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UK Regulatory Reforms

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Pensions: Joint DB & DC trustee agenda update - April 2024

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Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DB and hybrid pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings, and to support the legal update item on...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Debunking Legal Jargon for Trade & Export Finance and Related Regulation

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In this blog, we take a look at some new jargon and key terms that you might come across in your transactions or industry discussions in the coming months. Trade & Export Finance - Uniform Rules for Transferable Electronic...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

Special Report: Primarily Non-Financial Corporate Reporting for U.S. Companies - Where to Start?

A wave of new legislation and regulation in the U.S. and Europe has the potential to significantly impact the non-financial reporting obligations of U.S. companies. With the myriad of requirements overlaid with varying...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

Deeper dive on the applicability of CSRD

As set out in our Proskauer Special Report “Primarily Non-financial corporate reporting for U.S. companies – where to start?”, it may be complex to determine the applicability of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting...more

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2024: Regulation gets 'smart'?

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In our annual financial services Horizon Scanning webinar, our regulatory team provided an overview of upcoming and expected changes for UK firms. Partners from our UK team considered regulatory updates on the horizon for...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Primary Market Reforms Tracker - October 2023

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The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the key developments around reforming the UK capital markets regime following Lord Hill’s UK Listings Review, launched on 19 November 2020 as part of the UK...more

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Crisis of Trust: Corporate Governance Update 2023

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Following a series of accounting and audit scandals in recent years and what has been described as a “crisis of trust”, the UK Government, regulatory bodies, and institutional investor groups have set out to reform the UK’s...more

WilmerHale

Further Significant Reform of UK Corporate Criminal Liability

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On June 15, 2023, the UK Government announced that it would seek to introduce the biggest reform of corporate criminal liability in England and Wales for more than 50 years. ...more

BCLP

Residential Rented Sector Reset: the Renters (Reform) Bill

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The Renters (Reform) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 17 May 2023. It proposes an overhaul of the residential tenancy system, intended to put renters in a better position. This note sets out some of the key provisions of...more

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UK Government Releases ‘Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy’ Policy Paper: Effects on Employment Law

On 10 May 2023, the United Kingdom’s Department for Business and Trade published its policy paper, “Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy.” The proposals contained therein are intended to “improve regulation across the board...more

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UK Government and Regulators Launch SMCR Review

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The tone of the papers suggests that a fundamental reform of the Regime will be unlikely. On 30 March 2023, the PRA and the FCA published a joint Discussion Paper (FCA DP23/3 and PRA DP1/23) seeking feedback on the...more

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Recap on Reforming the UK Capital Markets

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A reminder of the ongoing reforms to implement recommendations from the Lord Hill and Kalifa Reviews. The outcome of the UK Secondary Capital Raising Review, launched on 12 October 2021 to improve further capital raising...more

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Major Reforms to UK Secondary Capital Raising Processes

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The landmark UK Secondary Capital Raising Review Report takes a holistic approach in making bold and comprehensive recommendations to improve the UK secondary capital raising processes and ecosystem. On 19 July 2022, HM...more

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Banking Bites - June 2022

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New High Court case considers nature and scope of the Quincecare duty - In June, the Court of Appeal expanded the scope of a bank’s duty of care to protect its customers from fraud to encompass instructions by those other...more

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Law Commission Proposes Reforms to Corporate Criminal Liability in the UK

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The proposal outlines 10 possible ways to strengthen corporate liability by both criminal and civil law reforms. On 10 June 2022 the Law Commission published an eagerly anticipated set of proposals (the Options Paper) to...more

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Big Tech Ally Could Advise the ICO on Enforcement Action

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Since 2018, the decision-making arsenal of the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has included the Regulatory Panel, a body tasked with making independent recommendations to the Commissioner regarding proposed...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Insolvency Reforms Under the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill

On 20 May 2020, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the Bill) was introduced to the House of Commons for its first reading, with the aim of completing all its stages in the Commons and progressing through the House...more

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Tech M&A: Regulation moving up the menu?

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CMA investigation into Amazon/Deliveroo and Paypal/iZettle deals highlights the regulator's increased interest in technology transactions....more

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Companies House: Transparency Shake-Up Announced to Combat Financial Crime

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The government has unveiled an ambitious series of reforms to Companies House in what it describes as “the largest change to our system of setting up and operating companies since the register was created in 1844.” These...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: New UK IPO Rules Encourage Independent Research, Address Perceived Conflicts of Interest

In July 2018, changes came into effect to improve the range, quality and timeliness of information available to the market and to remedy certain perceived conflicts of interest during the U.K. initial public offering (IPO)...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

UK Government Consults on Proposals To Reform Limited Partnerships

The UK government has recently launched a consultation on proposals to reform UK limited partnerships (LPs). LPs have long been considered to be an attractive investment vehicle due to the limited liability of limited...more

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FCA Confirms Reform to the UK IPO Process

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The new rules are designed to improve the availability of information during the UK IPO process. Key Points: ..New rules will be introduced from 1 July 2018 to change the timing and sequencing of the availability of...more

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UK Regulation Round Up - January 2017

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Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK regulation for alternative asset managers. The start of 2017 saw a number of regulatory developments including...more

A&O Shearman

UK Regulator Cancels Proposed Secondary Annuities Market

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The UK Government announced that it would not be taking forward its plans to create a secondary market for consumers to sell their annuity income...more

King & Spalding

Brexit Trade Audit: A Five-Step Guide to Help Determine the Way Forward

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Companies doing business in the UK or from the UK should be looking to “future-proof” their operations following the UK’s recent vote to leave the European Union. A Brexit audit is one way of determining the possible impact...more

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