20 Dec, 2024 UK medical devices regulatory reform: where are we now and what’s next for 2025? By Andrew Austin Harriet Hanks Emily Bloxsome Honor May Charlotte Case +2 more... Show less In summary: The UK MHRA’s plans for reforming the medical devices regulatory framework post-Brexit have begun to take more concrete...
20 Dec, 2024 FCA publishes discussion paper on admissions and disclosures and the market abuse regime for cryptoassets By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Christopher Bernard Noah Schmidt Eden Elder +4 more... Show less On 16 December 2024 the FCA published its much-anticipated Discussion Paper on (i) cryptoasset admissions and disclosures and (ii) the...
18 Dec, 2024 Finally, some clarity on reverse solicitation under MiCAR (and beyond)? ESMA’s Final Report has been published By Jan Struckmann Daniel Klingenbrunn The concept of ‘reverse solicitation’ marks the outer limit of the circumstances under which non-EU market participants can operate...
17 Dec, 2024 European Commission publishes Merger Manual of Procedures By Edward Dean Alastair Chapman Mary Lehner Paul van den Berg +1 more... Show less On 29 November 2024, the European Commission (Commission) published sections of its Merger Manual of Procedures (ManProc).[1] This...
06 Dec, 2024 The regulatory regime for short selling in the UK: a long time coming By James Smethurst Christopher Bernard On 11 November 2024, an updated draft of the Short Selling Regulations 2024 was laid before Parliament, accompanied by a draft...
02 Dec, 2024 Regulating cryptoassets in the UK: a guide to the road ahead By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard Finally! Avid readers of Freshfields blogs might remember from our post last autumn that the UK government and financial regulators in...
25 Nov, 2024 The FCA/FOS Consultation – “Modernising the Redress System” A Chance for Reform? By Christopher Robinson Jack Helyar Sharon Tong At a Glance On 15 November 2024, the FCA and FOS jointly published a call for input as to how the FOS might improve its redress...
25 Nov, 2024 PFAS – Civil litigation risks in Europe By Moritz Becker Katharina Shingler Nathalie Colin Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Simon Duncombe Michael Ramb Sascha Arnold +4 more... Show less PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ More than 10,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are used globally in industrial and consumer...
14 Nov, 2024 English High Court decision indicates EU-wide product approvals do little to prevent product liability claims for damages By James Roberts Simon Duncombe Sanjana Canumalla James Smith Georgina Bayly +2 more... Show less Background On 14 November 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in the first substantive trial to take place in the industry-wide NOx...
06 Nov, 2024 Navigating the New Global Order: Legal Dynamics in Banking, Finance and Capital Markets Across the CEE Region in 2024-2025 By Florian Klimscha Stephan Pachinger Anouschka Zagorski Simon Fitzpatrick Eva Schneider +2 more... Show less The financial services and capital markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) continue to evolve within a dynamic regulatory and...
05 Nov, 2024 PFAS ban – will the universal restriction see the light of day? By Michael Ramb Sascha Arnold Moritz Becker Nathalie Colin Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Simon Duncombe Katharina Shingler +4 more... Show less The EU’s proposed PFAS ban Since five EU Member States submitted a proposal to restrict the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
29 Oct, 2024 The FCA consults on changes to the safeguarding regime: what does it mean for payments and e-money firms? By Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt Christopher Bernard Helena de Guise +1 more... Show less On 25 September 2024, the FCA published a consultation paper on proposed changes to the safeguarding regime for payments and e-money...