Jurisdiction
by Leela|19 November 2019|Industry News
SUMMARY On 15 November 2019, the first judgement on a shareholder class action in England and Wales was delivered, dismissing a claim brought by a group of Lloyds shareholders against Lloyds TSB plc (“Lloyds”) and five of its former directors relating to an acquisition of HBOS plc (“HBOS”) in 2008. Sharp v Blank [2019] EWHC […]
Read moreby Leela|11 November 2019|Awards
We are excited to announce that our MD, Emma Cleveland has been listed as a finalist in the Women in Law – Wider Industry category of the The Legal Week British Legal Awards 2019. For more information on the award and the list of finalists, please click here.
Read moreby Leela|1 October 2019|Awards
Huge congratulations to our Managing Director, Emma Cleveland, for being shortlisted in the 2019 British Legal Awards hosted by Legal Week, amongst such a fantastic group of women in the category for Women in Law Award – Wider Industry! The British Legal Awards are the leading awards for the UK’s business law community and highlight the […]
Read moreby Leela|27 September 2019|Industry News
On 23 September 2019, the Thomas Cook Group plc (“Thomas Cook”), a world-renowned holding travel group, consisting of nineteen companies, entered insolvency as it was approaching the end of its cash flows and therefore unable to pay its liabilities. As a result, the high court issued an order for the group to be compulsorily liquidated. […]
Read moreby Leela|9 September 2019|Industry News
The new Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 came into effect on 21 July 2019 (the “Prospectus Regulation”) which repealed and replaced the current Prospectus Directive 2003/71/EC (the “Prospectus Directive”). As a result, new prospectuses approved after 21 July 2019, must follow the new regulations and structures of the Prospectus Directive. THE REGIME The […]
Read moreby Leela|28 August 2019|Industry News
Our Managing Director was recently quoted in an article, “Asset managers face mounting regulatory data costs” by Ignites Europe talking about exponential data costs coupled with the number of licences firms need resulting in increasing costs per year as well as the latest ESMA consultation paper looking into the issue! Check out the article on https://igniteseurope.com
Read moreby Leela|20 August 2019|Industry News
Following on from our Brexit series which focused on the updated no deal measures in the United Kingdom (“UK”) and in the European Union (‘EU”), this article focuses on the updated no deal measures in Italy and Ireland. In light of how quickly the developments surrounding Brexit evolve, preparations for a no deal Brexit […]
Read moreby Caroline Sheldon|26 July 2019|Industry News
Earlier this month the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation paper on prohibiting the sale to retail clients of investment products that reference crytpoassets (“Consultation Paper”). The Consultation Paper proposes a ban on marketing, distribution and sales of all derivatives and exchange traded notes (“ETNs”) that reference unregulated transferable cryptoassets by firms acting in, […]
Read moreby Caroline Sheldon|26 July 2019|Industry News
THE CONSULTATION The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”), launches a public consultation on the development in prices for pre and post trade data and post-trade consolidated tape (“CT”) for equity instruments. Whilst MiFID II sets out the legal framework for operating a CT, to date no CT has been established, meaning MiFID II has […]
Read moreby Leela|8 July 2019|Industry News
In May 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published their findings of a review they carried out with respect to principal firms (“Principals”) and their appointed representatives (“ARs”) within the investment management sector (the “Review”). The Review included a survey of 338 Principals each with between 1 and 80 ARs. Of the 338 Principals, […]
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