As most G20 countries, France is currently intensifying its control on foreign investment.Under French law, investments made by non-EU...
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Today the UK Government published its ‘Good Work Plan’. This sets out the actions the Government intends to take in response to the four...
Not even six months have passed since the GDPR became applicable and the first Supreme Court decision is already here. Wait: In many...
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has completed its report on the UK’s anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing...
The General Court has partially annulled a Commission fining decision concerning patent settlements entered into by Servier and five...
10 years ago the world’s economy and financial markets were shaken by the collapse of Lehman Brothers. The EU faced the most serious...
The UK Government has published its annual update on its anti-corruption strategy. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the update emphasises the UK’s...
Last week the FCA issued a Decision Notice against Mohammad Prodhan, the former CEO of Sonali Bank (UK) Limited, fining him £76,400 for...
On November 15, 2018, the US Government issued sanctions against 17 Saudi individuals for involvement in the killing of Washington Post...
Following a proposal by the European Commission in 2017 to unify the EU's approach to foreign direct investment (FDI) and introduce a...
As Dante warned in the Inferno, abandon all hope, ye who enter here. When the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...
The Court of Appeal, in WH Holding Ltd & Anor v E20 Stadium LLP, has handed down judgment clarifying the meaning of “conducting...