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The new prospectus regime: impact on debt capital markets Client publication on the new prospectus regime; (Regulation EU 2017/1129). On 30 June 2017 the new prospectus regulation (Regulation EU 2017/1129) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (the “New Prospectus Regulation”)....

The Commission's EMIR proposal - impact on Securitisation Client briefing distributed at the Global ABS Barcelona Conference on the Commission's EMIR proposal and its impact on securitisation. In May 2017 the European Commission published a legislative proposal to amend the European Market Infrastructure Regulat...

New EU Securitisation Regulation - Political Agreement Reached Client briefing distributed at the Global ABS Barcelona Conference in June 2017. The briefing discusses the political agreement reached by EU co-legislators on the new EU Securitisation Regulation. Last week the EU co-legislators reached a political agre...

Insurance briefing note FCA guidance consultation on Part VII transfers The FCA has published a guidance consultation on its approach to the review of Part VII insurance business transfers. It is likely that the timing of the consultation is linked to the anticipated increased ...

Recent trends in loan documentation Article summarising current issues and recent trends affecting loan documentation This article looks at recent developments affecting loan documentation. It considers the impact of a number of key issues on current transactions, including reforms to LIBOR...

The Cross-Border Trade Bill Sara Luder and Philip Higham consider the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill introduced in Parliament on 20 November 2017. The Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill was introduced in Parliament on 20 November 2017. The purpose of the Bill is to ensure that, ...

Insurance outlook 2018 In this briefing note we examine some of the key expected developments and comment on what they might hold in store for the insurance industry. It would be good for once to be able to say that there were no regulatory developments on the horizon in the y...

Hot Issues in IP in Europe In recent months, there have been a number of important IP developments in Europe. In recent months, there have been a number of important IP developments in Europe. These include a landmark Supreme Court decision which changes the test for patent infring...

The Unitary Patent and UPC: uncertainty ahead An update on the implementation of radical patent reforms in Europe: the Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent. A new form of patent, the Unitary Patent, and a complementary patent court system, the Unified Patent Court (UPC), will radically alter the w...

Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (24 March - 13 April 2021) European Commission publishes results of its evaluation of EU merger control rules European Commission publishes results of its evaluation of EU merger control rules On 26 March 2021 the European Commission published the findings of its evaluatio...