08 Mar, 2024 New Law on Greenwashing finally adopted – The EU Directive on empowering consumers for the green transition By Tobias Timmann Nicolai Fornoff While the ‘Green Claims Directive’ is the dominant topic as pertains to regulatory developments concerning unfair competition law but has...
01 Mar, 2024 Text of the new EU Product Liability Directive is agreed – what happens next? By Harriet Hanks Andrew Austin In brief: The text of the revised new EU Product Liability Directive (PLD) has now been agreed. After intense negotiations resulting in...
27 Feb, 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...
20 Feb, 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...
15 Feb, 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...
24 Jan, 2024 Germany’s highest court clarifies that the ECJ’s decision in Achmea does not apply to extra-EU BITs By Carsten Wendler Stuti Gadodia Gregorio Pettazzi Leane Meyer +1 more... Show less In its recently published decision, the German Federal Court of Justice allowed enforcement of the arbitral award rendered in Deutsche...
21 Dec, 2023 Regulation of culture in financial institutions: global trends and challenges By Elisabeth Overland Holly Insley Falko Glasow Jennifer Loeb Christopher Bernard +2 more... Show less Around the world, regulators have become increasingly concerned about culture in financial services firms, as part of a wider focus on...
20 Dec, 2023 Human rights and supply chain compliance for the financial sector: Clarifications on human rights due diligence? By Marlen Vesper-Gräske Elisabeth Schemmer Falko Glasow Elizabeth Forster +1 more... Show less The EU institutions have reached a provisional compromise and are continuing final technical negotiations for the legislative text of the...
19 Dec, 2023 Financial services and capital markets in CEE – key regulatory and legal trends in 2023-2024 By Florian Klimscha Stephan Pachinger Anouschka Zagorski Victoria Bazil Eva Schneider +2 more... Show less In the constantly evolving landscape of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), financial services and capital markets face a vibrant...
13 Dec, 2023 Trends in tax disputes: what should businesses be aware of? By Laura Western Back in October, the global Freshfields Tax team published the Tax investigations and disputes across borders guide which, among other...
11 Dec, 2023 Compliance duties on German boards – 10 years on from the landmark decision in Siemens v. Neubürger By Nicholas Schoch Cristina Hajek Gross Felix Mayer Introduction Yesterday (10 December 2023) was the tenth anniversary of what must be the most cited decision when it comes to board-level...
11 Dec, 2023 The OECD’s Pillar One proposal: where are we now? By May Smith Alison Dickie Laura Western The OECD’s Pillar Two proposal to introduce a global minimum tax is undoubtedly a hot topic in the corporate tax world at the moment....