Mar 27, 2024 Defined benefit pension scheme funding: TPR confirms defined benefit funding code to be published this summer and consults on statement of strategy By Charles Magoffin Jemima Holt Tomas-Joseph Brealey The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has now confirmed that the new Defined Benefit (DB) Funding Code of Practice (the Code) will be published...
Mar 26, 2024 Trends in fintech: our EU predictions for 2024 By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Eva Schneider Alicia Hildner Daniel Klingenbrunn Jimena Gonzalez Victor Garcia Lopez +3 more... Show less As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 we have crowdsourced some fintech predictions for the year ahead from the EU Freshfields Fintech team,...
Mar 26, 2024 The Mais Lecture: Labour’s approach to labour remains the same By Holly Insley Elizabeth Bullock The Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered the 36th annual Mais Lecture last week. Her speech, titled “Economic...
Mar 26, 2024 Sustainable global supply chains: EU’s CSDDD finally adopted by Council By Christoph H. Seibt Juliane Hilf Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Julia Förster Marlen Vesper-Gräske Lea Bareil Iris Hammerschmid Valentin Weigel +5 more... Show less After a lengthy and unusual period of intense political activity, the Council of the European Union has finally voted in favour of the...
Mar 25, 2024 High Court clarifies security for costs position where litigation funders provide financing to law firms By James Roberts Rebecca Fenning Alice Goodinge In a judgment handed down on 25 March 2024, the High Court considered that, where a litigation funder provides funding to a law firm...
Mar 25, 2024 China introduces revised cross-border data transfer rules By Richard Bird Fan Li In an order dated 22 March 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) brought in revised cross-border data transfer rules with...
Mar 21, 2024 ESG dispute risk for financial institutions: A global picture By Sharon Grennan Climate litigation and other ESG risks are on the rise around the world for corporates and financial institutions. In the EU and UK a...
Mar 20, 2024 Riyals on the Line: Liquidated Damages under the Saudi Civil Transactions Law By Amani Khalifa Amr Omran Samy Ayoub The Saudi Civil Transactions Law (the Saudi Civil Code) entered into force on 16 December 2023 and applies retrospectively with a few...
Mar 19, 2024 How Can Foreign Investments Be Protected during Times of Unrest? By Natalia Zibibbo Brianna Gorence Ryan Hicks Civil and political unrest can quickly shift a country’s social and economic landscape and put the safety of people and property at risk....
Mar 19, 2024 Stocktake on UK DMCC Bill - entering the final stages By Cat Greenwood-Smith Rikki Haria Sarah Jensen Kate Collister Martin Dickson Francesca Triggs Philipp Baschenhof Marc Robinson +5 more... Show less Last week the House of Lords Report stage concluded for the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill. As the Bill...
Mar 18, 2024 The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) By James Smethurst Tom Godwin Richard Ho Regina Erie Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy +3 more... Show less This blog considers the recent HM Treasury (HMT) consultation on the proposed trial of a new ‘Private Intermittent Securities and Capital...
Mar 15, 2024 Failing to prepare or preparing to fail – PRA policy statement on solvent exit planning for non-systemic banks and building societies By Michael Raffan Lauren Moorin Fran Kaehr In a 2021 speech, Sam Woods, the CEO of the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), stated that one of the regulator’s focuses for...