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global digital assets digest
13 Mar 2023 Global Digital Assets Digest: March 2023
In March 2023, written evidence from Charles Randell, former FCA Chair, was published This provided commentary on the UK government’s consultation and call…
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Legal update
07 Oct 2022 Negotiating SPAs under English or French law: does it matter?
Parties to a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) featuring an international element, such as where the seller and the buyer are not incorporated in the same…
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digital assets digest
20 Jun 2022 Digital Assets Digest: June edition
FCA speech: Listening up to level up – regulating finance for the whole of the UKOn 20 May 2022, the FCA published a speech by Charles Randell, FCA Chair The…
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public M&A
24 Jan 2022 UK Public M&A Update - 2021 Review
offer for Avast plc); two offers with consideration in the form of a loan note alternative (the Raymond James Financial, Inc offer for Charles Stanley…
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finanCIal regulation
12 Jan 2022 The FCA's 2022 New Year resolutions (as predicted by the Ashurst regulatory team)
In September 2021, Charles Randell, current Chair of the FCA repeated FCA concerns in relation to the use of social media and celebrities to promote…
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Corporate Trust & Agency
12 Nov 2021 Finding cash in the attic?
Background 'Consent fees' are relatively commonplace in the world of European corporate bonds. A corporate Issuer may choose to offer a fee to Noteholders in…
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financial services speedread
27 Oct 2021 Financial Services SpeedRead: 27 October edition
FCA and PSR Chair Charles Randell to step down in Spring 2022 Brexit …
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WA State Agreement Update
20 Oct 2021 No risk to parliamentary sovereignty: High Court upholds WA Parliament's variations to Mineralogy State Agreement
Authors: Catherine Pedler, Partner; Peter Congdon, Senior Associate; Charles Dallimore, Lawyer 1 Commonwealth Aluminium Corporation Ltd v Attorney-General…
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financial services speedread
14 Sep 2021 Financial Services SpeedRead: 14 September 2021
FCA speech on the risks of token regulation On 6 September 2021, the FCA published a speech by Charles Randell, Chair of the FCA and PSR, on the…
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Dispute Resolution Update
22 Jul 2021 Sapin 2 Law: 5 years later, assessment and perspectives
This restructuring proposal is a blow for the AFA and its Director, Charles Duchaine, who regularly faces criticism concerning (i) AFA's lack of independence…
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financial services speedread
12 May 2021 Financial Services SpeedRead: 12 May 2021
" – speech by Charles Randell, Chair of the FCA 9 FCA publishes consultation paper on investor protection measures for SPACs 10…
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Banking Update
15 Mar 2021 Return to Sender? English Law Implications of the Citi/Revlon Judgment
This article examines facility agent liability under English law following the Citi/Revlon decision, and how this can be mitigated practically and through…
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financial services speedread
22 Dec 2020 Financial Services SpeedRead: 22 December 2020
FCA fines Charles Schwab £8 9m for client asset and safeguarding failures 5 ESMA updates Q&A on the implementation of EMIR 6 FCA…
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dispute resolution update
25 Mar 2020 COVID-19; Does it fall within your force majeure clause?
The invoking of contractual Force Majeure (FM) clauses in response to contractual performance difficulties arising from the effects of the Coronavirus Disease…
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UK Public M&A
22 Jan 2020 UK Public M&A Update - 2019 Review
Several bids saw a special dividend in respect of the financial year form part of the offer (for example, Lovell Minnick Partners LLC's offer for Charles…
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contentious financial services update
07 Jun 2019 Redactions revisited
Charles Hollander QC, Documentary Evidence, 12th Edition, paragraph 8-31 WH Holding Ltd & Anor v E20 Stadium LLP [2018] EWHC 2578 (Ch) Charles…
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contentious financial services update
14 Sep 2018 The FCA's shifting focus: operational risks
Both Charles Randell (Chair) and Mr Bailey emphasised the FCA's continued and serious approach to tackling financial crime, and to making sure that the UK…
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international arbitration update
21 Feb 2017 Blind appointment of arbitrators: the way forward?
In response, eminent arbitrators such as Charles Brower said that this risk was overstated, while the parties' right to nominate arbitrators is an important…
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Greenhouse Update
01 Oct 2015 Pathways for Australian Carbon Policy
The United States has provided further details on its ambitious Clean Power Plan and in Australia, on 14 September, we saw Malcolm Turnbull become the new…
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12 Jun 2015 Europe’s New Bail-in Regime – What it means for Australian note issuance programmes
[1] Speech given by Charles Littrell, Executive General Manager of APRA, at Kanganews Debt Capital Markets Summit, 16 March 2015 [2] APRA Response to the…
