Tokenisation grew to become a hot topic during 2025 and we don’t see signs of interest in tokenising assets slowing down. In this post,...
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Risk & Compliance
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The EU Pay Transparency Directive (PTD) is not just another compliance exercise. It represents a fundamental shift in how employers...
On 20 January 2026, the UK government announced a range of proposed reforms to the UK merger control regime. The proposals are, once...
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On 17 January 2026, the President of the United States publicly threatened to impose tariffs (up to 10 percent on February 1, rising to...
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Set to become the world’s second-fastest-growing region, Africa is entering a new economic cycle that is drawing a significant degree of...
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Asia is entering a new era of infrastructure and energy transformation. The Asia-Pacific infrastructure market, valued at an estimated...
During 2025, the FCA continued to focus its enforcement efforts in familiar areas (such as financial crime and market abuse), whilst...
2025 was another transformative year for the financial services industry. Geopolitical risks arising from conflicts in Ukraine and...
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The European Commission (Commission) has now published its Guidelines on the application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). These...
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Mellor J in the English High Court has confirmed that the English court is able to determine global RAND terms over standard essential...
The Access to Public Domain Documents Pilot (the Pilot) is now live and represents a significant shift in how the principle of open...
HR and employment law teams often experience periods of heightened activity, and this is especially true during times when organisations...