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Corporate Update Bulletin - 28 November 2024 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
In-Depth: Mergers & Acquisitions - 18th edition - United Kingdom This UK Overview in the thirteenth edition of The Mergers & Acquisitions Review is one of 28 chapters in the Review which provides a richer understanding of the shape of the global markets, and the challenges and opportunities facing market...
In-Depth: Mergers & Acquisitions - 18th edition - EU Overview The Eighteen Edition of In-Depth: Mergers & Acquisitions (formerly The Mergers & Acquisitions Review) provides a practical overview of global M&A activity and the legal and regulatory frameworks governing M&A transactions in major...
Loan Market Association launches draft provisions for green loans In May 2023, the Loan Market Association (LMA) published draft provisions for sustainability-linked loans (SLLs). Over a year on and the LMA has now turned its attention to drafting for use of proceeds loans, with green loans first on the agenda.
Tax and the City Review - November 2024 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider: the measures in the Autumn Budget which affect financial institutions; the FTT’s decision in GCH where the success of a tax avoidance scheme relied on the taxpayers showing an...
BLOG: How do you value an APA after the Court of Appeal's decision in Refinitiv? Transfer pricing experts are used to grappling with some tricky valuation questions when it comes to intellectual property rights.  After all, to quote (butcher?) the old Ronseal adverts, “hard to value intangibles” do exactly what it says on the tin...
FOS Reform: FCA call for input Financial services firms have been dealing with a deluge of near-identical customer complaints about single issues, driven largely by claims management companies and claimant-side law firms (CMCs) effectively seeking to use the Financial Ombudsman Service...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 21 November 2024
BLOG: Who has won the MAP awards? Dispute prevention and resolution is a key theme of the OECD’s annual “Tax Certainty Day”. The 2024 edition took place in Athens on 15 November 2024. Mutual agreement procedure (MAP) and advance pricing agreement (APA) statistics were published, and...
DMCC Act seeks to make consumer protection fit for the digital age The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024, bringing in long-anticipated reforms aimed at forging a UK regulatory framework fit for the digital age. In doing so, the DMCC Act introduces major...
First time originator's guide to securitisation - November 2024 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...
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: European Commission fines Teva €462.6 million over patent system misuse and competitor disparagement On 31 October 2024, the European Commission announced that it had fined Teva €462.6 million for abusing its dominant position to delay the market entry of rival medicines to treat multiple sclerosis. This is the first ever fine imposed by the Commission...
Countdown to Compliance - Failure to Prevent Fraud Guidance Released The UK government has released its long-awaited Guidance on the new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud, outlining the key elements of the offence and offering practical advice on designing and implementing reasonable fraud prevention procedures...
The Legal 500: Blockchain Country Comparative Guide 2024 - UK chapter The Blockchain Country Comparative Guide aims to provide an overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety of jurisdictions. This chapter relates to UK law.