18 Sep, 2024 The von der Leyen II Commission’s guiding star – competitiveness in the twin transition By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Victor Garcia Lopez Lea Bareil Jimena Gonzalez +1 more... Show less How the newly unveiled structure could deliver Europe’s next 5-year political ambitions The wait, at least for now, is finally over....
02 Sep, 2024 Major hurdle cleared: US courts have jurisdiction to examine enforcement actions of intra-EU awards By Noiana Marigo David Livshiz Carsten Wendler Lee Rovinescu Ruth Montiel Gregorio Pettazzi Gonzalo Salazar +4 more... Show less The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) issued a landmark ruling on 16 August 2024 with significant...
21 Aug, 2024 ICSID Background Paper on Compliance and Enforcement of Awards: Valuable insights on the monetisation of ICSID claims By Noiana Marigo Carsten Wendler Marta García Bel Gregorio Pettazzi Rosario Galardi Gonzalo Salazar +3 more... Show less The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) plays a vital role in facilitating the resolution of disputes...
03 Jul, 2024 EU leadership shake-up: implications for business and policy By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Lea 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...
19 Apr, 2024 FCA Proposes an Option for Bundling Payments for Investment Research and Execution By Elisabeth Overland Borja Ruiz De Gopegui Oliver Schonle On 10 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP 24/7) on Payment Optionality for Investment...
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)....