May 31, 2018 Useful guidance on "gun-jumping" from EU's highest court By Macfarlanes The EU law on "gun-jumping" was clarified today in an important judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).Under EU law merging...
May 30, 2018 ITV v The Pensions Regulator: implications for restructuring advisers By Jatinder Bains Pensions experts at Macfarlanes have commented on the recent judgment of the Upper Tribunal on the financial support direction issued to...
May 25, 2018 Opinion – The Supreme Court’s decision in Rock Advertising is a mixed blessing By Dominic Sedghi The Supreme Court has turned English law on its head and ruled that “no oral modification” (or “NOM”) clauses are valid and...
May 23, 2018 Taxing intangibles: some tricky issues up for reform By Rhiannon Kinghall Were HMRC's consultation on the intangibles tax code came to an end on 11 May 2018. The regime has been in place for 16 years and while the...
May 21, 2018 Profit fragmentation: another weapon in HMRC's armoury By Rhiannon Kinghall Were HMRC is proposing to introduce more legislation to target arrangements where UK business profits accrue to entities resident in...
May 15, 2018 The Hedge Fund Business Forum - "Dealing with problems that arise: lessons learned from things that went wrong…" By Samuel Brooks I'm now attending an interesting panel moderated by Will Sykes entitled "Dealing with problems that arise: lessons learned from things...
May 15, 2018 The Hedge Fund Business Forum - "Current legal and regulatory developments" By Samuel Brooks I'm attending The Hedge Fund Business Forum at the Institute of Directors where Michelle Kirschner spoke this morning on a panel about...
May 14, 2018 Will the Government extend the gender pay gap reporting regime? By Matthew Ramsey The first round of mandatory gender pay reporting ended in April, with 10,000 or more firms disclosing average pay and bonus data. The...
May 11, 2018 Private equity continues to drive IPO activity By Jessica Adam A report published by the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) shows that private equity continues to play a key...
May 09, 2018 Capping growth in the tech sector By Macfarlanes For the fifth month in a row, the Tier 2 (General) restricted Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) limit has been reached, causing misery for...
May 03, 2018 UK distances itself from EU digital services tax By Ashley Greenbank The Financial Times report at the weekend suggests that UK support for the EU Commission's proposed digital services tax - the 3% levy on...