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Moritz Becker Hendric Labonté

January 29, 2021

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Home or away? EU Court undermines reliability of choice-of-jurisdiction clauses

Jurisdiction is an essential factor in determining the cost, duration and ultimate success of a lawsuit.

Litigating in a foreign language...

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Dominic Divivier Thomas Janssens Tobias Klose

January 29, 2021

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Cartel liability: financial investors beware

Liability of Goldman Sachs for power cables cartel

On 27 January, the EU Court of Justice confirmed a €37m European Commission fine...

January 29, 2021

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EU Commission publishes fifth amendment to its Temporary Framework for state aid in relation to the COVID-19 crisis

On 28 January 2021 the EU Commission published the fifth amendment to its 19 March 2020 Temporary Framework on state aid in reaction to...

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Emma Probyn

January 28, 2021

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UK banking and financial services: key litigation trends of 2020

A number of decisions from the English courts in 2020 illustrate the litigation trends that are likely to have implications for the...

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Anthea Bowater Daniel Gold

January 28, 2021

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The ‘unambiguous impropriety’ exception to without prejudice privilege in English law: near-impossible?

The English Court of Appeal has reaffirmed the extremely narrow scope of the ‘unambiguous impropriety’ exception to without prejudice...

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Sabine Prossinger Anne-Laure Vincent Jeroen Van Hezewijk

January 27, 2021

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The EU Representative Actions Directive: the funding and financial aspects

The first blog post in this series exploring the choices open to EU member states implementing the Representative Actions Directive ('the...

Sharon Grennan Thomas Clark

January 27, 2021

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UK FCA enforcement in 2020 and looking ahead

Whilst Covid may have stopped many things in 2020, it did not stop FCA Enforcement from issuing a number of substantial financial...

January 26, 2021

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AML Update: Key Takeaways from FinCEN’s Recent Capital One Enforcement Action

On January 15, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that Capital One, National Association (CONA) agreed to...

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Max Immerzeel Onno Brouwer

January 26, 2021

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European Commission evaluates first four years of Antitrust Damages Directive

On 14 December 2020, the European Commission published an evaluation of the implementation of the Antitrust Damages Directive (the Directive

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Kimberly Zelnick Menachem Kaplan Peter Jaffe

January 26, 2021

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Trading on a hack

For several years, we’ve had data showing the typical behavior of a data breach victim’s stock when the company discloses an...

Dawn Heath Charles Magoffin Andrew Murphy Sarah Prickett

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January 25, 2021

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Pensions Briefing – what to expect in 2021

This blog post looks ahead at what we expect to be key UK developments in the pensions space in 2021. Highlights include:

the long...

Amani Khalifa Matt Evans

January 21, 2021

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Does the Supreme Court’s Halliburton judgment make a splash in the pool of arbitrators for global project arbitrations?

On 27 November 2020, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd (formerly known as...

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January 20, 2021

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Does the IaaS order represent the emergence of anti-cloud laundering law?

In one of the final acts of the Trump administration, the White House yesterday directed the Commerce Department to issue regulations...

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Joanna Goyder

January 20, 2021

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Essential Antitrust podcast: Antitrust in 2021: is your business prepared for a tougher enforcement environment?

2020 was a year like no other. With the fallout from the pandemic still lingering, there will continue to be difficult times in 2021 but...

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Lukas Pomaroli Iris Hammerschmid Dr. Stephan Denk

January 20, 2021

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EU takes new approach to strengthen its economic sanctions and push back on (US) extraterritorial sanctions

The EU is ramping up sanctions policy and practice by:

laying out a roadmap to increase the efficiency of EU sanctions;
publishing a...

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Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Mina Aryobsei Iris Hammerschmid Marius Scherb

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January 19, 2021

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Freshfields hosted online panel on International Human Rights Day: “Human rights due diligence - What challenges do global companies have to face?”

On the International Human Rights Day in December 2020, our German-speaking offices hosted an online panel discussion with key executives...

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Nicola Jones Jenny Tholen

January 19, 2021

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WorkLife 2.0: A robot in control - should AI have a voice on the Board?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous in modern decision-making for both individuals and corporations. AI can be deployed by...

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Martin Mekat Andrew Austin Nathalie Colin

January 19, 2021

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The EU Representative Actions Directive: what to expect from member states

In November 2020, the Representative Actions Directive ('the Directive') was formally approved by the European Parliament. The new...

Dawn Heath

January 15, 2021

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UK Pension Schemes Bill: new criminal offences and other changes impacting corporate activity expected to come into force by autumn 2021

Despite strong indications from Guy Opperman MP, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion, that...

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January 15, 2021

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US multinationals and German dividends – withholding tax relief at risk?

The relief from withholding taxes (WHT) is an important parameter for corporate structures and tax planning of multinational enterprises...

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January 14, 2021

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EU compliance outlook for 2021: what should GCs and compliance officers be aware of?

EU lawmakers have significantly stepped up their game when it comes to compliance. Nowadays, EU directives and regulations strongly...

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Daniel Klingenbrunn Janina Heinz

January 14, 2021

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Banking consolidations in Europe: the ECB clarifies its supervisory approach

Business combinations within the banking sector are complex, not least because of the prudential regulatory implications. An early...

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Karen Slaney Joanna Goyder

January 13, 2021

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Looking to 2021: managing antitrust risk and maintaining global compliance

With the global pandemic, changing trade patterns, technological innovation and developments in home-working, 2020 has been a year like...

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Melanie Fitzsimons Michael Raffan

January 12, 2021

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The UK’s approach to supervision of international banks: responsible openness and steady as she goes.

The significant restructuring of financial services firms’ operations and “changes in the international footprint of many firms” as a...

January 7, 2021

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EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: financial services

With hours to go to the end of the Brexit transition period deadline, the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) was signed by both...

January 7, 2021

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TRIPS plus or EU minus? IP under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

The IP provisions of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement are intended to “complement and further specify the rights and obligations...

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Kim Rosenberg Zara Merali Scheherazade Shiraz

January 6, 2021

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Beware of money laundering risks in the UAE: DIFC

The UAE has strengthened anti-money laundering (AML) laws in recent years: the federal laws were overhauled as recently as 2018 and 2019,...

Nikolaas Van Robbroeck

January 4, 2021

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Belgium adopts multiple defensive tax measures towards EU blacklisted jurisdictions

In its governmental agreement, the new Belgian government pledged to assume a pioneering role in the fight against abusive tax practices....

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