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Competition & Regulatory Newsletter European Commission prohibits proposed steel joint venture between Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp In this update, we look at the following development: European Commission prohibits proposed steel joint venture between Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp On 11 June ... Co-opting digital companies into tax law enforcement Today, The Times reported that some 38,000 online sellers registered for VAT in the UK in 2017-18, compared to 29,000 in the previous year and just 5,000 three years earlier. The Amended Shareholder Rights Directive: impact on Main Market companies This briefing summarises new rules for UK Main Market companies on directors’ remuneration and transactions with related parties introduced to reflect the amended Shareholder Rights Directive. On 10 June 2019 the UK implemented various provisions o... Tax and the City Review for June 2019 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider the decisions in Warshaw and Hancock. They also look at the lack of progress made on the UK’s long-term future relationship with the EU as regards financial services.  The FTT’s decision in Warshaw show... EMIR REFIT - What it means for Corporate NFCs Derivatives regulation in Europe is changing and for many corporate treasurers the relevant requirements are going to become less onerous. Derivatives regulation in Europe is changing and for many corporate treasurers the relevant requirements are going t... Taxing the digital economy: impact assessments will help identify winners and losers The G20 has endorsed the OECD's work programme consisting of the two-pillar approach which was the subject of Tanja Velling's recent post.  The G20’s communiqué shows that there is political support at the highest level for this ... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter CMA Chief Executive advocates for “evolution, not revolution” following report evaluating past merger control decisions in digital markets On 3 June 2019 the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published an independent report evaluating past UK m... Cyber security by design - new UK guidance and EU certification schemes In this briefing Rob Sumroy and Natalie Donovan look at how guidance recently published by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, and a new cyber certification scheme at EU level, may help organisations answer this question What does ‘good’ cyber securi... All clear on tax residence? The First-tier Tax Tribunal's unhelpful decision in the Development Securities case has been reversed by an Upper Tribunal decision which was published today and (at least for now) provides comfort that a lot more is required than a subsidia... The EU Securitisation Regulation – where are we now? In this briefing we consider some of the open questions as to the scope of the new EU Securitisation Regime and how to comply with it Securitisations where new securities have been issued on or after 1 January 2019 are subject to the EU Securitisation Re...