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RSSG UPDATE
30 May 2023 HMRC Fights Back:Two Restructuring Plans Refused Sanction by the English Court
In a dramatic reversal of restructuring plan fortunes, HRMC recently successfully challenged two independent mid-market Part 26A Companies Act 2006…
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DIGITAL ECONOMY AND RISK UPDATE
29 May 2023 Typhoon Warning – an urgent cyber warning from international cyber agencies
Volt Typhoon is actively and successfully targeting US critical infrastructure providers – and the "Five Eyes" group of nations (US, AU, NZ, UK, CAN) warn…
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Contentious Financial Services Update
24 May 2023 SMCR Reform Five important changes that need to be made to the UK personal accountability regime
HMT, the PRA and FCA published a call for evidence and discussion regarding the effectiveness of SMCR. We set out five important changes that should be made…
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GLOBal Markets UpdATE
22 May 2023 EU EMIR: ECB responds to proposed EMIR 3.0
What has happened?On 28 April 2023, the European Central Bank published its Opinion on the European Commission's proposed reforms to EU EMIR1 , commonly…
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esg disputes update
19 May 2023 Climate change and directors' duties: ClientEarth v the directors of Shell plc
Our 6 key takeaways from the English High Court's approach to a claim against company directors for allegedly failing to discharge their duties in relation to…
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contentious financial services update
19 May 2023 Workplace bullying – the next #MeToo?
With multiple generations of employees working together, there is scope for disagreement over the boundaries of acceptable behaviour. We explore this…
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litigation trending update
16 May 2023 Dispute Resolution in need of a "digital makeover?"
A summary of a speech by Sir Geoffrey Vos, discussing digitisation and generative AI in dispute resolution.
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LEGAL UPDATE
09 May 2023 Is accessing data on employees' personal devices out of bounds for employers?
Employers sometimes reasonably believe that an employee is sharing confidential information outside of the organisation, or is using their personal device for…
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digital assets digest
09 May 2023 Digital Assets Digest: May 2023
Welcome to this month's Global Digital Assets Digest. In this edition we cover developments in relation to the digital euro, as well as developments in…
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FINANCIAL SERVICES UPDATE
04 May 2023 Notifying reportable situations Explaining ASICs updated guidance
Reportable situations, breach reporting, RG 78, Regulatory Guide 78, grouping test, investigation trigger, root cause, breach, likely breach, affected clients…
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financial services speedread
04 May 2023 Financial Services SpeedRead: 4 May 2023 edition
Welcome to the latest edition of the Financial Services SpeedRead, a collection of bite-sized updates designed to help you keep on top of key regulatory…
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FUNDS INSIDER | ISSUE 8
03 May 2023 Private M&A in Luxembourg
In July 2022, Luxembourg published a draft bill proposing a reform to amend the Luxembourg law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the…
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Contentious Financial Services Update
02 May 2023 Whistleblowing update - enhanced protections on the horizon
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) have secured their first conviction of an individual linked to a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) since the DPA regime was…
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RSSG UPDATE | EUROPE
28 Apr 2023 London as a European restructuring forum reigns supreme
German real estate group restructuring plan sanctioned in London Having failed to get its restructuring solution through in its home jurisdiction, beleaguered…
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GLOBAL MARKETS UPDATE
28 Apr 2023 UK extends UK EMIR intragroup and pension scheme exemptions
On 27 April 2023, HM Treasury published The Pension Fund Clearing Obligation Exemption and Intragroup Transaction Transitional Clearing and Risk-Management…
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financial regulatory update
28 Apr 2023 EU Moves Forward on MiCA Regulation
The European Parliament voted on 20 April 2023 to approve the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA). The new rules were quickly heralded as a…
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fund insider | issue 8
27 Apr 2023 Material adverse change clauses in finance documents
As the economic headwinds indicate that borrowers will continue to face financial pressures in 2023 and beyond, lenders are seeking ways to exercise more…
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senior managers and certification regime
24 Apr 2023 SMCR Call for evidence: the reform that no one wants and no one asked for
SMCR is the gift that keeps on giving. Or certainly that's what the Government and, arguably, the regulators must think. With the publication of HM Treasury's…
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class actions update
24 Apr 2023 Western Australia's new class actions regime is now in action
What you need to know A new class actions regime has come into effect in Western Australia. The Civil Procedure (Representative Proceedings) Act 2022…
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competition law alert
19 Apr 2023 Major overhaul of Indonesia's Merger Regulation
The amendments to Indonesia's merger regulation is a welcome change as the Indonesian regulator shifts its focus to transactions more likely to effect…
