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The UK is due to introduce a new digital services tax (DST) with effect from 1 April 2020. When announced in the Autumn 2018 Budget, DST was described as an interim action, pending global reform.

Travers Smith LLP has advised the structured lending team at Paragon Bank plc (Paragon) on the provision of a £25 million senior revolving credit facility to Nucleus Commercial Finance (Nucleus). The funding will be used by Nucleus to support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) through secured loans and property finance.

Travers Smith LLP has advised Aggregated Micro Power Holdings on the £63.1 million recommended cash offer by Fossa Holdco Limited, a company owned by Asterion Industrial Infra Fund I, FCR Aggregated Micro Power Holdings plc (AMP) was (prior to completion of the recommended cash offer) listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and is a distributed energy company which supplies biomass wood fuel, develops low carbon heat and power assets and invests in companies which support decarbonisation.

Travers Smith LLP has Mears Group plc (LSE: MER) on the disposal of its England and Wales domiciliary care business to Cera Care Operations Holdings Limited.

With the UK set to leave the EU on 31 January 2020, change is also on the way for UK merger control and competition law – but not immediately. Here's what you need to know:

In this section, we highlight the key consequences of Brexit for dispute resolution in England.

After a tumultuous 2019, it's a new year, a new decade and a new UK Government pledged to "get Brexit done". The UK Parliamentary paralysis that characterised so much of the UK's approach to Brexit last year is over.

Travers Smith LLP has advised an investment vehicle backed by long-standing client 3i Group on its acquisition of bioprocessing solutions company Cellon.

On 31 January 2020, the UK is set to leave the EU and enter the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement. Are there any immediate changes that businesses need to be aware of?

At 11 pm on 31 January 2020, the UK is expected to cease to be part of the EU (or the EEA) – although the transition period means that, for most purposes, the UK will continue to be subject to EU law until 31 December 2020. What does this change mean for drafting contracts?

At 11 pm on 31 January 2020, the UK is set to leave the EU. The transition period means that, for most purposes, relatively little will change immediately.

With the UK set to leave the EU on 31 January 2020, what can businesses do to ensure that their commercial contracts are "Brexit-proof"? Although the transition period (currently due to expire on 31 December 2020) provides a helpful breathing space, many contracts being entered into now will last beyond that.

This document was first published in July 2018 and updated in January 2020.

On 23 January 2020, the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill completed its passage through both Houses of Parliament and received Royal Assent. We look at what it does – and whether it means that Brexit is finally "done".

The FCA has outlined some key risks of harm in the asset management and alternative investments sector and the steps that firms should take to address these risks.

In December 2019, after several years of litigation, the Post Office settled a major dispute with its sub-postmasters for £57.75 million. What lessons does this dispute have for franchisors and franchisees?

The sorry tale of Bates v Post Office Ltd has a number of salutary lessons for IT suppliers and customers. In an age where businesses are placing ever greater reliance on computer systems to carry out business processes and to make decisions, and with AI technologies being put to ever greater use in analysis and decision making, it is worth taking a few moments to consider what can happen when the balance tips too far in favour of the technology.

Our annual briefing highlighting the key 2019 legal developments which impact the funds' industry and previews what can be expected in 2020.