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BLOG: Challenging dawn raids in the UK HMRC raided the London offices of a global financial brokerage business and the home of a former employee on 28 September 2022, following requests for assistance from Germany and Denmark for criminal investigations in respect of cum-ex trades. The busines... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: European Commission designates Booking as a gatekeeper under DMA and opens market investigation into X On 13 May 2024, the European Commission announced that it has designated Booking as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act, for its online intermediation service Booking.com. The Commission has also opened a market investigation to assess whether X sh... BLOG: Tax Disputes Podcast – Nigeria Our “trip” through tax disputes landscapes around the world is sadly nearing its end (and by “trip”, I mean a six-part podcast series on tax disputes in G20 countries across six continents). This stop in Nigeria marks the penultimate episode in the series... Tax and the City Review - May 2024 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews discuss: the Court of Appeal’s decisions in BlackRock (unallowable purpose and transfer pricing) and in Hargreaves Property (withholding tax on interest); changes to HMRC’s stamp taxes on shares guidance on the meanin... ISDA's Notices Hub: A solution for delivery of critical notices - a buy-side perspective Many market participants will have received the recent letter from ISDA asking for industry support for the ISDA Notices Hub – a project which aims to go a step further than re-thinking the delivery of notice provisions in the ISDA Master Agreement ... Employment Bulletin - May 2024 Topics covered in this bulletin: Dismissal and re-engagement: protective award uplift High Court considers whether non-solicitation and commission provisions were in restraint of trade Creation of new role with reduced responsibilities was breach of ... Global Investigations Bulletin (May 2024) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for May 2024 is now available. This month we discuss the FCA finally setting out its findings against Link Fund Solutions in the latest instalment of the Woodford saga. We also set out recent news in global invest... Financial Regulation group's banking and investment services column for Practical Law - May 2024 Our May 2024 column for Practical Law Financial Services subscribers on topical developments in the banking and investment services sector. Nick Bonsall, Selmin Hakki and Emily Bradley, from the Financial Regulation group, publish their latest column for... BLOG: Tax Disputes podcast - India In the fourth episode of our round the world Tax Disputes podcast series, we take you to India for a conversation with Mukesh Butani, founder and Managing Partner of BMR Legal Advocates, Sarah Osprey, tax partner and member of Slaughter and May’s Tax Disp... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – May 2024 Developments in this month's edition include: Guidelines on resubmission of historical data under EBA reporting framework - EBA publishes final report DORA - ESAs launch consultation on technical standards for joint examination teams Ex ante con...