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Reforms to UK Solvency II - next steps HM Treasury has announced its next steps in the upcoming reform of UK Solvency II.  In a speech at the ABI annual dinner, economic secretary to the Treasury John Glen outlined some of the topics which will be included in HMT’s forthcoming...
APAC M&A Outlook 2022 Looking back at the APAC M&A activity and the key regulatory themes of 2021, and looking ahead to 2022 expected activity.
Tax and the City Review for February 2022 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews discuss the uncertain tax treatment guidance; Embiricos on partial closure notices; the UK’s consultation on global minimum tax rules; and improvements to the tax rules on UK securitisations. This article was first...
Employment Bulletin - February 2022 Dismissing and rehiring staff; right to payment for taken but unpaid leave; Cab driver using App was not a worker; not vicariously liable for injury  Topics covered in this bulletin: High Court prevents employer from dismissing and rehiring...
Blog: Carpe Crypto Earlier this week, HMRC announced that it was the first UK law enforcement entity to seize an NFT. The turn of phrase struck me - how exactly does one go about seizing a cryptoasset?
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: Scania loses appeal against truck cartel fine On 2 February 2022 the EU General Court dismissed Scania’s appeal against a €880.52 million fine imposed by the European Commission for Scania’s participation in a cartel between truck manufacturers. The ruling represents a significant...
The Intel Effect On 26 January 2022 the European General Court partially annulled a 2009 European Commission decision, in which the Commission found that Intel had abused its dominant position by implementing a strategy intended to exclude its competitors from the market...
EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - February 2022 Developments in this month's edition include:
The Transfer Pricing Law Review - 5th edition - United Kingdom chapter Preface by Steve Edge and Dominic Robertson for the fifth edition of The Transfer Pricing Law Review. UK chapter by Steve Edge, Dominic Robertson and Tom Gilliver.
Corporate Update Bulletin - 10 February 2022 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
The changing landscape of foreign investment review Recent years have seen a significant increase in countries equipping themselves with screening regimes in order to deal with the challenges brought about by foreign investment. The scope of investments subject to these regimes has also increased in many...
The changing landscape of foreign investment review Recent years have seen a significant increase in countries equipping themselves with screening regimes in order to deal with the challenges brought about by foreign investment. The scope of investments subject to these regimes has also increased in many...
Illumina/Grail: All eyes on the General Court The Commission's new Article 22 policy comes before the European General Court  
Global Investigations Bulletin (February 2022) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for February 2022 is now available. This month, we discuss the evolving threat of regulatory investigations on environmental claims, and set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions.
Privatisation: Recent Developments and Opportunities The last few years have seen a flurry of privatisations of Hong Kong listed companies, with a significant portion of them being conducted by way of scheme of arrangements. In this briefing, we highlight two recent legal developments relating to...