7/22/2025 4:57:54 PM The UK’s Product Regulation and Metrology Act enters into force By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy Harriet Hanks Laura Feldman Braun Scott +2 more... Show less The UK’s Product Regulation and Metrology Act (the Act) received Royal Assent on 21 July 2025, with the majority of the Act coming into...
7/22/2025 2:57:17 PM Turning the tide: 5 key takeaways for companies and investors on Cunliffe’s proposed reforms for the water sector in England & Wales By James Aitken Susannah Prichard Nick English Anup Nandra Kritika Rampal Quentin Wu Joschka Nakata +4 more... Show less After months of intense scrutiny and stakeholder engagement, the Independent Water Commission (the Commission), set up by the UK...
7/14/2025 8:10:30 AM European Commission gives informal guidance on port equipment sustainability agreement and automotive licensing negotiation group By Dominic Divivier Tobias Klose Thomas Lübbig Corin Gittinger Joanna Goyder +2 more... Show less The European Commission has given informal guidance to two groups of competitors who are collaborating to achieve EU sustainability and...
7/10/2025 10:28:13 AM E-money and payment firms face FCA scrutiny over risk management and wind-down planning By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Tricia Moffat On 20 June 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its findings following a multi-firm review into risk management and...
7/3/2025 10:23:30 AM Green Goals, Red Tape: Aarhus Convention’s Impact on EU State aid procedure By Onno Brouwer Andreas von Bonin Florian Reiter-Werzin Conor Leavy Isabel Chaves +2 more... Show less In May 2025, the European Commission (EC) amended the State aid rules to ensure compliance with the European Union’s (EU) obligations...
7/2/2025 5:35:32 PM Council adopts position on PSD3 and PSR – key take-aways By Alexander Glos Alicia Hildner Jimena Gonzalez Eva Schneider Daniel Klingenbrunn +2 more... Show less On 18 June 2025, the Council of the European Union formally approved its negotiating mandates on the legislative proposals relating to...
6/25/2025 9:10:09 AM The UK’s New Industrial Strategy: A 10-Year Vision for Growth By Lloyd Rees On Monday, the UK Government published its long-awaited new Industrial Strategy (the Strategy). The Strategy is a 10-year plan to...
6/23/2025 3:19:34 PM How (not) to regulate for growth: House of Lords committee report on the UK regulators’ secondary international competitiveness and growth objective By Cyrus Pocha Emily Smith Fran Kaehr On 13 June 2025, the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee (the Committee) published its report on the secondary...
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...