2/3/2026 7:19:58 PM Whistleblowing in Italy: new guidelines from ANAC By Luca Capone Federico Mercuri Matteo Tola Giovanni Fabris +1 more... Show less Introduction Further to the adoption of Legislative Decree no. 24/2023 (the Italian WB Decree), which transposed in Italy the EU...
2/3/2026 5:13:35 PM FCA publishes its final rules for Consumer Composite Investments By Cyrus Pocha Emily Smith Joshua Hare The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final rules for providing information on Consumer Composite Investments (CCIs) in...
2/3/2026 4:40:30 PM The CMA’s 2026-2027 Annual Plan: Growth, Certainty, and Sharper Consumer Protection Enforcement By Andrew Austin Kate Collister Rachel Duffy Pyari Chopra +1 more... Show less Direct Consumer Enforcement – Nine Months On On 30 January, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) posted an update on its...
2/2/2026 12:30:26 PM Shaping Asia’s Infrastructure: The use of Disputes Boards for construction projects in Asia—takeaways and pitfalls By Sue Ng Stefan Pislevik Kim Rosenberg Robert Colvin +1 more... Show less Introduction An efficient and effective dispute resolution is key to minimise disruption to construction projects. Dispute Boards (DBs)...
2/2/2026 9:49:00 AM In House Legal Advice Gets Protected Status in France — What You Need to Know By Charlotte Colin-Dubuisson Dimitri Lecat Jérôme Philippe Anne-Laure Vincent Audrey Philippe Farah Momtaz +3 more... Show less Approved by a narrow majority at first reading in the National Assembly, the bill on the confidentiality of in-house lawyer legal advice...
1/30/2026 3:46:29 PM Back on the Agenda: Germany’s Renewed Push to Modernise its Arbitration Law By Kristina Weiler Patrick Schroeder Carsten Wendler Katharina Shingler Sonja Vidal Stefanie Leclerc Bialluch +3 more... Show less On 27 January 2026, the German Federal Ministry of Justice published a draft bill to modernise the German arbitration law (the 2026...
1/28/2026 2:38:18 PM Calmer waters? The UK Government reveals its plan to reform the water sector By James Aitken Susannah Prichard Nick English Kritika Rampal +1 more... Show less On 20 January 2026, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published the UK Government’s long-anticipated White...
1/27/2026 12:25:24 PM Pay transparency revolution: Applicants’ rights under the EU Pay Transparency Directive - A new era of pay fairness By Karin Buzanich-Sommeregger Sarah Rohmann Laura Llangozi Amy Rentell +1 more... Show less The EU Pay Transparency Directive (PTD) marks a significant step towards greater fairness and openness in the labour market. Although the...
1/26/2026 2:17:49 PM Freshfields Fintech: Our Predictions for 2026 By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Julia Robilliard-Smith Laura Hibbert +1 more... Show less We have once again canvassed opinions from our Freshfields global fintech team for the year ahead, as we did in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024...
1/26/2026 8:17:10 AM Infrastructure Future Act in Germany By Carsten Bork Michael Ramb Andreas Ruthemeyer Stefan Schröder Niko Schultz-Süchting Kristina Weiler Mirko Masek Nicolas Sölter Alex Schmidtke +6 more... Show less Speeding up infrastructure? The practical implications of Germany’s new Infrastructure Future Act With the Infrastructure Future Act...
1/23/2026 1:36:48 PM System re-boot: High Court turns up the voltage for UK energy appeals By James Aitken Susannah Prichard Kritika Rampal Leonie Sage +1 more... Show less On 22 January 2026, the English High Court delivered an important judgment for companies and investors in UK regulated infrastructure. ...
1/21/2026 1:36:59 PM Tokenisation at Scale: What 2026 Will Deliver By Claire Harrop Joana Fragata Julia Robilliard-Smith Daniel Klingenbrunn +1 more... Show less 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,...