23 Feb, 2024 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...
14 Dec, 2023 AMLA update – partial deal reached on the new European AML authority By Alicia Hildner Marcel Michaelis Jan Struckmann Victor Garcia Lopez +1 more... Show less It’s already more than two years ago that the EU Commission has announced that there will be a new sheriff in town: On 20 July 2021, the...
08 Dec, 2023 Maintaining ‘orderly’ markets in disorderly times: the English High Court finds in the LME’s favour in relation to the nickel crisis By Emma Probyn James Smethurst Harry White In a judgment that will be of interest to exchanges and those who trade on them, the English High Court dismissed judicial review...
10 Oct, 2023 The LDI Crisis: One year on By Andrew Murphy Lauren Jackson Anika Prasad A year on from the immediate aftermath of the “mini-budget” which gave rise to the leveraged liability-driven investments (LDI) pensions...
03 Oct, 2023 Ukraine’s termination of its Bilateral Investment Treaty with Russia: what happened and what it means for potential future claims By Eric Leikin Noah Rubins KC Sofia Svinkovskaya Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion and following its severance of diplomatic relations with Russia on 24 February...
27 Apr, 2023 TPR and FCA publish guidance following 2022 LDI crisis By Anika Prasad Emmanuel Bandoh Dawn Heath On Monday 24 April 2023 both the Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued new guidance on leveraged...
03 Apr, 2023 UK Pensions Regulator closes consultation on Funding Code for defined benefit pension schemes By Gareth Davies Charles Magoffin Peter Kerr-Davis On 24 March, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) closed its consultation on the new draft Defined Benefit Funding Code of Practice (Draft Code)....
05 Dec, 2022 LDI: The new hot topic for regulators – and litigators By Andrew Murphy Rebecca Webster The October 2022 LDI crisis caught many in the pensions industry by surprise as trustees and their corporate sponsors rushed to shore up...
02 Aug, 2022 The Africa Arbitration Academy’s Model BIT: a new era for Africa? By Hannah Eckhoff Gregorio Pettazzi In early July 2022, the Africa Arbitration Academy (the Academy) launched its model bilateral investment treaty for African States (the...
28 Jun, 2022 Green Power v Spain: the first decision to ever uphold the intra-EU objection. Is this a turning point for ECT arbitrations? By Nathalie Colin Carsten Wendler Alexandra van der Meulen Gregorio Pettazzi +1 more... Show less Executive summary For the first time an investor-State tribunal upheld the intra-EU objection, holding that the ECT does not include a...
15 Dec, 2020 Pension schemes: the new climate protectors? By Charles Magoffin Rebecca Webster Gareth Davies There is increasing focus on climate-related investment by pension schemes, an area which appears to be undergoing significant change....
26 Nov, 2020 UK government decision means there will be no change to RPI until 2030 By Dawn Heath Charles Magoffin Rebecca Webster The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) and HM Treasury have confirmed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, will not consent to...