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National Security and Investment Bill - What you need to know now about the UK's proposed new M&A screening powers On 11 November 2020 the UK Government published its much-anticipated National Security and Investment Bill, creating new powers to scrutinise, impose remedies on, or even block, M&A transactions on the basis of national security concerns.  This...
Group Litigation struck out as abuse of process In a landmark judgment, the High Court has today struck out as an abuse of process a claim brought by over 200,000 Brazilian claimants against the English and Australian holding companies of a global natural resources group. The judgment provides a...
The future of UK Insurance Regulation On 19 October HM Treasury published a call for evidence on possible future changes to the Solvency II regime in the UK. This was published alongside a first consultation on stage 2 of the Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework Review (the...
Tax and the City Review for October 2020 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews look at the decisions in McCabe and Newey; HMRC statistics; ESMA recommendations; and plans for an EU-wide system for withholding tax relief at source. The Upper Tribunal confirms in McCabe that arguments made by HMRC as part...
Pensions Bulletin - September 2020 Welcome to the September 2020 Pensions Bulletin from Slaughter and May. In this month’s edition, we focus on the Government’s proposals for climate risk reporting by large pension schemes and recent announcement on the increase in the...
Improving governance and reporting of climate-related issues in occupational pension schemes: Government publishes proposals This briefing summarises the August 2020 DWP proposals for trustees of larger pension schemes to comply with the TCFD Recommendations. blockquote { font-style: normal!important; border: none!important; } .quote--purple { background: #4e264f...
Part VII transfer from LGAS to ReAssure In this briefing note, Robert Chaplin (Partner) and Ed Steward (Associate) discuss key aspects of Zacaroli J’s landmark judgment in the highly anticipated Part VII transfer of the mature savings business of Legal and General Assurance Society to...
Tax and the City Review for August 2020 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews look at, inter alia, EU proposals for modernising VAT on financial services and the decision in BlackRock which shows up some of the flaws in the current system.  BlackRock loses its European appeal on VAT on management...
Standards in tax: the influence of economics and politics on tax policy and tax preferences Steve Edge argues that we are, once again, in the midst of the debate as to whether the rules of economics or politics should determine tax policy — and what sorts of actual or perceived tax avoidance should be targeted by tax administrators. Over...
Insurance Newsletter - July 2020 This newsletter highlights selected legal and regulatory developments in insurance. In this newsletter: The future of insurance regulation post-Brexit Green recovery and the insurance sector The impact of COVID-19 on insurer solvency