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Three years in: EU Foreign Subsidy Regime in review European Commission publishes its three-year review of the operation of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation The EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (the FSR), which came into force in January 2023, aims to address distortions in the EU internal market caused...
Power and place: A regulatory guide to data centre developments in Europe Data centres have become foundational infrastructure for the global economy. The sector is attracting investment at a scale and pace without modern precedent.
Navigating the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation: Ten practical points for Chinese companies investing in the EU Chinese companies, whether private or State-owned, investing in the European Union (EU) face increasing scrutiny under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), reflecting growing European Commission (EC) attention to State-linked financing amidst wider...
Tax and the city - July 2026 In this month's edition, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews share their pick of recent tax updates and developments. We cover the following: the Supreme Court’s decision in HFFX that deferred payments allocated to individual members by a corporate member of an...
The UK captive insurance regime proposals: implications for the Insurance sector The PRA and FCA have each published proposals for a new tailored regime for UK captive insurers. These consultations follow on from the earlier HM Treasury consultation on the introduction of a captive insurance regime. The current consultations are open...
Beyond the OSA/DSA: Age Assurance as a Data Privacy Obligation Incoming social media bans and ongoing OSA and DSA actions in the UK and EU are shining a spotlight on the age assurance compliance of in-scope organisations. However, the data protection regime requires a much larger range of organisations to implement...
Stretching the pitch: the ROGON judgment and the bounds of competition law What are the limits of a sporting body’s ability to regulate economic activity off-the-pitch under EU competition law? That was one of the questions facing the European Court of Justice (CJ) in the recent case of ROGON, which concerned regulations adopted...
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: European Commission accepts commitments from SAP to address concerns relating to aftermarket practices On 9 July 2026, the European Commission announced that it has accepted commitments from SAP addressing the Commission’s preliminary competition concerns that SAP’s conduct relating to aftermarket support services breached competition rules. On 9 July 2026...
Digitisation of shares in UK traded companies: DEMAT publishes implementation plan The Dematerialisation Market Action Taskforce (DEMAT) has published a report setting out the steps that need to be taken to remove paper share certificates for UK-traded shares – i.e. shares in UK-incorporated companies that are admitted to trading on a...
Manifesto commitments: Potential impact on UK Energy and Infrastructure The UK General Election on 4 July 2024 takes place in the broader context of heightened geopolitical tensions and inflationary pressures, with energy security, net zero targets, and economic growth remaining key concerns on both the national and...
The Lens Newsletter - July 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Cutting out the middle man: Digital Regulatory Reporting On 7 April 2020 the FCA published its 2020/21 Business Plan announcing that,...
The Lens Newsletter - August 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Parliament approves ICO code of practice which aims to make children safer online. On 12 August the Information Commissioner’s Office...
The Lens Newsletter - October 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. US responds to Schrems II judgment. As many will know, the Schrems II decision has caused quite a stir in the data privacy community,...
The Lens Newsletter - November 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Export control, trade wars and Brexit Brexit and the US-China trade war are generating significant new developments in the historically...
The Lens Newsletter - December 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. ENISA issues guidelines on securing the IoT supply chain On 9 November 2020, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)...