Feb 29, 2024 FCA consultation on publicising investigations: Balancing transparency and collateral damage? By Lucy Clark Ali Sallaway On 27 February 2024, the FCA announced a consultation on proposed amendments to its existing enforcement policy. These include proposals...
Feb 28, 2024 FTSE Women Leaders Review: the findings and recommendations By Holly Insley Emily Rigler Gillingham This time last year, it was revealed that FTSE 350 companies had hit the target of 40% female representation on boards, three years ahead...
Feb 27, 2024 Taking stock: Four months of notifications under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation - More than 150 cases and one Phase II investigation By Andreas von Bonin Paul van den Berg Merit Olthoff Martin McElwee Vanessa van Weelden Fabian Bickel Maxime Riethuisen +4 more... Show less The first months of notifications under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) have shown that more transactions and public...
Feb 26, 2024 Investment Association Principles of Remuneration – Watch this Space! By Alice Greenwell David Mendel After something of a false start earlier this year, the Investment Association (IA) has now published its letter to FTSE 350 Remuneration...
Feb 23, 2024 Increased investment protection: The ratification of the Iraq-UAE BIT By Sami Tannous Ann Matthias Ahmed Mazlom Background Iraq has historically proven to be a challenging market for investors. Investment protection treaties such as bilateral...
Feb 20, 2024 Limitation: when does the clock start on date of knowledge? A case note on BAT Industries Plc & Ors v Inland Revenue & Anor [2024] EWHC 195 (Ch) By Emma Probyn Jack Helyar At a Glance The High Court has handed down its judgment in BAT Industries Plc & Ors v Inland Revenue & Anor [2024] EWHC 195 (Ch), which...
Feb 20, 2024 International Arbitration: top trends in 2024 By Ashley Jones Freshfields has launched International arbitration: top trends in 2024. Our annual report, compiled by international arbitration...
Feb 20, 2024 The Effective Collective – UK Government ‘cracks down’ on controversial ‘fire and rehire’ practices with revised Code of Practice By Kathleen Healy Amy Rentell Readers of our ‘Effective Collective’ blog posts will know that we have previously covered the (now) controversial ability of employers...
Feb 15, 2024 European Commission adopts a revised Market Definition Notice By Lena Boucon Rory Jones Alvaro Pliego Selie James Aitken Thomas Lübbig +2 more... Show less As noted by Executive Vice-President Vestager, “if something happens every 25 years, it deserves attention.[1]” Last Friday, the European...
Feb 14, 2024 Life sciences – what to expect in 2024 By Harriet Hanks Emma Franck-Gwinnell Adam Golden 2023 was marked by some real success stories in the life sciences and healthcare space, including ground-breaking new weight loss...
Feb 14, 2024 UK MHRA issues Roadmap towards new medical devices rules By Andrew Austin Harriet Hanks Sofia Schaffgotsch Honor May +1 more... Show less Back in September 2021, the UK MHRA launched a Consultation to overhaul the UK’s medical device regulatory regime - see our previous...
Feb 14, 2024 Sexism in the City: the FCA's latest efforts to tackle non-financial misconduct in the workplace By Holly Insley Chantelle Nicholas Anika Prasad The FCA has taken another notable step as part of its efforts to crack down on non-financial misconduct in the workplace. As we noted in...