6/13/2025 9:29:29 AM PISCES Q&A – key features of the world’s first regulated crossover market By Tom Godwin Richard Ho Jennifer McCarthy The FCA has now published its final rules for prospective operators of the new PISCES platforms (Private Intermittent Securities and...
6/11/2025 3:47:26 PM Navigating AML Risks in M&A: Implications of the New EU AML Package By Patrick Cichy Alexander Glos Jan Biermann Jan Struckmann Sara Dietz +2 more... Show less Anti-money laundering (AML) risk is no longer a peripheral concern in M&A – it’s a central deal issue. As enforcement ramps up across...
5/30/2025 11:03:33 AM Increasing UK Pension Scheme Investments in Private Markets -opportunities and challenges for private capital providers By Andrew Murphy Gareth Davies Jane Wolstenholme Antonio Laino +1 more... Show less In early May 2025 the Mansion House II Accord (the Accord) revealed that seventeen of the largest workplace pension providers in the UK...
4/11/2025 7:47:23 AM German Election #6: The coalition agreement of the new German government - what’s in it for financial services? By Jan Struckmann Theresa Kreft Daniel Klingenbrunn Alicia Hildner Hans-Ulrich Klöppel Alexander Glos +3 more... Show less On April 9, 2025, the CDU, CSU, and SPD parties unveiled their coalition agreement, setting out the plans of the new government for the...
4/2/2025 3:17:13 PM Asymmetric jurisdiction clauses – the impact of recent case law on financing transactions By Peter Allen Andrew Heathcote Duncan Kellaway Thomas Clark Martin Hutchings Joe Amann Reena Parmar Ashmita Garrett Jessica Wrigley Kacey Brown +7 more... Show less The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of Società Italiana Lastre SpA (SIL) v Agora SARL, casts doubt on...
2/7/2025 10:55:48 AM The new UK regime for public offer platforms: the FCA consults on further proposals By Claire Harrop Tom Godwin Richard Ho Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy Eden Elder +3 more... Show less An important element of the UK’s new public offers and admissions to trading regime is the introduction of the public offer platform...
11/6/2024 9:12:46 AM 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...
10/23/2024 4:32:36 PM English High Court implies an alternative reference rate in post-LIBOR test case By Emma Probyn Duncan Kellaway Kevin Whibley Greg Garfield Sharon Grennan Ephraim Conteh +3 more... Show less The decision in Standard Chartered v Guaranty Nominees [2024] EWHC 2605 (Comm) considers how to interpret contractual provisions...
8/20/2024 2:44:10 PM POP’ing it like the FCA By Chris Ranson Richard Ho Tom Godwin Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy +3 more... Show less The FCA recently published a consultation paper (CP24/13) setting out its proposed rules for the new public offer platform (POP) regime....
7/3/2024 10:08:02 AM EU leadership shake-up: implications for business and policy By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Léa Bareil Jimena Gonzalez In the wake of the recent European elections, the EU27 Heads of State and Government have finalised allocating the influential EU top...
5/3/2024 12:05:14 PM The Digital Securities Sandbox: a new model for trading and settlement in the UK? By James Smethurst Christopher Bernard Olivia Davies On 3 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) published a consultation paper setting out their...
4/29/2024 2:42:55 PM Enrico Letta on EU competitiveness: an analysis of his key recommendations for a fairer, greener, more digital economy By Jimena Gonzalez Kieran Watkins To much excitement and fanfare, former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta published his report on strengthening the EU Single Market....