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Labour's Plans for Financial Services Regulation: What We Know

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Labour have won the general election, with a landslide victory of 412 seats. We address the question for financial services firms: what are their regulatory plans for financial services? Although their election manifesto was...more

Littler

EU Elections Tracker

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Elections took place across the European Union from 6 – 9 June 2024. Every five years, European Union citizens elect their representatives as Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). A total of 720 MEPs were elected in June...more

Hogan Lovells

EU election results – what does this mean for Hungary?

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This article outlines the four key implications for Hungary following the 2024 EU Elections. The 2024 EU Parliament elections, which were held together with local government elections, have reshaped the political map in...more

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The 2024 EU elections – What do industry sectors need to look out for?

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This article considers the likely mandates to come forward as part of the new EU Parliament and what impact these may have on different industry sectors. We take a look at what impact these elections will have on different...more

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EU elections results – what does this mean for the U.S.?

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This article outlines the three key things that may impact the U.S. as a result of the EU election results. The impact of these elections will reverberate beyond the EU, and some in the U.S. may be wondering what this may say...more

IR Global

GBP/USD strikes 22-month high amid European political uncertainty

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The euro tumbled on Monday amid heightened political and policy uncertainty in the EU, following the European elections....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Optimism for UK M&A and IPOs as New Decade Begins

As we enter the 2020s, we begin the new decade with greater optimism than we had at the start of the previous one. In the U.K., December 2009 ended with negative growth; the government as the owner of the remains of Northern...more

Dechert LLP

Brexit Manoeuvres: Brexit 2020 – The Year Ahead

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Following the UK General Election on 12 December, the government now has the parliamentary majority it needs to enact its Brexit policy: an orderly exit from the EU on 31 January followed by a transition period until 31...more

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What dealmakers need to know about the UK election result and its impact on UK investing in 2020

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The result of the UK’s third general election in less than five years marks a significant shift in the political landscape in the world’s 5th biggest economy. After nearly a decade marked by political stalemate, the...more

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General Election result. A Conservative majority: Getting Brexit done starts now, but we are not done with political uncertainty

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The Conservative Party has won a convincing majority of seats in the House of Commons, and it will follow that Boris Johnson will be asked later today by The Queen to form a new government. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Potential treaty claims against the United Kingdom, whatever the result of the General Election

With the UK General Election on 12 December 2019 only days away, both of the leading parties are promising policies that in different ways may impact inward investors into the UK. Whether this is the rapid Brexit promised by...more

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Next Steps for the Withdrawal Agreement Bill

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The first priority for the new Government, following the General Election on 12 December, is going to be Brexit. Whether to "get it done" for the Conservatives, "get it sorted" by renegotiating and holding a confirmatory vote...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Brexit Update: U.K. General Election Set for 12 December 2019

The United Kingdom's (U.K.) exit from the European Union (EU) has been delayed until 31 January 2020, prolonging uncertainty for individuals and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic. The U.K. Parliament has decided to use...more

Dechert LLP

Brexit Manoeuvres: Another Cliff-edge Avoided, But More Ahead

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It is now clear that the UK will not go over the cliff by leaving the EU on 31 October without a Withdrawal Agreement: UK membership has been extended to 31 January 2020 (although Brexit could come sooner, if the recently...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 10.30.2019 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot in Merger Talks

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Fiat Chrysler and France’s Peugeot are in the midst of merger talks that, if finalized, could “create a nearly $50 billion trans-Atlantic auto giant.” One option being bandied about in the “fluid” talks is an “all-share...more

Dechert LLP

Welcome to the Future

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Long ago, I read a book by a man named Herman Kahn, one of the founders of the Hudson Institute and a well-known public intellectual.  The book was entitled On The Year 2000.  (He was more famous for that truly uplifting...more

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Brexit: Election Roulette?

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In the early hours of Sept. 5 the UK government conceded that it will not use delaying tactics in the House of Lords to block the passage of the bill designed to avert a "no deal" Brexit. The bill completed its House of...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Brexit: are we back to "no deal or "no Brexit"?

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On 24 May the Prime Minister conceded that her efforts to secure Parliamentary approval of the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration (WA) signed off in November 2018 have failed. Publication of the Withdrawal...more

King & Spalding

Brexit on the Brink: The United Kingdom’s Plan for Brexit Remains Uncertain as the European Union Agrees to Extend the Deadline...

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On March 29, 2019, Parliament voted down, for a third time, Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (“EU”). As a result, it remains unclear what the next steps for the Brexit...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The Fed wrapped its January meetings yesterday with the expected news that it would leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged and the less-guaranteed report that it was hitting the pause button on future rate hikes (aka,...more

Hogan Lovells

Are we heading for a no-deal Brexit (and a General Election)?

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Reading the political runes is a fool's errand in 2018. So, how can we assess the risk of a no-deal Brexit? There is no doubt that the consensus view among businesses is that it has gone from a theoretical but marginal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Countdown To Brexit

At 11:00 p.m. U.K. time on 29 March 2019 the United Kingdom is expected to leave the European Union (“BREXIT Day”). The below timeline sets out milestones in the lead up to BREXIT Day, and thereafter. Please note that there...more

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Political Uncertainty Hangs Over the Brexit Negotiations After Inconclusive UK General Election

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You couldn’t really make it up! First there was the surprise result in the Brexit referendum last year. Then it was the unexpected Trump victory in the US Presidential election....more

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Littler Global Guide - The Netherlands - Q1 2017

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House for Whistleblowers Act - Enacted Legislation - The House for Whistleblowers Act that has become effective as of July 1, 2016, introduces legal protection for whistleblowers and provides for the formation...more

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