1/31/2025 1:15:48 PM Sanctions Enforcement in the EU: 2024 Milestones & What to Expect in 2025 By Dr. Stephan Denk Lukas Pomaroli Tensin Studer Julia Sommer +1 more... Show less While the EU has long been viewed as less active in sanctions enforcement compared to other global actors, such as the US, recent...
1/31/2025 11:32:47 AM Top risks for asset managers in the UK in 2025 By Piers Reynolds Anthea Bowater Benjamin Ng Min Ee Phang +1 more... Show less With challenging market conditions, a significant amount of consolidation in the industry and the introduction of several important...
1/31/2025 10:20:37 AM ICT services amongst financial entities - EU Commission clarifies scope of DORA’s ICT third-party risk management obligations By Hans-Ulrich Klöppel Janina Heinz Daniel Klingenbrunn John-Markus Maddaloni +1 more... Show less With the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), the EU has set new standards for managing ICT risk in the financial sector. It not...
1/29/2025 5:31:47 PM 2025 Transnational Litigation Trends By Timothy Harkness Amella Viso Taylor Jachman Paloma Palmer +1 more... Show less Below is a link to our anticipated 2025 Trends in Transnational Litigation, which examines several pivotal developments poised to shape...
1/29/2025 2:48:53 PM Pension surplus and growth: Government announces key reforms to DB scheme surplus regime By Dawn Heath Jane Wolstenholme Amelia Lamp The Prime Minister and Chancellor have announced plans to reform the rules and regulations around accessing surplus in defined benefit...
1/28/2025 12:06:10 PM Themes in UK corporate tax disputes for 2025 (and beyond) By Sarah Bond Helen Buchanan Laura Western Like climate change, while the corporate tax disputes landscape in the UK changes relatively slowly, distinct trends can be observed when...
1/28/2025 11:53:53 AM Bifurcated representative actions in shareholder claims rejected by the Court of Appeal By Sarah Parkes Emma Probyn Maisie Stewart Anoushka Nightingale Phoebe Campbell +2 more... Show less The English Court of Appeal has rejected the use of a bifurcated representative procedure to bring shareholder claims under section...
1/27/2025 7:48:38 PM Life sciences – what to watch in 2025 By Adam Golden Kristen Riemenschneider Madeleine Tavcar We asked more than 200 Freshfields lawyers – across geographies and practice areas: what are the 1-2 issues top of mind for you and your...
1/24/2025 5:12:38 PM AI Models, Chips, and Data Centers Targeted by Expansive US Export Control Rule By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Noah Lipkowitz Rebecca Berman Young Park +2 more... Show less Key Takeaways BIS has imposed new global export licensing requirements on advanced computing integrated circuits and frontier AI model...
1/24/2025 4:50:01 PM California Attorney General Issues Legal Advisories on AI Compliance with State Laws By Beth George Sean Quinn Madeline Cimino On January 13, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta released two legal advisories addressing how existing state laws apply to...
1/23/2025 5:35:44 PM The Procurement Act 2023: a new regime for exclusion and debarment By Kate Gough Olivia Valner Elizabeth Forster What you need to know if contracting with the UK Government post-24 February 2025. On 14 January 2025, Freshfields and Monckton Chambers...
1/23/2025 1:13:58 PM 39th Freshfields Arbitration Lecture By Ashley Jones Ashley McGovern Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab discusses Iura Novit Arbiter: A Practicum – Beyond Cultural Considerations and Legal Desperation The annual...