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UK Energy and Infrastructure: Reviewing 2023 and what's to come in 2024 In 2023, the UK energy and infrastructure sectors saw a series of significant market and regulatory developments, including the Powering Up Britain package and the passing of the long-awaited Energy Act 2023. With macro-economic challenges expected to con... COP28: Discussion points for business from week 1 This year’s 28th Conference of the Parties to discuss international action on climate change (COP28) has seen energy, nature, carbon markets, finance and fairness developing as central themes. And whilst there is pressure for governments to do more, the p... Digital Infrastructure - Looking Back, Looking Ahead Digital infrastructure continues to attract record levels of investment and regulatory scrutiny. In the below link, we take a brief look back at some of the key themes and trends that we saw shaping the sector from our work in 2023, and share our thoughts... Carve-outs: maximising value   Carve-outs have become ever more popular in recent years, as market players seek different ways to raise or return cash, maximise shareholder / fundholder value, optimise a company’s operations or change the strategic direction of a group. While t... UK Listing regime reforms: FCA publishes final version of new Listing Rules The FCA has published the final version of the new UK Listing Rules (UKLR), which will come into force on 29 July 2024. Designed to help improve the appeal of the UK’s equity capital markets, the new rules represent the most far-reaching reforms of the li... Tax and the City Review - July 2024 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider the Court of Appeal’s decisions in JTI on the unallowable purpose rule in the loan relationships regime, and in Altrad on the use of the Ramsay principle of construction (as appl... Spot the difference: The DPDI (No 2) Bill starts its legislative journey For businesses across the UK and beyond waiting to see what a UK GDPR 2.0 might look like, the journey towards revised data privacy laws in the UK has begun (again).  A version of this briefing first appeared in the Privacy Laws & Business UK Re... Regulating AI As AI adoption increases, and governments and regulators across the globe grapple with how best to regulate AI, you need to ensure that you have considered and managed a wide range of issues when developing or deploying AI solutions. These range from gett... The PCPD’s Softmedia investigation – a cautionary tale with recommendations going forward The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (the “PCPD”) recently completed its investigation into Softmedia, finding that it insecurely held personal credit data and improperly retained it. At a time when the PCPD is receiving an increasing ... Online Safety Act becomes law, but with phased entry into force The Online Safety Act (OSA), which imposes a host of new duties on in-scope online services, will, according to the government, “make the UK the safest place in the world to be online”. But the Act has proven particularly divisive during its long passage....