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Giuseppe Curtò Luca Capone Federico Mercuri Enrico Mantovani Francesca Incaprera Huerta

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March 24, 2023

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Italy transposes the EU Whistleblowing Directive

Italy has finally implemented the EU Whistleblowing Directive now requiring companies to set up effective reporting channels, protect...

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Charles Magoffin Gareth Davies Katie Hall Amy Rentell

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March 23, 2023

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UK Government supports proposal to allow expansion of pensions automatic enrolment

The Department for Work and Pensions (the DWP) has backed the Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No 2) Bill (the Bill). The...

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Dawn Heath Charles Magoffin Amy Rentell Amelia Lamp

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March 23, 2023

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Spring Budget 2023 pensions tax threshold reforms - what are the implications?

As discussed in our Spring Budget 2023 blog post, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, last week announced sweeping changes to...

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Thomas Lübbig Kasia Bojarojc Daniel Wylde Justin Chen Sarah Mitchell

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March 21, 2023

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Court of Justice confirms yet another tool to tackle non-reportable M&A – but is it all bark and no bite?

The European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down its judgment in Towercast on 16 March 2023, confirming Advocate General Juliane Kokott’s...

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Ermelinda Spinelli Jan Rybnicek Sarah Jensen Kaori Yamada Ninette Dodoo Cecilia Carli

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March 20, 2023

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Antitrust enforcers’ attention on labor markets spreading across the globe: a new legal battlefield?

Antitrust enforcement in labor markets has gained momentum in recent months as agencies in the US, Europe and Asia signal tougher...

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Michael Raffan Elisabeth Overland Greg King

March 17, 2023

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Resolution re-imagined: Rescue of SVB UK demonstrates possibilities for UK stabilisation powers

By 10 March 2023, it had become clear that Silicon Valley Bank’s UK subsidiary (SVB UK) was unable to continue to operate as a viable...

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Laura McDaniel Alison Dickie

March 16, 2023

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Ready, Steady, Growth: Business tax implications of the UK Spring Budget 2023

The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has delivered the Spring Budget 2023. Following the instability experienced in the UK in...

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Andrew Marsh

March 16, 2023

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A deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol

The deal

The UK Prime Minister and the President of the European Commission announced on 27 February a deal to change the text of the...

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Amy Rentell Dawn Heath David Mendel Alice Greenwell

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March 15, 2023

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Spring Budget 2023 – what are the key points from a people and reward perspective?

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, today unveiled this year’s Spring Budget. Announced against a backdrop of high inflation,...

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Nikolaas Van Robbroeck Maximilian Kocks

March 15, 2023

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Belgian tax reform proposal: impact on holdings and investment companies

The Belgian Minister of Finance recently announced a proposal for a “first phase of a broader tax reform”. This blog discusses the...

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Noah Rubins KC Boris Kasolowsky Olga Sendetska Gonzalo Salazar

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March 15, 2023

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ECT’s provisional application: Russia continues to be bound by the investment protections in the ECT

Investors in Russia’s energy sector may well have suffered losses due to recent Russian government measures. These losses may be...

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Holly Insley Lucy Carruthers

March 14, 2023

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Worklife 2.0: The Parker Review – Moving beyond the boardroom

On 13 March 2023, the Parker Review Committee published its update report on Improving the Ethnic Diversity of UK Business. This update...

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Raquel Flórez Sara Moukayed Oscar Bellsolell

March 13, 2023

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WorkLife 2.0: EU Whistleblowing Directive finally implemented in Spain!

The law implementing the EU Whistleblowing Directive (Directive 2019/1937) was finally published on 21 February and it is referred to as...

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Raquel Flórez Sara Moukayed Oscar Bellsolell

March 13, 2023

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WorkLife 2.0: Active Spanish legislator: New laws enhancing diversity at work

2023 has comes along with several important developments in employment law in Spain. On 1 March, Law 4/2023, of 28 February, for the real...

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Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Florian Reiter-Werzin Jonas Levermann

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March 13, 2023

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EU State aid for the green transition: the floodgates are open

On 9 March, the European Commission (Commission) significantly amended its State aid framework to support the economy following Russia’s...

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Rachel Duffy Harriet Hanks Andrew Austin

March 10, 2023

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New UK guidance for social media content for the pharmaceutical industry

At the end of January 2023, the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) issued its first published guidance on social...

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Michael Raffan Claire Harrop Lauren Moorin Fran Kahr

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March 8, 2023

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PRA consultation on Phase 1 of a “simpler regime” – A further step on the road to graduated prudential regulation in the UK

Following its previous work on a new “strong and simple” prudential framework for non-systemic UK banks and building societies (see our

Samuel Withnall Regina Erie May Smith

March 7, 2023

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Worklife 2.0: Employers of record – the sky is the limit? Part 4 – Tax considerations

We are seeing an increasing number of companies partnering with “employers of record” (EoRs). As previously discussed (here, here and here

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Edward Buxton

March 6, 2023

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Online platforms - withholding tax obligations not a breach of EU law (Airbnb v ITA)

Executive Summary:

The Court of Justice has held that Italian rules imposing withholding tax (WHT) and data-gathering obligations on...

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Dawn Heath Ben Morgan Oliver Hamill Tharusha Rajapakse

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March 3, 2023

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Pension Schemes Act 2021: joint MoU from DWP and Pensions Regulator on prosecution of criminal offences

It’s been over 18 months since new criminal offences came into force under the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (the Act) that could be triggered...

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