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The Lens Newsletter - March 2026 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Treasury's role in cyber resilience Recent high profile cyber incidents underline how quickly operational disruption can create acute... A look back at the Year of the Snake: what changed in China antitrust, and what it means for 2026 As 2025 saw global geopolitical tensions rise, supply chains being disrupted, and increasing restrictions around technology flow, China stepped up antitrust enforcement as part of a wider push to shape market order and protect strategic resilience. That... Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide – Securitisation 2026 – UK: Law and Practice Guy O'Keefe, Richard Jones, Charlie McGarel-Groves and Kate Patane set out some key legal considerations in the 2026 UK Securitisation Practice Guide for Chambers and Partners. Guy O'Keefe, Richard Jones, Charlie McGarel-Groves and Kate Patane set out... Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide – Securitisation 2026 – UK: Trends and Development Guy O'Keefe, Richard Jones, Charlie McGarel‑Groves and Kate Patane outline the key market trends shaping the UK securitisation landscape in 2026 in their contribution to the Chambers and Partners UK Securitisation Practice Guide. Guy O'Keefe, Richard... Rewiring Great Britain's electricity transmission sector FCA publishes motor finance redress scheme policy statement Following the publication of the FCA’s consultation paper (CP 25/27) in October 2025 regarding a proposed £11bn motor finance consumer redress scheme, the FCA published its policy statement (PS 26/3) and final rules on 30 March 2026 for what is now a £9... Our response to the Department for Business and Trade’s consultation on proposals to refine the UK competition regime In our response, we welcome the Government’s engagement with businesses and advisers on reforming the competition framework. We provide detailed comments on DBT’s proposed changes to merger control, market investigations and remedies, CMA governance and... Redomiciling a company into the UK: Government consults on the framework The Government has published details of a proposed new regime that will enable a foreign company to “transform” itself into a UK company while retaining its existing legal personality (known as redomiciliation). Introducing such a regime would make it... Spotlight on subscription contracts: What the Government's DMCCA consultation response means for businesses On 2 April 2026, the Department for Business and Trade published its long-awaited response to its consultation – which ran from November 2024 to February 2025 – on the UK’s new subscription contracts regime in the Digital Markets, Competition and... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: CMA announces actions on business software and cloud services On 31 March 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority announced a package of actions on cloud services and business software under the Digital Markets Competition Regime. The CMA will launch a strategic market status investigation into Microsoft’s...