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Competition & Regulatory Newsletter The Chinese competition regulator started the new year with a flurry of activity on the policy development front. Key among these were the public consultations launched in early January on proposed amendments to China’s 12-year-old “Anti-monop... Brexit Essentials: Will this deal get Brexit done? The EU Withdrawal Agreement provides for the UK to continue to be treated as an EU member state for almost all purposes until the end of the implementation period on 31 December 2020. As a result, the practical impact of “exit day” for most bu... Digital newspapers and VAT A Council Directive of November 2018 purported to finally allow Member States to apply a reduced or zero VAT rate to digital books and newspapers. The recent Upper Tribunal decision in Newscorp, however, suggests that, in the UK, digital newspapers w... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - January 2020 Developments in this month’s edition include: Banking supervision - speech by Andreas Enria, Chair of the ECB Supervisory Board Single Supervisory Mechanism - ECB Regulation, Decision and Corrigendum published in the Official Journal... GCR’s Private Litigation Guide - 1st edition - Territorial Considerations: the EU Perspective chapter The integration of economic markets and the cross-border nature of supply chains have made it increasingly difficult (but arguably also increasingly important) to delineate the territorial scope of national and international competition law regimes. This ... Directors' failure to exercise judgment will lead to serious consequences and section 214 cases Directors' failure to exercise independent judgment and make reasonable enquiries will lead to serious consequences as demonstrated in recent section 214 cases The Court of First Instance has recently sanctioned a number of directors of listed companies b... Insurance Outlook 2020 Current themes in the insurance sector; 2020 review of the Solvency II regime In this Insurance Outlook we consider the key sector themes of 2019 and those expected to be significant in 2020. We also comment on the EIOPA consultation on its proposed advi... Exchange Seeks Views on Review of Listing Regime for Debt Issues to Professional Investors Only Exchange Seeks Views on Review of Listing Regime for Debt Issues to Professional Investors Only The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong recently published a consultation paper seeking feedback on its proposals to review and enhance the Exchange’s listing regime f... Competition Annual Review 2019 This client briefing provides the highlights of competition enforcement in Hong Kong in 2019, and looks ahead towards the year to come. This year has been an important year for the development of the competition law regime in Hong Kong. In May, the Compet... The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Tax 2020: United Kingdom William Watson and Zoe Andrews give a comprehensive overview of corporate tax in the UK Written in question and answer style, this article provides a broad overview of common UK corporate tax issues on inward investment in the UK and of the UK taxation of...