On 20 January 2026, the UK government announced a range of proposed reforms to the UK merger control regime. The proposals are, once...
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On 17 January 2026, the President of the United States publicly threatened to impose tariffs (up to 10 percent on February 1, rising to...
2025 was another transformative year for the financial services industry. Geopolitical risks arising from conflicts in Ukraine and...
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On 12 November 2025, Meg Kinnear, who served as ICSID Secretary-General from 2009 until 2024, delivered the 40th Freshfields Arbitration...
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Until recently, some compliance departments may have treated algorithmic pricing more as a theoretical antitrust risk in the EU – a topic...
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The second Trump administration has made numerous announcements on trade and tariffs, but US tax policy is increasingly woven into the...
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Until recently, most EU businesses importing products from the US have not had to worry about the intricacies of EU customs law, as EU...
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In recent years, competition authorities around the world have begun to focus on labour markets. They now treat agreements between...
Open banking promises to unlock innovation and empower customers by enabling financial information to be shared between traditional banks...
Introduction In recent years, multinational corporations have been under growing regulatory pressure to manage the risks which arise from...
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Geopolitical risks are a significant concern for businesses and investors in the current global landscape. Understanding these risks is...
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There are, of course, an infinite number of things that can prompt a tax investigation or audit – but within that plethora of...