25 Apr, 2024 Restructuring plans: an international perspective By Jat Bains Paul Keddie Simon Beale Katherine Hensby +1 more... Show less On Tuesday 23 April 2024, Macfarlanes hosted a roundtable discussion on the EU Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency of 20 June 2019...
24 Apr, 2024 Back to basics: proposed changes to the jurisdiction of the UK Takeover Code By Max Mittasch Tom Rose On 24 April 2024, the UK’s Takeover Panel (the Panel) published a consultation paper which proposed sweeping changes to the...
23 Apr, 2024 New director, new strategy? The Serious Fraud Office publishes its five-year strategy By Lorna Emson Max Hobbs Helen Harvey Freddy Rendall +1 more... Show less Last week, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published its new strategy for 2024-2029. This identifies four strategic outcomes, by reference...
17 Apr, 2024 The CREFC Quarterly Market Sentiment Survey: an improved outlook for the real estate finance market By Laura Bretherton Nick Aird In March 2024, CREFC – the trade association for real estate lenders and the real estate finance market in Europe – published the results...
12 Apr, 2024 The Labour Party announces further reforms to the non-dom regime By Mark Hunter Paul Hardwick This week's announcements that the Labour Party plans on strengthening the current Government’s proposed reforms to the non-dom regime...
12 Apr, 2024 Two birds with one stone: Gambling Commission examines sanctions compliance alongside AML procedures By Lorna Emson Max Hobbs Helen Harvey Freddy Rendall +1 more... Show less On 4 April 2024, the Gambling Commission (the Commission) announced the imposition of a £582,120 fine on a major UK gambling company for...
11 Apr, 2024 Beware of the GDPR: why oral references are not risk free By Tabitha Al-Mahdawie Many employers rely on oral references to assess the suitability of candidates for a job, but a recent court ruling has confirmed that...
08 Apr, 2024 Sustainably-linked loans: navigating new Loan Market Association guidance for fund finance facilities By Adam Caines Natalie Liu As the financial sector stands at the crossroads of economic growth and sustainability, the Loan Market Association's (LMA) will hope...
03 Apr, 2024 Suspicious Activity Reports: signs of quality over quantity? By Lorna Emson Max Hobbs Freddy Rendall On 28 March 2024, the UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) of the National Crime Agency published its annual statistical report...
02 Apr, 2024 AIFM hosting under FCA scrutiny By Harriet Miller Jack Engelberg The FCA last week published a webpage that is particularly relevant for private fund sponsors who use UK “host AIFMs” to manage their...
26 Mar, 2024 AIFMD II final text published in the EU's Official Journal By Samuel Brooks Michael Sholem Gavin Haran The final legislative text of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive II (AIFMD II) was published today in the EU’s Official...
22 Mar, 2024 Regulatory relief: UK government introduces legislation to reverse Supreme Court judgment in PACCAR on litigation funding agreements By Kirstie Hutchinson Malcolm Hitching Jamie Macpherson Finlay Leggat +1 more... Show less On 19 March 2024, the Government introduced draft legislation in the House of Lords, in the form of the Litigation Funding Agreements...
21 Mar, 2024 The peculiar case of the arbitration that never was – UK Court overturns enforcement order after finding the underlying award was fabricated By Chloe Edworthy Chris Akka What happens when someone tries to enforce an arbitral award when the arbitration never happened? This was the question the Commercial...
18 Mar, 2024 UK AIFMD reforms: further divergence from the EU and a potential relaxation to smaller full scope AIFM requirements By Harriet Miller Gavin Haran On 1 March 2024, the FCA published a letter to CEOs of asset managers and alternatives firms, outlining its supervisory and regulatory...
13 Mar, 2024 UK EMIR – draft Q&As on reporting By William Sykes Robert Daniell Edward Karsten Background The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) previously published Policy Statement (PS23/2) setting out...
07 Mar, 2024 FCA concludes its wholesale data market study By Emma Radcliffe Greg Dowell On 29 February 2024 the FCA published its final report on its market study into the supply of wholesale financial data in the UK. The...