With the entry into force of its new Consumer Duty now only months away, the FCA has taken the opportunity presented by its latest Business Plan to reinforce its message that it’s placing ensuring good consumer outcomes at...more
DAC6 summary - Council Directive 2018/822 – known as DAC6 – is the sixth amendment to the EU Directive on Administrative Cooperation 2011/16/EU. DAC6 is aimed at providing the tax authorities with a “warning system” in...more
Economic sanctions, in one form or another, have been applied for centuries to effect change in the activities or policies of states, groups or individuals. Sometimes they are perceived as geopolitical economic weaponry,...more
Below is a summary of developments since our previous update in March relating to European Union (“EU”) sanctions on Iran, North Korea and other jurisdictions as well as highlights of recent changes with respect to the...more
UK companies will be obliged to take steps to identify and maintain a public register of persons with significant control, and such persons must supply such companies with information for inclusion on the register or face...more
January 16, 2016, marked “Implementation Day” for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the historic nuclear non-proliferation and sanctions reduction agreement reached between the “P5+1” countries (the United...more