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Founding Law of Abu Dhabi Global Market Amended to Bring Greater Certainty to Dispute Resolution in the Free Zone

On 27 May 2020, Abu Dhabi Global Market’s (ADGM) founding law, Abu Dhabi Law No (4) of 2013 (the “Founding Law”), was amended in a number of important respects to bring greater certainty to the scope of jurisdiction of the...more

English Court Rejects Damages Claim Against ‘SIPP’ Provider

The English High Court has recently handed down a long-awaited judgment concerning a claim for damages against a provider of Self Invested Personal Pension schemes (“SIPPs”)....more

Regulatory Challenges For Financial Institutions Operating Across Multiple Jurisdictions

Financial institutions operating across multiple jurisdictions face a myriad of regulatory challenges, including those arising from differences between regulators in: (a) the substance of their laws, regulations and...more

Specific Regulatory and Governance Challenges of European Banks Operating Across Multiple Jurisdictions

European banks operating across multiple jurisdictions face a set of specific regulatory challenges, including...more

COVID-19: UK Government Announces Funding for Innovative Businesses

The U.K. Government has announced a £1.25 billion funding package for high-growth businesses driving innovation and development in the U.K. The package will be launched in May, with some payments expected to be made by...more

Legal Risk Management in a Crisis

For the first time since the last financial crisis started in August 2007, issues of systemic financial risk have come to the fore. Legal analysis, and an assessment of legal rights, obligations and liabilities, is vital for...more

COVID-19 Changes Announced to UK Insolvency Law and for AGMs

On 28 March 2020, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced key measures to protect companies and businesses facing major funding and operational difficulties in the current COVID-19...more

ESMA’s Post-Brexit Regime for UK Investment Firms—‘Equivalence’ or Direct Regulation?

The European Union’s financial regulatory regime for third-country access in many sectors relies on a framework of “equivalence,” whereby institutions based in approved non-EU countries with similar standards may have varying...more

COVID-19: FCA Announcement on Key Workers in Financial Services and other issues

The FCA has published a series of measures and regulatory guidance on how financial services firms should deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In our previous client notes, “Planning in a Time of Pandemic:...more

COVID-19: Bank of England Announces Policy Measures for Financial Market Participants

The Bank of England (BOE) has announced a series of policy measures designed to help U.K. financial market participants deal with the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The latest measures, announced on 20 March...more

Planning in a Time of Pandemic: Considerations for Regulated Financial Institutions in the US, EU and UK

The economic and operational stresses caused by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) are highlighting the need for regulated financial institutions to formulate responses to address significant business disruptions (SBDs) and to...more

COVID-19: ESMA Delays New Reporting Regime for Repos, Securities Lending and Buy Backs for EU Banks and Investment

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has announced regulatory forbearance for banks and investment firms subject to the upcoming reporting obligation under the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation...more

EU Regulatory Response to COVID-19: ESMA Introduces Lower Short Position Reporting Threshold

European Securities and Markets Authority Takes Steps to Improve Transparency in Light of Disruption to EU Financial Markets Arising from COVID-19 Pandemic - Effective 16 March 2020, all holders of net short positions in...more

UK Business Crime Review 2020

This is the first edition of U.K. Business Crime Review— an annual publication focused on the outcomes, trends and developments over the past 12 months that are likely to be of interest to businesses operating in the United...more

Governance & Securities Law Focus: Europe Edition - January 2020

EU DEVELOPMENTS - Corporate and Capital Markets - Institutional Investment: ESMA Report on Undue Short-Term Pressure on Corporations (Corporate Aspects) - On 18 December 2019, the European Securities and Markets...more

The EU-UK Future Relationship: EU Announces Its Timetable For Cross-Border Equivalence In Financial Services

The U.K. House of Commons has approved the Withdrawal Agreement. Assuming this is ratified by the EU, and Royal Assent is achieved in time, the U.K. will leave the EU on January 31, 2020, entering into a “transition” or...more

UK Implements EU’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive

U.K. revisions to its anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regime come into force on 10 January 2020. The U.K.’s revisions implement the European Union’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, commonly...more

Governance & Securities Law Focus: Europe Edition, October 2019

Below is a summary of the main developments in US and EU corporate governance and securities law and certain financial markets regulation developments since our last update in July 2019. ...more

Blacklines Comparison of the New UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement Terms

Yesterday, the EU and U.K. in principle agreed new terms for the withdrawal agreement giving effect to the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. These include a revised political declaration and protocol concerning Northern...more

SOFR: LIBOR: P/TOMO and No QE

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gave a speech on Tuesday, October 8, that touched upon recent events in the repo market. We discuss below certain aspects of this speech in the context of the market discussion regarding...more

SOFR Surge Event: What Just Happened?!

SOFR – the secured overnight funding rate in USD – is a rate published by the New York federal reserve based upon secured overnight transactions in the repo market. It is of increasing importance, since it has been regarded...more

Governance & Securities Law Focus: Europe Edition - July 2019

Below is a summary of the main developments in US and EU corporate governance and securities law and certain financial markets regulation developments since our last update in April 2019. ...more

The UK’s Expanded Senior Managers and Certification Regime: Key Issues and Action Plan for Brokers, Advisers and Asset Managers

The expanded Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR), which comes into force on December 9, 2019, extends the framework regulating individuals charged with running certain financial institutions. The Banking SM&CR,...more

Governance & Securities Law Focus: Europe Edition, April 2019

In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal European, US and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to European corporates. ...more

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