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3 July talks end in deadlock The Brexit talks re-started in London this week, with parties seemingly some way apart on a number of issues after last week's talks ended in deadlock. This briefing, prepared by Tolek Petch, lawyer in our trade unit, surveys the state of play as at 3 Ju...

Will there be a deal? The Brexit talks are ongoing – until a deal is in clear sight, businesses must remain mindful of the WTO alternative. This briefing, prepared by Tolek Petch, lawyer in our trade unit, contains a reminder of the key aspects of the WTO regime.

The slow but inevitable shift from the EU financial services rulebook In recent weeks, we have gained some limited visibility on the UK’s intentions for the post-Brexit regulatory framework for financial services in a series of written statements, papers, and consultations. These documents refer to a range of regulatory re...

Parallel Reviews - Parallel Decisions? A look back at the first 12 months of EC & CMA merger reviews A look back at the first 12 months of EC & CMA merger reviews. One year of post-Brexit parallel merger control reviews by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority and the European Commission has seen the authorities diverge in several cases. ...

Employment Law in 2024 2024 is set to be a big year for UK employers. We are anticipating significant changes to employment law, affecting how people work, diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) and hiring and firing. In addition, the post-Brexit employment landscape is starti...

A testing time for UK financial regulation The past 9 months have seen turbulence stemming from the Truss-Kwarteng mini budget, a UK government debt market intervention by the Bank of England and rising interest rates, against the backdrop of questions about the UK's ability to thrive outside the ...

Investigations and Enforcement Outlook 2021: Corporate Crime In the third podcast of the series, Jonny Cotton, Sir David Green and Holly Ware discuss the criminal investigations and enforcement outlook for 2021. In particular they look at the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) recent activity, the possible changes to the...

EU publishes draft adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK The EU Commission has published two draft adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK, one under the GDPR and the other for the Law Enforcement Directive. This will be welcome news to many UK and EU businesses grappling with the implicatio...

Global Investigations Bulletin (September 2021) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for September 2021 is now available. This month, we discuss the UK’s post-Brexit sanctions regulatory framework, and set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions. Sanctions after Brexi...

Pensions Bulletin bulk DC transfers; Money laundering; TRS registration; Retroactive change to amendment power; equitable right of recoupment; PPF compensation; Insolvency Directive; Auto-enrolment breach; Brexit Topics covered in this bulletin: New Law Guidance on bulk D...