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Intellectual property: Cross-border joint ventures In certain sectors, in particular in technology and life sciences, it is common for companies to combine forces in order to maximise business opportunities.  A company may decide to contract out the research, development and exploitation of an...
BLOG: Public CbCR has arrived in the EU The EU's directive on public country-by-country reporting was published in the Official Journal on 1 December 2021 to take effect on the twentieth day thereafter. 
Ten questions on the FCA's MiFIDPRU Remuneration Code In this briefing we answer ten questions on the FCA's remuneration code for MiFID investment firms, which will apply to performance periods beginning on or after 1 January 2022.   The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the final...
Pensions Bulletin - November 2021 Restrictions on transfers out; Increasing normal minimum pension age; reporting of annual asset class information; charges in DC schemes; rectification of pension increase provisions In this month’s Pensions Bulletin, we cover: Immediate new...
Territorial Considerations in Competition Law Disputes: the EU and UK Perspective Camilla Sanger and Olga Ladrowska have written for Global Competition Review’s Private Litigation Guide on the EU and UK perspectives on territorial considerations around competition law regimes.  Globalisation has led to the unprecedented...
BLOG: TAMD is upon us As part of the UK’s Autumn Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that certain “tax administration and maintenance announcements” would follow – they followed on 30 November in a manner similar to tax policies and consultation...
Global Investigations Review’s Guide to International Enforcement of the Securities Laws - 1st edition - United Kingdom chapter As the securities enforcement landscape continues to expand beyond national borders, the Guide to International Enforcement of the Securities Laws seeks to address the most pressing questions in securities law enforcement. With this in mind, Ewan Brown,...
Settled or not? An arbitration agreement extends to a settlement dispute GURKHAS CONSTRUCTION LTD V CRAFT FAÇADE TECH (HONG KONG) CO LTD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS EFT-CRAFT CO LTD) [2021] HKDC 1166 This client briefing discusses a Hong Kong case which concerned an application for a stay in favour of arbitration. GURKHAS...
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (10 - 23 November 2021) On 4 November 2021 the Competition and Markets Authority announced its decision to prohibit the completed acquisition by JD Sports of Footasylum for the second time, following an in-depth Phase 2 investigation. In a press release the CMA said that in its...
Tax and the City Review for November 2021 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews provide an update on the measures relevant to financial institutions in the Autumn Budget and Finance Bill 2022 including bank taxation, the consultation on a re-domiciliation regime,...