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Legal Professional Privilege in Hong Kong: The Impact of the English Court of Appeal’s Decision in ENRC The client briefing considers how the recent decision of the English Court of Appeal in Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation [2018] EWCA Civ 2006 to allow an appeal regarding legal professional privilege in the context of an...
Tax and the City briefing for September 2018 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider, inter alia, the substance requirements for corporate residence, the input tax deduction rules for financial services post-Brexit, and the divergence of views on the transfer pricing aspects of financial transactions....
Apple/Shazam: Big Data, Big Tech and M&A – what’s the big deal? Following the EC’s approval of Apple/Shazam, this article looks at some of the key questions facing competition authorities analysing Big Tech deals in Europe The European Commission’s announcement that it has approved Apple’s $400 million acquisition of...
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter CMA provisionally clears SSE/Npower merger CMA provisionally clears SSE/Npower merger On 30 August 2018 the CMA announced its provisional findings that the proposed merger between SSE’s domestic retail energy supply, telecoms and energy-related services...
Pensions Bulletin pension investment reforms; PPF compensation; cold calling ban; BA succeeds in Court of Appeal; Scheme ‘frozen’; no transfer discharge following pensions liberation; EMIR pensions clearing Topics covered in this bulletin: New Law CMA proposals for...
Employment Bulletin transfer of undertaking despite break; zero hours contract agency worker; employers to protect workers from harassment; postponement of disciplinary hearing; Injunction to enforce restrictive covenants Topics covered in this bulletin: European Court...
It's getting personal: first cartel case against individuals Hong Kong Competition Commission took its third cartel case to the Competition Tribunal, seeking for the first time a pecuniary penalty against individuals involved in cartel conduct and a disqualification order against a director On 6 September 2018, the...
LMA loan documentation in Africa Outlines the key terms of the LMA facility agreement templates designed for use in the African loan market The majority of English law syndicated loans are documented based on the collection of primary syndicated loan documentation produced by the Loan...
Incentives Bulletin Disguised remuneration: HMRC update; Executive pay reports; Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee on gender pay gap reporting; Horizon scanning Topics covered in this bulletin: Disguised remuneration: HMRC update Executive pay...
Brexit Essentials: Deal or No deal - State aid This briefing summarises the challenges that might arise in relation to the state aid regime in a “deal” or “no deal” Brexit scenario In August 2018, the UK Government published a series of technical notices intended to help...