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Insurance Outlook 2019 Briefing note considering the outlook for insurers in 2019. In this briefing note we consider the outlook for insurers in 2019 including M&A, the pensions derisking market, Brexit, debt capital markets and regulatory themes. Insurance Outlook 2019

Fiscal State aid - some limits emerging at last? Article by William Watson on the threat from State aid to well-established tax practices and principles, but also on the signs of real resistance. In my introductory chapter last year (“Fiscal State aid: the Kraken Wakes?”), I wrote about a slumbering mon...

Deal or No deal: IP Brexit will have a significant impact on intellectual property rights. EU law provides the legal framework for important pan-European rights which are of considerable value to IP owners, in particular, EU trade marks, design rights and database rights. ...

Getting the Deal Through: Tax Controversy 2019 - United Kingdom Richard Jeens, Dominic Robertson and Charles Osborne summarise the framework for tax disputes in the UK, with an editorial by Richard Jeens. Stepping out of the tax controversies bubble, it is clear that the world remains an uncertain and challenging plac...

Getting the Deal Through: Debt Capital Markets (United Kingdom) 2018 UK and EU legal and regulatory framework of the debt capital markets, and factors which influence the the market, including the documentation and execution of transactions The UK has very active debt capital markets known for their internationalism, sophi...

Tax and the City briefing for June 2018 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider, inter alia, the decisions in Leekes (carried forward losses on succession of a trade) and the Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Trustees (pre-2014 MODs regime) Carried-forward losses on succession of a trade must be str...

Getting the Deal Through - Banking Regulation 2018 The UK chapter of the eleventh edition of Getting the Deal Through - Banking Regulation offers an overview of the UK and EU legal and regulatory framework governing the banking industry Getting the Deal Through is an international publication covering a v...

The Banking Regulation Review - 9th edition - EU chapter This 9th edition of The Banking Regulation Review contains chapters on the UK and Hong Kong as well as on International Initiatives and an overview of the European Union The EU chapter of the 9th edition of the Banking Regulation Review provides an intro...

The Banking Regulation Review - 9th edition - United Kingdom chapter This 9th edition of The Banking Regulation Review contains chapters on the UK and Hong Kong as well as on International Initiatives and an overview of the European Union There seems little prospect of the banking sector stepping out of the political and ...

Hague Judgments Convention: UK joins new regime to simplify cross-border enforcements of judgments The UK has ratified the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention. When it comes into force for the UK next July, it will make it significantly easier to enforce a wide range of English court judgments in 28 countries – including all bar one of the EU’s member stat...