14 Feb, 2024 Life sciences – what to expect in 2024 By Harriet Hanks Emma Franck-Gwinnell Adam Golden 2023 was marked by some real success stories in the life sciences and healthcare space, including ground-breaking new weight loss...
12 Feb, 2024 New market investigation powers of the Italian Antitrust Authority - Council of State confirms they apply to all economic sectors By Gian Luca Zampa Ermelinda Spinelli Alessandro Di Giò Alberto Galasso +1 more... Show less In its opinion of 29 January 2024, the Italian Council of State (CdS) published its views on the scope of application of the new market...
06 Feb, 2024 Transatlantic Troubles: How Congressional Investigations in the United States Can Lead to Problems for German Companies By Simone Kämpfer Andrew Dockham Lea Babucke Loren Terry +1 more... Show less In the evolving landscape of international business, German companies operating in the United States face unique legal challenges,...
19 Dec, 2023 Greenwashing investigations on the horizon: what to expect and how to prepare By Nicholas Schoch Johanna Möller An increasingly comprehensive web of disclosure obligations has been spun in the field of sustainability reporting in many jurisdictions....
14 Dec, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Anonymous whistleblowing in UK financial services firms - are managers’ views at odds with the regulators? By Chantelle Nicholas Sharon Grennan In the UK, both the main UK financial regulators (the FCA and PRA) have detailed rules on the systems and controls that financial...
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...
28 Nov, 2023 The increasing risk to corporate groups of criminal tax investigations across Europe By Sarah Bond Laura Western Corporates have long been exposed to the risk of potential criminal tax liability in certain jurisdictions – Italy, for example, where...
22 Nov, 2023 Unravelling the complexities of German transfer pricing audits By Philipp Redeker Viktoria von Abel As noted in the German section of our Tax investigations and disputes across borders guide, tackling tax avoidance has been a major focus...
20 Nov, 2023 UK CMA issues welcome guidance on combination therapy collaborations for life sciences companies By Jenny Leahy Kirsty Brown The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) – following extensive consultation with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical...
14 Nov, 2023 The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: the practical implications from a tax perspective By Sarah Bond Laura Western As our colleagues have discussed here, here and here , the recent enactment of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023...
08 Nov, 2023 ESG and tax transparency: the next frontier of tax disputes? By Sarah Bond Alison Dickie Laura Western The importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to businesses cannot be underestimated, with investors, lenders,...