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The Lens Newsletter - October 2023 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Equifax: a new dawn for FCA enforcement? The FCA’s recent decision to fine Equifax Limited ...

Cooperation, dialogue, divergence: The future UK-EU relationship in financial services In this briefing, we consider the likely implications of the Memorandum of Understanding establishing a framework for financial services regulatory cooperation between the EU and the UK that was adopted by the European Commission and is now subject to pol...

Baby, one more time?: UK and the EU Copyright Directive The UK government said that it would not be implementing the controversial EU Copyright Directive. Are we getting it anyway? What seems like a lifetime ago back in January 2020, the UK government announced that it had no plans to implement the EU’s Copyr...

Corporate Update Bulletin - 30 May 2024 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates. Welcome to the latest edition of Corporate Update, our fortnightly bulletin offering a five-minute read of the latest develo...

Corporate Update Bulletin - 11 July 2024 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates. Welcome to the latest edition of Corporate Update, our fortnightly bulletin offering a five-minute read of the latest develop...

New UK securitisation regulations - Edinburgh reforms In this Article, Louis Kriechbaum discusses the new UK Securitisation Regulations and the Edinburgh Reforms. HM’s Treasury, the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) and the Financial Conduction Authority (“FCA”) have each...

Hargreaves in the Court of Appeal: A return to orthodoxy on withholding taxes? The Court of Appeal has dismissed Hargreaves’ appeal against the Upper Tribunal’s decision and determined that tax should have been withheld from interest paid on loans advanced to the group. The judgment provides taxpayers and their advisers ...

EU Listing Act finalised: Key changes for Debt Capital Markets In April 2024, the European Parliament adopted a package of proposals known as the “EU Listing Act” which is designed to simplify EU listing rules, make public capital markets in the EU more attractive for companies and facilitate access to capital, parti...

Global Investigations Bulletin (March 2024) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for March 2024 is now available. This month we discuss a recent fine from the PRA regarding historic deposit protection failings. We also set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions, a...

Asset Management Hot Topics - Spring 2024 Welcome to the Winter/Spring 2024 edition of our Asset Management - Hot Topics series. Many developments covered in this edition relate to the shape of the UK’s post-Brexit framework for financial services. An overarching theme is th...