30 Apr, 2021 Conviction and collapse: a mixed week for the SFO By Lorna Emson James Reid On Wednesday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had secured a corporate conviction against GPT Special Project Management...
30 Apr, 2021 Despite Covid-19 the rush to direct lending continues By Rachel Richardson The FT has reported that Ares have raised an €11bn fund. According to Prequin this will be Europe’s largest fund of its type. In...
29 Apr, 2021 Staleness takes the biscuit: HMRC can’t wait forever to make a discovery assessment By Damiano Sogaro So-called "discovery assessments" have featured in the UK tax system since at least 1803, but the concept continues to evolve. What is a...
28 Apr, 2021 The importance of litigation funding By Malcolm Hitching This morning’s FT article is a good reminder of the importance of the UK’s litigation funding industry. The rapid evolution of the sector...
23 Apr, 2021 A TAD taxing? Germany plans to charge tax on departing entrepreneurs and family shareholders By Michael Shaw A recent announcement from the German finance ministry is a reminder of the need for business owners and family shareholders to plan any...
21 Apr, 2021 Is the global minimum tax rate proposal a template for action on climate change? By Macfarlanes Tax isn’t often touted as the solution to global warming. Nonetheless, the extent to which it proves possible to resolve perennial issues...
21 Apr, 2021 Joint statement on merger control sets out need for more rigorous approach By Rachel Carter The competition authorities in the UK, Australia and Germany released a joint statement yesterday setting out the need for more rigorous...
20 Apr, 2021 The SEC climate and ESG task force publishes its first risk alert focused on fund managers offering ESG-related products By Harriet Miller The recently established SEC climate and ESG task force published its first risk alert on 9 April. The alert highlights the task force’s...
15 Apr, 2021 Supreme Court to consider collective action for "loss of control" of personal data By Fred Snowball On 28 and 29 April, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Lloyd v Google – a case with potentially wide ramifications for the scope of...
12 Apr, 2021 Corporate bond funds in the firing line By Gavin Haran Regulators in the UK, the EU and globally are considering liquidity risk management in open-ended funds. Following a number of perceived...
09 Apr, 2021 ESAs consult on taxonomy-related sustainability disclosures for environmental products By Lora Froud Tiffany Cox Gavin Haran The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) are currently consulting on the proposed regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the content...
09 Apr, 2021 Global tax transparency – another development By Charlie Maydon Grace On 31 March, 12 jurisdictions which are deemed by the OECD to have “no or only nominal tax” (including Bermuda, the BVI, the Cayman...
09 Apr, 2021 Tax Day leads to calls for trust tax reforms By Paul Hardwick Following the Tax Day announcement that the Government would not conduct any holistic reform of the taxation of trusts, the CIOT has...
08 Apr, 2021 Why a global minimum tax rate now seems possible By Gregory Price In recent years, OECD member countries have been debating an ambitious plan to impose a global minimum tax rate on corporate profits for...
07 Apr, 2021 Five things we have learned about the Brexit MoU By Gavin Haran The Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement did not specifically address financial services. However, the EU and the UK did commit to...
07 Apr, 2021 Covid-19 related amendments to the EU securitisation regulation and ESAs opinion on its jurisdictional scope By Ryan Moore Edward Karsten Richard Fletcher Jamie Macpherson +1 more... Show less Covid-19 related amendments to the EU Securitisation Regulation The European Parliament and the Council of the European adopted...