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The Great Plastic Reckoning - How the Law and Geopolitics are Shaping the Future of Plastics The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee’s fifth session (‘INC-5’), held in Busan from 25 November to 1 December 2024, intended to inaugurate a new chapter in international environmental law. Convened by the UN, the session aimed to build upon the foun... Digital Infrastructure - Looking Back, Looking Ahead 2024 was a huge year of investment and innovation across the digital infrastructure space, and we saw an extremely busy year of transactional and advisory work throughout the sector. We also saw regulators continue to grapple with how best to regulate a s... UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 Horizon Scanning 2025 Podcast Launch Series Hosted by our Director of Knowledge and Learning, Claire Marshall-Barrand, the launch series for 2025 offers five short episodes introducing this year’s major themes. Throughout the year, we’ll continue the conversation with in-depth episodes exploring em... The Sustainability Omnibus – Streamlining Sustainability Regulation On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its proposals for the first in a series of ‘omnibus’ packages, aimed at streamlining the EU’s sustainability and value chain due diligence legislation. The proposals hope to reduce sustainability... Reinventing the 9-5: a new way of working requires a new way of thinking Stub equity in UK take-privates: Practice Statement 36 on unlisted share alternatives The Independent Water Commission Final Report: A deluge of reforms on the horizon A single, new integrated water regulator; new consumer protections; and stronger oversight of water company ownership and governance – these are among the 88 recommendations set out in the final report of the Independent Water Commission (Commission) in i... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: European General Court provides insight into European Commission’s screening of earnings calls for “public signalling”, and confirms their relevance in antitrust enforcement, as it partially annuls Michelin inspection decision On 9 July 2025, the European General Court (GC) handed down its judgment (currently available only in French) on an action brought by Michelin seeking the annulment of a European Commission decision ordering Michelin to submit to an unannounced inspection... Merricks v Mastercard (settlement approval decision) In an important judgment published on 20 May 2025, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (the “CAT”) approved the settlement proposed by the parties in the long-running dispute between Merricks and Mastercard. Below we provide a detailed overview of the approac...