financial Reporting Council (“FRC”) has finally published its new Stewardship Code 2026. This will...
What do corporate treasurers need to know about EU EMIR and UK EMIR as we approach the midpoint of 2025 This briefing summarises the recent and pending developments in these two regimes, as well as areas of divergence between them.  These areas and the possibility of further divergence should be monitored closely as and when we hear further policy...