2/7/2025 10:55:48 AM The new UK regime for public offer platforms: the FCA consults on further proposals By Claire Harrop Tom Godwin Richard Ho Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy Eden Elder +3 more... Show less An important element of the UK’s new public offers and admissions to trading regime is the introduction of the public offer platform...
2/6/2025 12:15:44 PM FCA publicity consultation: ‘How not to regulate’ By Lucy Clark The House of Lord’s Financial Services Regulation Committee has today published its report on the FCA’s publicity consultation, Naming...
2/5/2025 2:13:42 PM UK FCA sets out key expectations of payments firms in “Dear CEO” letter By Claire Harrop Janice Leung Christy Lee On 3 February 2025, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Dear CEO letter to payments firms that are supervised by the...
2/3/2025 3:41:02 PM The Procurement Act 2023: an updated regime for direct awards By Kate Gough Shannon O’Neill What you need to know if contracting with the UK Government post-24 February 2025 On 14 January 2025, Freshfields and Monckton Chambers...
1/31/2025 11:32:47 AM Top risks for asset managers in the UK in 2025 By Piers Reynolds Anthea Bowater Benjamin Ng Min Ee Phang +1 more... Show less With challenging market conditions, a significant amount of consolidation in the industry and the introduction of several important...
1/29/2025 2:48:53 PM Pension surplus and growth: Government announces key reforms to DB scheme surplus regime By Dawn Heath Jane Wolstenholme Amelia Lamp The Prime Minister and Chancellor have announced plans to reform the rules and regulations around accessing surplus in defined benefit...
1/28/2025 12:06:10 PM Themes in UK corporate tax disputes for 2025 (and beyond) By Sarah Bond Helen Buchanan Laura Western Like climate change, while the corporate tax disputes landscape in the UK changes relatively slowly, distinct trends can be observed when...
1/28/2025 11:53:53 AM Bifurcated representative actions in shareholder claims rejected by the Court of Appeal By Sarah Parkes Emma Probyn Maisie Stewart Anoushka Nightingale Phoebe Campbell +2 more... Show less The English Court of Appeal has rejected the use of a bifurcated representative procedure to bring shareholder claims under section...
1/22/2025 3:28:25 PM UK financial services enforcement themes and looking ahead By Thomas Clark Sharon Grennan Although 2024 has not seen a return to the levels of fines and outcomes of the pre-financial crisis era, there has been a notable uptick...
1/21/2025 12:08:01 PM The first significant overhaul of the UK clinical trials regime in two decades begins to take shape By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy Kyu-Won Kim Honor May +1 more... Show less In brief: On 12 December 2024, draft legislation to amend the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 was laid before...
1/16/2025 3:13:24 PM UK shareholder litigation: 5 key themes from 2024 and what they mean for 2025 By Emma Probyn Ali Kirby-Harris Flavia Williams Daniaal Azam +1 more... Show less 2024 was an eventful year for UK shareholder litigation, and 2025 looks set to bring about a number of further significant developments....
1/13/2025 1:12:05 PM “Regulating for growth” – the UK’s vision for financial services in 2025 and beyond By Michael Raffan Emily Smith Christopher Bernard Ellis Brady +1 more... Show less The new Labour government has placed financial services at the centre of its plans to grow the UK economy, and UK regulators have an...