7/15/2025 3:27:40 PM UK Government and regulators announce reforms to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime By David Mendel Amy Rentell Emily Smith In 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (the PRA) published a joint discussion paper...
7/15/2025 3:12:38 PM The India-UK Free Trade Agreement – key implications and takeaways By Rohit Bhat Piusha Bose Boyan Arshinkov Introduction On 6 May 2025, the UK and India signed the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA), expected to double bilateral trade and...
5/28/2025 9:51:05 AM New UK bank levy for resolution becomes law By Michael Raffan Christopher Bernard Daniel Tichbi After almost a year working its way through Parliament, the Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 15 May...
4/3/2025 11:14:38 AM Employment Rights Bill – a new era for industrial relations? By Holly Insley Rebecca Zech The Employment Rights Bill (first published in October 2024) has recently completed the Committee Stage in the House of Commons during...
2/20/2025 11:53:38 AM The Procurement Act 2023: a new regime governing bid challenges By Kate Gough Robert Colvin What you need to know if contracting with the UK Government post-24 February 2025. On 14 January 2025, Freshfields and Monckton Chambers...
2/13/2025 11:06:10 AM Freshfields' geopolitical monitor By Beth George Christoph H. Seibt Maximilian Lasson Ilka Oberländer Malte Symann Christian Altenhofen +3 more... Show less Geopolitical risks are a significant concern for businesses and investors in the current global landscape. Understanding these risks is...
11/26/2024 6:03:43 PM ESG ratings providers to be regulated in the UK By Anthea Bowater Elisabeth Overland Hannah Bergin This month the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, confirmed as part of her first Mansion House speech the UK Government’s...
7/30/2024 8:00:10 AM The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation public procurement tool – key takeaways after the first year of application By Ilka Oberländer Charlotte Colin-Dubuisson Kate Gough Anne Dos Sascha Arnold Fabian Bickel +3 more... Show less We take the first anniversary of the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) as an opportunity to reflect on the EC’s enforcement under the...
6/20/2024 3:31:58 PM Rolling judicial reviews: does the ECPAT UK claim herald a new era of court monitoring in complex cases? By Robert Colvin Elizabeth Forster On 5 June 2024, the Administrative Court gave its final word on relief in the (relatively) long-running ECPAT UK judicial review (see R...
3/26/2024 3:11:27 PM Trends in fintech: our EU predictions for 2024 By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Eva Schneider Alicia Hildner Daniel Klingenbrunn Jimena Gonzalez Victor Garcia Lopez +3 more... Show less As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 we have crowdsourced some fintech predictions for the year ahead from the EU Freshfields Fintech team,...
2/23/2024 8:45:37 AM Increased investment protection: The ratification of the Iraq-UAE BIT By Sami Tannous Ann Matthias Ahmed Mazlom Background Iraq has historically proven to be a challenging market for investors. Investment protection treaties such as bilateral...
1/22/2024 3:06:15 PM New Rules for Political Influencing in Germany: An update to Germany's Lobbying Register Act By Alex Schmidtke Lena Hanke Laura Knoke Just in time for the two-year anniversary of the first German Lobbying Register at Federal Level in 2022, the first reform of the German...