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It is no longer news by now that after 35 years as a mainstay of the financial markets, LIBOR is to be discontinued, with the majority of tenors and currencies scheduled to be published for the last time on 31 December 2021.
In addition to COVID-19, climate change was one of the headline issues at the G7 summit in Cornwall over the weekend of 11-13 June 2021. The leaders of some of the world's richest nations, whose average carbon footprint per person is thought to be double the global average (triple for the US and Canada), made several climate-focused pledges, but critics claim that the detail of how to achieve them, and the finance needed to do so, were both missing.
As part of Pride season, we are running a series of short podcasts providing an insight into the lives and experiences of LGBT+ leaders. These exceptional individuals come from a diverse range of backgrounds and will be sharing with listeners their experiences of LGBT+ inclusion in their respective industries, and also some ideas on what more allies can do to promote LGBT+ equality.
As part of Pride season, we are running a series of short podcasts providing an insight into the lives and experiences of LGBT+ leaders. These exceptional individuals come from a diverse range of backgrounds and will be sharing with listeners their experiences of LGBT+ inclusion in their respective industries, and also some ideas on what more allies can do to promote LGBT+ equality.
The synergies between competition law compliance and data protection compliance are becoming more pronounced, even more so since the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently set out their blueprint for co-operation in digital markets.
Share plan annual returns for the 2020/21 tax year need to be filed by 6 July.
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
Welcome to the third in our series of short videos looking at commonly encountered liability issues in commercial contracts. The topics covered in this series include liability caps, excluding liability for negligence and the distinction between direct and indirect loss.
Welcome to the second episode in a pair of short videos looking at two of the most topical issues for employers as we come out of lockdown.
Earlier this week, the government published a consultation on a new power to enable the National Security Council to block UK public listings on national security grounds. This follows concerns first highlighted in its 2019 Economic Crime Plan that there are remote but possible scenarios in which a company listing in the UK could present a risk to the nation’s security; the subsequent Hill review and the further announcement that the government intended to bring forward this precautionary power (please see the timeline below for further details). It is intended that the new power will sit alongside existing protections and safeguards in place in the UK under the anti-money laundering and sanction framework.
This weekend the G7 finance ministers announced an agreed position on significant reforms to global taxation.
Following the launch in November 2020 of its investigation into potentially misleading environmental claims targeting consumers, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published draft consumer protection law guidance aimed at all businesses making such claims.
In the years leading up to Brexit, both the UK and the European Union had been busy developing sustainability policy and legislation. Now the UK has left the EU, it remains committed to being at the forefront of the sustainable finance agenda.
The government is consulting on the design of a new tax, on residential property developers to help fund the removal of unsafe cladding following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy. The idea is to raise at least £2bn over a decade.
There was good news for landlords recently, as the government announced amendments to Finance Bill 2021 to enable background plant and machinery in leased buildings to qualify for a super-deduction or an SR allowance.
Welcome to the second in our series of short videos looking at commonly encountered liability issues in commercial contracts. The topics covered in this series include liability caps, the impact of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 and the distinction between direct and indirect loss.
For many years the High Court in London has been a favoured forum for resolving disputes arising in Russia, particularly those involving oligarchs.
Welcome to the first in a pair of short videos looking at two of the most topical issues for employers as we come out of lockdown.
This series of bitesize videos will be a chance to hear from various members of the Real Estate team on need-to-know updates and topical issues in the sector.
This pair of short videos look at two of the most topical issues for employers as we come out of lockdown.