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Key changes to The UK Stewardship Code
The new UK Stewardship Code has been published and takes effect from 1 January 2020… Are you signing up?...
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Brexit Update: The Revised Withdrawal Agreement
After three years of negotiations, three rejections of the withdrawal agreement negotiated by Ms. Theresa May with the EU...
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Brexit update: FCA extends deadline; EU Commission clarifies equivalence decision; Czech Republic and Malta approve no deal laws
With the EU granting the UK another flexible extension of the negotiation period around the UKs withdrawal from the...
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Brexit update: No deal preparations – Belgium, Gibraltar, Portugal, Romania & Sweden
With a no deal Brexit remaining a possibility, the UK, the EU and individual EU members continue to review...
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The EU discusses changes to EMIR
The final text to amend technical aspects of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (the “EMIR Refit”) could enter into...
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Brexit updates – Spain & Poland
Following on from our series of newsletters on Brexit updates and no deal preparation, in this newsletter we look...
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Brexit Update: No Deal Measures Intensify
Following on from our series of newsletters on recent Brexit updates and no deal preparations, in this newsletter we...
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Brexit update – Germany & France
Following on from our series of newsletters on Brexit updates and no deal preparation, in this newsletter we look...
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Brexit updates: Italy, Luxembourg & Ireland
Following on from our previous newsletter on recent Brexit updates, in this newsletter we continue our analysis of the new...
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Brexit updates
With less than two months to go until the UK leaves the EU, there have been a lot of...
Industry News
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FCA introduces new Consumer Duty
On 14 May 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation on the introduction of a new “Consumer...
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Will the UK join the SPAC mania?
Special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs“) have experienced a surge in their popularity in the recent years. In the United...
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Case Law: Court’s ruling on headcount test used when approving schemes of arrangement
The High Court was tasked to consider an application to grant an order to convene a shareholders’ meeting in...
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FCA strengthens rules on financial promotion
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has published its discussion paper DP21/1 regarding the strengthening of its financial promotion rules...
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Case Law: Benchmarking clauses and market comparison
The recent judgment in Travelport Ltd & Ors v WEX Inc EWHC shows how important it is to...
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FCA consults on changes to conduct and organisational requirements under UK MiFID
Following Brexit, and the conclusion of the process of onshoring EU legislation into UK law, the UK is now...
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Glass Lewis review of compliance with UK Corporate Governance Code
Earlier this year Glass Lewis published an interesting review of the impact of the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code...
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Case Law: Can an exclusion clause or liability cap apply to a deliberate or fundamental breach?
FACTUAL BACKGROUND Most business-to-business commercial contracts will include provisions which limit either one or both parties’ liability towards the...
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Q&A with Vicki to mark her Two Year Anniversary with Cleveland & Co
To get to know Vicki a little bit more we asked her some quick fire questions: 1. What do...
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CMA publishes annual plan 2021/22
The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) published its annual plan for 2021/22 on 23 March 2021. As a result...
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