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Competition & Regulatory Newsletter Advocate General advises the Court of Justice to uphold Commission fine against Lundbeck in relation to a number of ‘pay-for-delay’ agreements On 4 June 2020 Advocate General Kokott provided her opinion, advising the Court of Justice to...
Flexible furlough - further guidance On 12 June 2020 the government published more detailed guidance on the changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) which will take effect in ‘Phase Two’ of the scheme, from 1 July 2020. These changes were outlined in our previous...
COVID-19: Impact on Commercial Leases: Regulation across Europe An overview of the impact of the recently passed regulation on commercial real estate in various European jurisdictions, prepared with our Best Friend firms. It considers the key legal issues which arise in the current climate regarding commercial leases...
Stakeholder Capitalism in Times of Crisis Stakeholder capitalism and how directors can look at their duties in a time of unprecedented crisis and if stakeholder concerns should take a back seat. Stakeholder Capitalism was in the spotlight when we wrote about it at the end of last year. The group...
LLPs and tax transparency Limited liability partnerships are bodies corporate with a legal personality separate from that of their members. But an LLP which carries on a trade or business with a view to profit is treated as a partnership for income and corporation tax purposes.
Employment Bulletin - June 2020 Topics covered in this bulletin: European Court of Justice finds that an employment contract could be transferred to more than one transferee  Beneficial transfer-related changes to employees’ contracts prohibited by TUPE Period of garden...
The General Court raises the bar for the European Commission to block mergers in oligopolistic markets This briefing discusses the potentially wide ramifications for future merger cases arising from the General Court’s judgment in CK Telecoms UK Investments Ltd v Commission. The General Court’s judgment in CK Telecoms UK Investments Ltd v...
EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - June 2020 Developments covered in this month’s edition include: TARGET2 and TARGET2-Securities - ECB publishes update on consolidation project Single Supervisory Mechanism - ECB amending Regulation on the reporting of supervisory financial...
A Hard Day’s Night - lessons from lockdown Over the lockdown period, the ratio of government debt to national income in the UK has reached levels last seen when the Beatles first hit the charts. The period has been a helter skelter for many finance and treasury teams who have had to take swift...
Lockdown pirates: at what cost? COVID lockdown has had us all settling in to a new way of living and leaving us with enough hours to binge watch the hottest new dramas. With cinemas closed, the film industry has adapted to offer new releases straight to digital rental. This week the UK...