by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-19 | Our News
We are delighted to announce that we have been selected as one of a handful of law firms that have been appointed under the National LGPS Framework for Legal Services, in Lot 4 – Investment Work (UK wide). The National LGPS Framework for Legal Services allows LGPS...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-17 | Our Thinking
summary On 3 October, at the Conservative Party conference (the “Conference”), the UK government outlined a revised plan for its reform of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Organisations can expect the UK government to propose amendments to the Data...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-12 | Our Thinking
background On 25 October 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its Consultation Paper CP22/10 (“Consultation Paper”) on the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) and investment labels. The FCA’s proposals aim to build transparency and trust...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-10 | Our Thinking
summary In March 2022, the European Union (“EU”) Commission and the United States (“US”) announced that they had agreed, in principle, on a new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”) to facilitate the transatlantic flow of EU personal data to the US. In...
by Victoria Smith | 2022-12-14 | Our Thinking
Recent regulatory action and fines against a top investment firm highlight the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) focus on ESG when marketing products as an ESG investment. Firms that fail to ensure proper selection and monitoring of their ESG investments may...
by Victoria Smith | 2022-12-12 | Our Thinking
summary On 1 November 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a speech by Therese Chambers (Director of Consumer Investments, FCA) on key priorities for the financial services industry. In its speech, the FCA stated that it wanted to see more consumers...
by Victoria Smith | 2022-12-06 | Our News, Recruitment
Natalie is another of our fantastic interns who has sadly come to the end of her internship with us. Natalie has ably assisted our legal team for the last 6 weeks and impressed the whole firm with her presentation skills! Natalie is soon to return to the States, and...
by Victoria Smith | 2022-12-02 | Our News, Recruitment
Josie has been an invaluable part of the team for the past 6 weeks as our HR intern and how the time has flown by! Josie is soon to return to Chicago, and so as she comes to the end of her time with us, we sat down to ask her a few questions about her experiences at...
by Victoria Smith | 2022-11-25 | Our News
Our Sydney office celebrates its first year of operation this month and what a journey we’ve had! As our new MD, Tanja Listar joins, we are very much looking forward to seeing what the next year brings and are excited to bring you further Sydney news over the...
by Victoria Smith | 2022-11-24 | Our Thinking
summary On 21 July 2022, HM Treasury, with the Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”), issued a discussion paper (the “Paper”), setting out its proposal for mitigating risks of systemic disruption and...
