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Read and listen to "What’s Happening in Pensions", our regular news briefing covering topical pensions law developments.

In this week's Alternative Insights, we are looking forward to the key themes for 2023, following an event we held in London on Wednesday and the launch of our new annual Insights publication.

Welcome to the third episode of our Mitigating a Data Breach: Insider Threats podcast series. In this series of 3 podcasts, members of the Travers Smith Cybersecurity team, Technology & Commercial Transactions Partner, James Longster, Employment Partner, Adam Wyman and Dispute Resolution Senior Counsel, Rachel Wilson, take a look at what happens in the aftermath of a data breach.

As a part of LGBT History Month, we have produced a series of podcasts, 'In conversation with...'

Further information on the Electricity Generator Levy ("EGL") has recently been published, including a revised technical note (here), explanatory note (here) and draft legislation (below). Although certain areas remain under consideration, the materials provide much needed clarity on the EGL.

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).

Travers Smith's Head of Incentives and Remuneration Mahesh Varia and Senior Associate Claire Prentice have contributed the United Kingdom chapter in the latest Legal 500 Employee Incentives Guide. The guide provides its readers with a pragmatic overview of the laws and regulations of Employee Incentives practice across a variety of jurisdictions.

By now, most large UK organisations will be familiar with the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme ("ESOS"), which is the UK's implementation of Article 8 of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, requiring those in scope to measure and audit their energy use. In anticipation of ESOS reporting deadline later this year, we outline the main changes to Phase 3, and how they may impact an organisation's energy reporting.

Entering the policy debate behind other antitrust regulators, the CMA has signalled that it will give firms more latitude to pursue green collaborations – but the devil will be in detail.

In this recent decision on the interpretation of settlement agreements, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that, where the wording of a settlement agreement and its factual matrix indicate that it is objectively intended to cover claims in fraud and dishonesty, that agreement will be given effect, even where these is no express reference to such claims.

On 14 February 2022 Dr Liza Lovdhal Gormsen, the proposed class representative ("PCR"), filed her application to bring collective proceedings against Meta, alleging that Facebook abused its dominant position by making its users' access to the social media platform contingent on their provision of personal data, which Facebook then aggregated and profited from through advertising revenues.

Travers Smith's Head of Asset Management, Emily Clark and Tax Knowledge Counsel, Ian Zeider have written an article in a recent edition of Tax Journal, discussing the government consultation on the VAT treatment of fund management services.

The EU's Directive on Corporate Sustainability Reporting ("CSRD") was published in its final form in mid December 2022, giving organisations in its scope certainty about when the significantly expanded reporting requirements will apply to them.

Since the introduction of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA) and the creation of the new Part 26A restructuring plan procedure, questions have been raised about whether the cost of using such a procedure would restrict its use to larger, better capitalised companies. 

Pensions Partner, Andy Lewis, and Head of Derivatives & Structured Products Partner, Jonathan Gilmour, have jointly contributed to the recently published International Comparative Legal Guide on Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2023. 

Funds Partner Will Normand and Senior Counsel Leigh Stockey have featured in the latest edition of Private Equity International's Democratisation Report. In their keynote interview, Will and Leigh discuss the current status of the market and the likely evolution of the sector. 

Welcome to the second episode of our Mitigating a Data Breach: Insider Threats podcast series. In this series of 3 podcasts, members of the Travers Smith Cybersecurity team, Technology & Commercial Transactions Partner James Longster, Employment Partner Adam Wyman and Dispute Resolution Senior Counsel Rachel Wilson, take a look at what happens in the aftermath of a data breach.

Key case on arbitration law and the separability principle.