Jul 29, 2022 FCA enforcement action on Russian sanctions By Oliver Hamill Christopher Robinson Sarah Robinson Given the exceptional scale and speed with which sanctions were implemented against Russia by the UK Government, the FCA and the Office...
Jul 28, 2022 UK Government to consult on new DB funding rules By Andrew Murphy Peter Kerr-Davis On 26 July, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) published its consultation on the long-awaited draft Occupational Pension Schemes...
Jul 25, 2022 Solvency II – updates to the definition of UK insurance holding companies By George Swan Priti Lancaster Alistair Milne On the 7th of July the PRA published a policy statement PS6/22 on proposed changes to the definition of insurance holding companies for...
Jul 25, 2022 China publishes draft implementing rules for merger control regime under the new AML By Hazel Yin Ninette Dodoo Haoyang Zhuo Laurent Bougard +1 more... Show less Alongside China’s new Anti-Monopoly Law (the New AML, see our client briefing on the New AML here), which enters into force on 1 August...
Jul 22, 2022 Wide-sweeping powers: the Financial Services and Markets Bill 2022 By James Smethurst Melanie Fitzsimons Claudia Rugue In the very last days before the Parliamentary summer recess, the UK Government introduced the Financial Services and Markets Bill 2022...
Jul 22, 2022 Gender equality in corporate boards – towards an EU Directive By Jean-Francois Gerard Laura Llangozi Earlier this summer, the European Parliament (‘EP’) and the Council of EU (‘Council’) reached a political agreement on the provisions of...
Jul 22, 2022 Spain: New law that strengthens promotion of existing equal treatment and non-discrimination rights By Raquel Flórez Last week, Spain passed a new law (‘Law’) to guarantee and promote existing rights of equal treatment and non-discrimination and to...
Jul 21, 2022 Does money grow on trees? The future monetary system By Cyrus Pocha Craig Dewar Claudia Rugue Bhavya Sharma +1 more... Show less The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has, rather grandly, set out its vision for the future of the monetary system in its recent...
Jul 12, 2022 Covid-19: An update on workplace protocols across Europe By Raquel Flórez Laura Llangozi Amy Rentell Julia Förster +1 more... Show less Employers have been navigating the fast-changing and complex Covid-19 related legal landscape for over two years now. Although the rules...
Jul 12, 2022 Pregnant women and Covid-19 risk at the workplace By Amy Rentell Julia Förster Leonhard Prasser This blog post follows another one on the current Covid-19 measures and challenges for employers across Europe. Employers should also be...
Jul 12, 2022 How long can limitation be delayed? The UK Court of Appeal on deliberate concealment and cartel damages claims By Mark Sansom Daniel Hunt Jess Steele Adrian Wright Alisha Wright +2 more... Show less Following our previous article on January’s judgment of the UK High Court (available here), the Court of Appeal has upheld the first...
Jul 12, 2022 The 14th ABA International Cartel Workshop – current focus areas of cartel enforcement By Frank Montag Amaryllis Müller Enrica Schaefer On 27-29 June the 14th International Cartel Workshop organised by the ABA in collaboration with the IBA took place in Lisbon. This...