Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: Supply chain due diligence in Europe
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
In late October 2023 the Economic Crime and Transparency Act 2023 ("ECCTA") passed into law. ECCTA represents not only a major company law reform but also the biggest shake-up in the history of Companies House.
On 17 January 2024, the Court of Appeal found that the UK Competition and Markets Authority ('CMA') has the power to require overseas companies to produce documents and information as part of its competition law investigations (CMA v BMW and VW), overturning an adverse Court judgment last year which had threatened the ability of the CMA to effectively investigate cross-border cartel conduct post-Brexit.
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
The EU is pursuing a number of measures intended to combat misleading environmental claims about products and services aimed at consumers. These initiatives underline the need to ensure that the evidential basis for any green claims is robust.
The Government has laid before Parliament the final regulations concerning the funding and investment strategy requirements to be introduced by the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (the "Regulations").
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
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