10 Nov, 2023 Dawn raid update: Competition authorities target construction chemicals sector By Robyn Welham On 17 October 2023, the Commission announced that its officials had conducted dawn raids in relation to potential antitrust violations...
21 Jan, 2021 Big fraud: FCA proposes regulation of tech giants in relation to financial scams By James Reid Lorna Emson On Monday the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released its review of consumer investments data for 2020 (the Review). In the Review the...
18 Dec, 2020 Anti-money laundering teams take note: the UK publishes its national risk assessment for money laundering By Max Hobbs The UK Government has published its third National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing (NRA). This should be of...
19 Nov, 2020 Bridging the value gap By Kathryn Jarvis-Hunter Last week Jessica Adam, a partner in our corporate and M&A team, was joined by Harry Bourne, from the investment banking group at...
16 Nov, 2020 Extended furlough: new guidance and formal rules now published – important update By Matthew Ramsey Last week saw the publication of three different sets of guidance on the extended furlough scheme – the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...
16 Nov, 2020 Accelerating the shift to private credit By Rachel Richardson Over the last decade, market participants have observed direct lenders quietly taking market share from traditional bank lenders. As...
16 Nov, 2020 Covid-related tax breaks: what are France and Italy up to? By Edward Reed Whilst governments across Western Europe struggle to contain Covid-19 and preserve the capacity of local health systems, questions have...
12 Nov, 2020 Extended furlough scheme: new guidance published By Matthew Ramsey Following last week’s extension of the CJRS furlough scheme, the Government has now published thirteen sets of guidance with further...
11 Nov, 2020 Capital gains tax reform: four key messages By Gregory Price After recent press speculation about capital gains tax (CGT) reform, we learn today about the changes that the Office of Tax...
03 Nov, 2020 A "second wave" of Coronavirus amendments following new FCA guidance? By Adam Caines New FCA guidance Following the announcement of a second national lockdown, the FCA has announced a reprise of the payment deferral...
27 Oct, 2020 AIFMD review: delegation, NPPRs and asset-stripping By Harriet Miller The European Commission (the Commission) has launched a public consultation ahead of its review of the Alternative Investment Fund...
27 Oct, 2020 Covid-19 and the "meanwhile use" of unused and unoccupied premises By Rebecca Delaney Why do we need to rethink the use of space? In the context of a global pandemic in which social distancing is now the new normal,...
11 Sep, 2020 Where is there a will? The Government finds a way… a.k.a. how to be “present” in spirit By Edward Reed It is a reasonably well-known challenge of making an English will that the testator or testatrix must sign “in the presence of” two...
21 Aug, 2020 City Property Association discusses the return of the workforce By Rebecca Delaney Emily Chandler In March 2020, London suffered an unexpected and unprecedented shutdown as a result of the lockdown guidance issued by the Government....
14 Aug, 2020 20 questions: what is HMRC thinking? By Damiano Sogaro Edward Reed In a game of 20 questions, the aim is to guess what one person is thinking. But the full 20 questions are not necessary to divine HMRC’s...
27 Jul, 2020 Remote witnessing of wills in England and Wales to be made legal By Clare Wilson The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted many people to put in place a will, in order to ensure that their assets pass in accordance with their...