Sep 26, 2023 Too little, too late? – Reforming the German law on general terms and conditions for financial institutions By Marius Raetz Jan Struckmann This post is part of a series on legislative changes proposed by the German Future Investments Act (Zukunftsfinanzierungesetz, ZFG). For...
Sep 21, 2023 UK Green Taxonomy – GTAG provides further technical advice to the UK Government By Elisabeth Overland Anthea Bowater Emily Smith The UK’s Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) has recently published several new pieces of technical advice for HM Treasury. ...
Sep 21, 2023 Will the UK follow the EU’s lead in reforming product liability rules? By Harriet Hanks Andrew Austin Emma Franck-Gwinnell In summary: We recently wrote about the UK Government’s wide-ranging consultation on reforming the UK consumer product safety framework...
Sep 08, 2023 The European Critical Raw Materials Act: A quick summary on what it does and when it’s coming By Eric Leikin Samantha Tirthdas Kieran Watkins The European Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) – which is at the heart of the EU’s effort to address critical raw materials strategic...
Aug 25, 2023 HMG proposes fundamental reform of UK consumer product safety regulatory framework By Harriet Hanks Andrew Austin In a consultation published earlier this month, HMG has proposed a “fundamental reform” of the UK’s consumer product safety regulatory...
Aug 24, 2023 Demystifying China’s regulation of ‘human genetic resources’ By Richard Bird Ma Ya Introduction The Chinese government has regulated activities involving the use of human genetic resources (HGRs) since 1998. New...
Aug 04, 2023 The UK Investment Research Review: calling time on unbundling? By James Smethurst Christopher Bernard Sebastian Hilbich Background As discussed in an earlier blog post, on 10 July 2023, the Chancellor delivered his first Mansion House speech in which he...
Aug 01, 2023 Fifteen years after introducing the “trend setting” interest barrier rule, German Finance Ministry proposes further interest cap rule By Katharina Kubik Philipp Redeker Viktoria Keil The German Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) recently released the draft “Growth Opportunities Act” (Wachstumschancengesetz). If enacted,...
Jul 27, 2023 Most recent UK Life Sciences Competitiveness Indicators highlight key areas for reform and investment By Harriet Hanks Andrew Austin Sanjana Canumalla This time last year we analysed the UK Government’s annual Life Sciences Competitiveness Indicators (LSCIs) report alongside the MHRA’s...
Jul 07, 2023 Feels like MiFID III? - The Commission Proposal on the EU Retail Investment Strategy and what it means for firms By Marius Raetz Falko Glasow Alicia Hildner Alexander Glos +1 more... Show less In the heated discussion around the ban on payment for order flow, the proposal on the Retail Investment Package (the Proposal), adopted...
Jun 19, 2023 Fourth EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council summit: the transatlantic partnership shows first achievements By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Pablo Artero Lines Renea Kamenjasevic Following the launch of the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council (TTC) on 15 June 2021, both jurisdictions have maintained intensive...
Jun 19, 2023 FCA publishes final policy position on financial promotion rules for cryptoassets and near-final rules By Cyrus Pocha Craig Dewar Karishma Paun On 8 June 2023, the FCA published a policy statement (PS 23/6) setting out its final policy position on financial promotion rules for...