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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Get your house in order     After a lengthy period of scrutiny as the Bill made its way through Parliament, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill finally received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, becoming the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act... Real Estate Newsletter - November 2024 NEWS Know your rights Government introduces Renters’ Rights Bill The government has introduced the Renters’ Rights Bill, which is based largely on the previous government’s Renters (Reform) Bill, and is expected to come into force in Spring 2025. New mont... BLOG: The Autumn Budget 2024: Will the Budget deliver growth in UK energy and infrastructure? On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered the first Budget under a Labour government since 2010, emphasising in her speech that “the only way to drive economic growth is to invest, invest, invest”. Transport, infrastructure, industry, t... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: European Court of Justice upholds annulment of Intel decision On 24 October 2024, the European Court of Justice (CJ) upheld the European General Court’s (GC) annulment of a 2009 European Commission decision, in which the Commission found that Intel had abused its dominant position by implementing a strategy intended... Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 7 November 2024 Disputes Briefcase A regular digest of key developments in litigation and arbitration, produced by members of our market-leading disputes team. SFC published consultation conclusions and guidelines for market sounding practices Following the Securities and Futures Commission’s (“SFC”) consultation in October 2023 in relation to market sounding practices, on 31 October 2024 the SFC published its Consultation Conclusions and its related amended guidelines (the “Guidelines”). Intro... Disputes Briefcase A regular digest of key developments in litigation and arbitration, produced by members of our market-leading disputes team. BLOG: Borders of Smoke and Steel: The UK CBAM Consultation Response In a world where borders are often seen as barriers, greenhouse gases remain unconfined, drifting across seas and skies, untethered to nations or geographies. The United Kingdom is now primed to erect a new type of border: motivated not by exclusion, but ... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – November 2024 Developments in this month's edition include: Shortening the standard securities settlement cycle in the EU - ESMA, European Commission and ECB publish joint statement on next steps Minimal impact on Tier 1 capital needs - EBA publishes report on Basel I...