5/9/2025 10:16:12 AM FCA publishes discussion paper outlining its proposed approach to regulating certain cryptoasset activities By Cyrus Pocha Noah Schmidt On 29 April 2025, HM Treasury published a draft statutory instrument in near-final form which will introduce a regulatory regime for...
5/8/2025 11:47:24 AM Spain judicial reform: DR Madrid office By Laura Lozano Authored by the DR Madrid team On 3 January 2025, the Official State Gazette published the Organic Law 1/2025, of 2 January, on measures...
5/7/2025 8:55:50 AM CC/Devas v India: English High Court finds that ratification of the New York Convention is not a waiver of State immunity By Joshua Kelly Dominic Brind Gustav Brincat On 17 April 2025, the English High Court delivered its judgment in CC/Devas v India [2025] EWHC 964 (Comm). The judgment holds that...
5/7/2025 8:47:07 AM UK advertising regulator’s annual review indicates its priorities for 2025 By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy Charlie Fisher Daniaal Azam +1 more... Show less The UK’s advertising regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), recently published its 2024 Annual Report (here). This...
5/7/2025 8:18:51 AM FCA pauses the extension of SDR to portfolio management By Elisabeth Overland Emily Smith Daniel Tichbi On 30 April 2025, the FCA announced that it has paused its plans to extend the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and...
5/6/2025 6:16:01 PM German Election #9: Corporate tax plans in the coalition agreement of the new German federal government By Alex Schmidtke David Beutel Robin Rehorst At the beginning of April 2025, the conservatives (CDU/CSU) and the social democrats (SPD) presented their coalition agreement, titled...
5/5/2025 3:35:13 PM German Election #8 – What real estate investors need to know about the new coalition agreement By Timo Elsner Julia Haas Gerrit Beckhaus Niko Schultz-Süchting Jan Matauschek +2 more... Show less In Germany, a new administration is about to come into office following the 2025 federal elections. Friedrich Merz, leader of the...
5/5/2025 3:11:50 PM Navigating Board Duties & Investigation Risks: Sanctions – Part II By Moritz Pellmann Cristina Hajek Gross In Part I, we analysed the reasons why economic sanctions, export controls, and associated investigation risks should be prioritised by...
4/30/2025 1:06:25 PM The threat of EU counter-tariffs – how businesses importing goods from the US can mitigate their exposure under EU customs law By Dr. Tanja Walter-Yadegardjam Dr. Sebastian Röger Hendrik Menzel Until recently, most EU businesses importing products from the US have not had to worry about the intricacies of EU customs law, as EU...
4/30/2025 12:26:24 PM Competition law and labour markets – looking beyond no-poach and wage-fixing agreements By Maria Dreher-Lorje Florian Reiter-Werzin Martin McElwee Thomas Janssens Angela Landry +2 more... Show less In recent years, competition authorities around the world have begun to focus on labour markets. They now treat agreements between...
4/29/2025 8:12:20 AM New EU Regulation on defence-related investments - EU opens up additional funds for defence investments By Boris Kasolowsky Enisa Halili Mara Okmazic Last week, the European Commission (EC) published its draft proposal for a Regulation aimed at incentivising defence-related investments...
4/28/2025 3:38:42 PM The EU Moves To Harmonise Criminal Liability for Sanctions Breaches Across Member States By Dr. Stephan Denk Lukas Pomaroli Philip Kroner Tensin Studer Julia Sommer +2 more... Show less Geopolitical tensions and the resulting compliance risks remain on the forefront of executives’ agendas. European companies with global...