MAPping the way forward in international tax disputes
Statistics released by the OECD for 2019 (see here) show that the trend for increasing use of the mutual agreement procedure (“MAP”) as a...
Statistics released by the OECD for 2019 (see here) show that the trend for increasing use of the mutual agreement procedure (“MAP”) as a...
When a number of tech giants announced earlier this year that home working would be the norm until 2021, many were surprised. Now that...
Freshfields partner Nigel Rawding QC and senior associate Olivia Valner, together with Charles Kimmins QC and Luke Pearce of Twenty...
The German presidency of the Council and representatives from the European Parliament have recently agreed on an update to the EU...
The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) and HM Treasury have confirmed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, will not consent to...
Last week, we published a blog post setting out the issues with GMP equalisation and highlighting the outstanding issues in relation to...
Whistleblowing remains a significant area of focus for financial services regulators, who regard the way firms deal with whistleblowers...
Following the publication earlier this year of guidelines on the protection of online consumers ('the Guidelines'), the Netherlands...
Today the provisional agreement on the proposal for a new Directive on representative actions that was reached in June 2020 was formally...
A few weeks ago, the German government published its official draft bill reforming the crime of money laundering in Germany (section 261...
Following an evening of debate, the Pension Schemes Bill (the Bill) had its third reading in the House of Commons on Monday. Yet again,...
In 2018, when the Lloyds Banking Group Pensions Trustees Limited v Lloyds Bank plc and others case ([2018] EWHC 2839 (Ch)) (the Lloyds...
The Investment Association has announced the release of its latest Principles of Remuneration ('the Principles') setting out its members’...
On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued a new executive order: the “Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities...
Beam Suntory Inc.’s (Beam) recent FCPA resolution speaks to the potential perils of conducting cross-border M&A without engaging in...
With the UK currently in the middle of its second lockdown, and companies facing further economic challenges, the Pensions Regulator has...
On 13 November 2020, the European Commission ('the Commission') launched its New Consumer Agenda ('the Agenda') intended to further...
The ICC is updating its 2017 Arbitration Rules, which will take effect on 1 January 2021 and will apply to cases registered as of that...
The draft version of the 2021 Italian budget law ('the draft 2021 BL') includes provisions providing for new tax reliefs that should...
Germany’s new national emissions trading scheme will start in January 2021. The scheme has its legal basis in the German Fuel Emissions...
Can it be an abuse of process for a party benefitting from a regulatory settlement to deny (or not admit) a fact it admitted in that...
The Spanish government (a left-wing coalition between the Socialist party and Unidas Podemos) has announced plans to implement rent...
The UK government published a further update to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ('the Scheme') on 5 November 2020, and...
In the latest episode of Freshfields’ international arbitration podcast, Will Thomas, Natalie Sheehan and Amanda Neil discuss business...
With the US and the UK both already having implemented individual human rights sanctions, the EU is about to enact its own human rights...
The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) are continuing to focus on cross-border money flows, as...
Following a brief hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, regulators and governments have been recently been re-engaging with reforms in...
More than three and a half years after its call for evidence on reforming corporate liability for economic crime, the UK government has...
In continuation of the exercise that started in 2014, Freshfields has gathered the views of over 2,500 respondents across 13 industries...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced yesterday that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) will be extended until...
On 22 October, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the review of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive...
This autumn, we celebrate the first anniversary of the official adoption of the EU whistleblower protection directive (Directive...
There is growing evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic is tempting defined benefit (DB) scheme members to cash in their gold-plated DB...
After almost two years since the European Commission (the Commission) launched its evaluation of its Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (
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