Nov 28, 2023 The increasing risk to corporate groups of criminal tax investigations across Europe By Sarah Bond Laura Western Corporates have long been exposed to the risk of potential criminal tax liability in certain jurisdictions – Italy, for example, where...
Nov 27, 2023 Cryptoasset regulation: UK regulators give the industry a further glimpse of the future By Cyrus Pocha Noah Schmidt Christopher Bernard On 30 October 2023, HM Treasury (HMT) published three documents setting out how the UK government plans to regulate cryptoassets going...
Nov 24, 2023 Autumn Statement 2023: tax cuts in the NIC of time? By Alison Dickie Laura Western The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has delivered the Autumn Statement 2023. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)...
Nov 20, 2023 UK CMA issues welcome guidance on combination therapy collaborations for life sciences companies By Jenny Leahy Kirsty Brown The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) – following extensive consultation with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical...
Nov 14, 2023 The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: the practical implications from a tax perspective By Sarah Bond Laura Western As our colleagues have discussed here, here and here , the recent enactment of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023...
Nov 09, 2023 UK FCA’s Market Watch 75 – potential market abuse in market soundings By Tom Godwin Richard Ho Tricia Moffat Christopher Bernard +1 more... Show less On 31 October 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued Market Watch 75, in which it raised concerns over possible abuses of the...
Nov 08, 2023 ESG and tax transparency: the next frontier of tax disputes? By Sarah Bond Alison Dickie Laura Western The importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to businesses cannot be underestimated, with investors, lenders,...
Nov 07, 2023 Economic crime and corporate transparency: Significant company law changes and new offences By Annie Whiteside The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 which received Royal Assent on 26 October is aimed at preventing the abuse of UK...
Oct 26, 2023 UK CMA proposes changes to the law concerning fake reviews, pricing, subscriptions and greenwashing By Andrew Austin Kate Collister Karishma Paun In brief: The flagship Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the DMCC Bill) is progressing through the Houses of Parliament...
Oct 18, 2023 Tax investigations and disputes across borders By Helen Buchanan Sarah Bond Laura Western We are continuing to see an increase in large-scale tax investigations and disputes across the globe. In light of the macroeconomic...
Oct 09, 2023 How Singapore’s international arbitration laws will compare with the position post-reform of the English Arbitration Act By Nicholas Lingard Samantha Tan Victoria Seow Singapore’s international arbitration law historically was aligned to its English equivalent. In 1994, Singapore’s International...
Oct 06, 2023 PRA and FCA proposals on diversity & inclusion and non-financial misconduct seek to drive change in the UK financial sector By Elisabeth Overland Holly Insley Chantelle Nicholas Amy Rentell Emily Smith Shania Bhageerutty Rhiya Lall +4 more... Show less PRA and FCA proposals on diversity & inclusion and non-financial misconduct seek to drive change in the UK financial sector On 25...