Dec 31, 2020 DAC6 reprieve By Ceinwen Rees As part of the Brexit legislation published yesterday we now have The International Tax Enforcement (Disclosable Arrangements)...
Dec 29, 2020 The UK/EU free trade agreement: 10 points for financial services firms By Tim Plews With a free trade agreement between the UK and the EU agreed on Christmas Eve, there is now more visibility on the regulatory landscape...
Dec 23, 2020 First steps to enforcing security: restrictions, crystallisation and notices By Laura Uberoi Being alive to recent developments is fundamental to successfully enforcing security and protecting your commercial interests as a...
Dec 22, 2020 Gallaher v HMRC: the last UK reference to the CJEU? By Rhiannon Kinghall Were Gallaher v HMRC: the last UK reference to the CJEU?In the recent Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Gallaher v HMRC, it was...
Dec 21, 2020 An end in sight or Sisyphean slog? The race to reform the international tax landscape By Lucy Urwin Even amidst the disruption and uncertainty that has characterised 2020, international efforts to reform the global tax system through the...
Dec 21, 2020 The Unexplained Wealth Order reigns Supreme: the Supreme Court upholds the first ever UWO By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The UK Supreme Court has dismissed the final appeal made against the first ever Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) obtained by the National...
Dec 18, 2020 Anti-money laundering teams take note: the UK publishes its national risk assessment for money laundering By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The UK Government has published its third National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing (NRA).This should be of...
Dec 18, 2020 Brexit: retained EU law in the departure lounge By Ashley Greenbank The eyes of most Brexit watchers are on the trade talks in Brussels. In the background, however, the process of legislating for the...
Dec 17, 2020 Company tax residence: an important update By Gregory Price Let us consider an example.A UK group devises a transaction that requires the participation of Jersey-based subsidiaries to achieve its...
Dec 16, 2020 FCA fines hedge fund Chief Investment Officer for market abuse and prohibits him from performing regulated activities By Dan Lavender Helen Harvey On 15 December 2020, the FCA announced it had fined a hedge fund Chief Investment Officer (CIO) £100,000 for market abuse and had...
Dec 16, 2020 UK positions itself as asset holding company destination By Rhiannon Kinghall Were Yesterday the government published its response to the Asset Holding Company (AHC) regime and issued a second round of consultation. The...
Dec 16, 2020 Transparan-sea: UK Overseas Territories commit to publicly accessible beneficial ownership registers By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs All the inhabited Overseas Territories (OTs) of the United Kingdom (UK) have committed to adopting publicly accessible registers of...
Dec 15, 2020 FCA issues first consultation paper on new UK Investment Firm Prudential Regime By Alexandra Green Rachel Serene The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its first consultation paper (CP) proposing rules for the UK Investment Firm Prudential...
Dec 11, 2020 Supreme Court breathes life into UK class action regime By Simon Day Alex Evans Michael Freedman In a highly anticipated judgment, the Supreme Court has today confirmed that the initial hurdle for parties to clear in seeking to bring...
Dec 10, 2020 CSSF reconfirms Brexit impact for UK firms providing services or marketing into Luxembourg By Harriet Miller Ahead of the end of the transition period, the Luxembourg regulator, the CSSF, has helpfully issued a press release reconfirming the...
Dec 10, 2020 United States to pass historic anti-money laundering legislation, including first register of corporate beneficial ownership By Neill Blundell Francis Bond The United States Congress is expected to pass the country’s most significant anti-money laundering legislation in decades this week,...