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In the recent case of R & C Commrs v Third Party [2023] TC 08706, the First-Tier Tribunal had to consider whether to approve the issue of a third party information notice to a firm of solicitors requiring it to disclose information relating to one its clients.
This Briefing sets out the headline themes and changes that premium listed companies should be aware of for the 2023 AGM season, with a list of further useful resources set out at the end of the Briefing.
UK financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), issued a "Dear CEO" letter to asset managers last month, setting out its Asset Management Supervision Strategy.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Inflexion on the acquisition of a majority stake in European fintech Nomentia from PSG Equity and Verdane
Welcome to the latest edition of our quarterly disputes newsletter, which covers key developments in the dispute resolution world over the last three months or so.
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce the launch of its ESG and Sustainable Finance Academy, an internal training programme, open to all lawyers at the firm, as well as Business Services teams.
In the recent case of Paul Harrison v HMRC [2023] UKUT 38 (TC), the Upper Tribunal had to consider whether it was bound by a Supreme Court obiter dictum (observation not forming part of the grounds of the decision in the relevant case), that a discovery assessment cannot be defeated on grounds of "staleness".
The EU and the UK are each determined to regulate online content and protect users from online harms. The EU got there first. Its Digital Services Act, which will impact all online intermediaries operating in the EU at varying levels, is already in force.
Travers Smith has advised Silicon Valley Bank on multiple senior annual recurring revenue (ARR) loans provided in connection with Battery Ventures' (Battery) recent investments in German technology companies, including the acquisitions of Proemion, Vimcar and Avrios.
Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client Inflexion on the acquisition of a majority stake in dss+ from Gyrus Capital.
With inflation at its highest for many years, many businesses are looking again at price indexation clauses. This briefing explores when they can be useful, which index to use, and whether the best known index - RPI - has a future. It's the second in our series of briefings on pricing and payment issues in commercial contracts.
Read and listen to "What’s Happening in Pensions", our regular news briefing covering topical pensions law developments.
Travers Smith LLP has advised the management team of Cushon, a workplace savings and pensions fintech business, in relation to their reinvestment arrangements in respect of NatWest Group acquiring an 85% majority shareholding in Cushon.
Travers Smith LLP has advised the Wavenet Group and MPRC Europe Limited on the proposed acquisition of AdEPT Technology Group plc, one of the UK's leading independent providers of managed services for IT, unified communication, connectivity, voice and cloud services.
Travers Smith LLP has advised British American Tobacco on a further buy-in between the British American Tobacco UK Pension Fund ("Fund") and Pension Insurance Corporation ("PIC"). This brings the total value of transactions between the Fund and PIC to approximately £4.1bn.
The UK Government confirmed that it intended to put forward a failure to prevent fraud offence in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the "Bill").
Jonathan Gilmour, Peter Hughes and Joseph Wren have co-authored a chapter in the latest edition of Global Legal Insights' annual fund finance publication highlighting the key structural and documentary legal issues that should be considered by a private capital manager thinking about entering into derivatives transactions at fund level. This chapter was first published in GLI - Fund Finance 2023 (Seventh Edition).