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BLOG: Fourth tranche of Pillar Two Administrative Guidance: all clear for securitisations? Securitisation is a form of structured financing, whereby the credit risks associated with a specific pool of assets are segregated from the originators’ own credit risks. This is typically achieved by establishing a special purpose vehicle (SPV), which...
Hong Kong to Introduce a Company Re-domiciliation Regime Key points
A Labour Government – will it ‘Make Work Pay’? The UK General Election on 4 July 2024 resulted in the first Labour Government in 14 years. This in turn heralds the biggest reform of employment law for a generation. Labour’s proposals in their ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ promise wide-ranging changes,...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 4 July 2024 Includes developments in relation to: protection for whistleblowers; MiCA; cryptoassets; CRR; supervision of captive (re)insurance undertakings; BSPS complaints; and WCTR and the ‘travel rule’.
Money laundering: Now a never-ending chain? - R (World Uyghur Congress) v National Crime Agency The UK Court of Appeal has delivered an important judgment highlighting money laundering risks for companies, where they suspect forced labour or other human rights abuses in their supply chains. The Court disagreed with a widely held interpretation of...
DMCC Act ushers in a new age of consumer protection in the UK 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.  The DMCC Act also introduces major...
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: European Commission publishes report on how conditions of competition have changed over the last 25 years On 24 June 2024, the European Commission published a report titled “Protecting competition in a changing world”. The report presents and assesses new economic research on how and why the conditions of competition in the EU have evolved during...
Knowledge essential: UK Supreme Court considers directors’ accessory liability and account of profits
In-Depth: Lending and Secured Finance - 10th edition - Hong Kong chapter In-Depth: Lending and Secured Finance (formerly The Lending and Secured Finance Review) is a global survey of the most important developments in corporate lending and secured finance markets in each jurisdiction.
ESG in the year of the election Join partner Harry Hecht and our Head of Business and Human Rights Moira Thompson Oliver as they sit down with Michael Arnold, partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, to discuss the politicisation of ESG against the backdrop of elections in the UK, US...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 27 June 2024 Includes developments in relation to: data sharing; the consumer duty; overseas appointed representatives; CRR; SRB bail-in; financial stability; UK stress testing; diversity in insurance; AML/CTF; money mules; and mistreatment of pension funds.
Real Estate Newsletter - June 2024 In this edition, some of our topics include: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill becomes law; Changes to the Construction Industry Scheme; Changes to the overseas entities registration regime; Government consults on contractual controls on land;Court...
Corporate Update Bulletin - 27 June 2024 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
HK Data Privacy Commissioner’s new model framework for procuring, implementing and using AI The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (the PCPD) recently published the Artificial Intelligence: Model Personal Data Protection Framework (the Model Framework), setting out suggested best practices to help organisations protect personal...
Pensions Essentials - June 2024