6/13/2025 9:29:29 AM PISCES Q&A – key features of the world’s first regulated crossover market By Tom Godwin Richard Ho Jennifer McCarthy The FCA has now published its final rules for prospective operators of the new PISCES platforms (Private Intermittent Securities and...
6/11/2025 3:47:26 PM Navigating AML Risks in M&A: Implications of the New EU AML Package By Patrick Cichy Alexander Glos Jan Biermann Jan Struckmann Sara Dietz +2 more... Show less Anti-money laundering (AML) risk is no longer a peripheral concern in M&A – it’s a central deal issue. As enforcement ramps up across...
6/6/2025 8:27:26 AM SAMR to introduce long-awaited clarification on safe harbor rules for vertical agreements By Hazel Yin Wenting Ge Xiaopeng Lai On 3 June 2025, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) published for public comment its proposed revisions to the...
6/5/2025 2:34:07 PM DORA and critical ICT third-party service providers: the first round of “critical” designations approaching By Theresa Ehlen Alexander Glos Daphne van der Houwen Hans-Ulrich Klöppel John-Markus Maddaloni Carolin Kuehne +3 more... Show less The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (“DORA”), which has become applicable in January this year, has elevated ICT regulation in...
5/30/2025 12:20:44 PM Responsible Openness Revisited: The PRA's Evolving Framework for International Bank Supervision By Michael Raffan Tricia Moffat Michael Byarugaba On 20 May 2025, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a Policy Statement (PS6/25) and updated Supervisory Statement...
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...
5/27/2025 10:40:17 AM Taming the “Wild West”: UK Government leads BNPL into the regulatory stable By Cyrus Pocha Emma Probyn Craig Dewar Christine Simpson Tricia Moffat +2 more... Show less The UK Government has saddled up to bring order to what it terms the “wild-west” of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). For years, BNPL has...
5/15/2025 11:42:41 AM Time to catch up: EU reopens the rulebook on mergers and seeks feedback By Paul van den Berg Mary Lehner Colin Raftery Jan Jeram Tuna Tanik Koo Asakura Emily Strickland Jonas Levermann +5 more... Show less Mounting pressure to refresh merger guidelines When the European Commission (Commission) introduced its first guidelines on the...
5/15/2025 10:26:45 AM FCA's new consultation on the definition of capital for FCA investment firms By James Smethurst Mac Mackenzie Craig Dewar On 24 April 2025, the FCA released a consultation paper CP 25/10 on the definition of capital for FCA investment firms. The FCA says it...
5/9/2025 10:16:12 AM FCA publishes discussion paper outlining its proposed approach to regulating certain cryptoasset activities By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt Aleena Mann +1 more... Show less On 29 April 2025, HM Treasury published a draft statutory instrument in near-final form which will introduce a regulatory regime for...
4/25/2025 9:59:34 AM Re-examining the UK’s national security & investment regime By Martin McElwee Cara Carr Lloyd Rees Freshfields sponsors TheCityUK International Conference and co-writes report on “Foreign direct investment and national security regimes:...
4/22/2025 12:54:30 PM Reforming fund regulation in the UK: HM Treasury and FCA proposals for regulating alternative investment fund managers By Emma Rachmaninov Christopher Chan Christopher Bernard Daniel Tichbi +1 more... Show less The future for alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) in the UK became a little bit clearer on 7 April 2025 when HM Treasury...