Coronavirus: FCA issues guidance on repossessions during COVID-19 social...
On Friday 20 March 2020 the FCA issued guidance to supplement the government’s recent pledges of support for mortgage customers. In this article we: Summarise the key guidance relating to payment...
View ArticleCoronavirus Finance overview of governmental economic support for industry...
Please note that this is a developing situation and we will update this note on a regular basis when further information is available. Across the budget on 11 March 2020 and the subsequent COVID-19...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Competition, co-operation and COVID-19 - Europe
Companies facing the challenges of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic may be looking for solutions, including considering whether and how they could cooperate with their competitors. But the...
View ArticleCoronavirus Competition authorities announce they will not intervene...
Executive summary On 23 March 2020 members of the European Competition Network (“the ECN”, being the European Commission and all EU member state competition authorities) issued a joint statement...
View ArticleCoronavirus UK Investment Trusts: How to handle AGMs during the COVID-19...
The restrictive measures on the movement of people to slow the spread of COVID-19 pose specific legal issues for UK Investment Trusts, which are just entering into the reporting and Annual General...
View ArticleCoronavirus Impact on legal filings and board meetings France
Coronavirus – Impact on legal filings and board meetings – France Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in France, everyone has been requested to work from home and accordingly, the whole team is currently...
View ArticleCoronavirus FCA and PRA guidance on designating key financial workers UK
In response to Government guidance on maintaining educational provision for the children of key workers, the FCA and PRA have published guidance regarding individuals in th...
View ArticleOpen for business: Proposal for a streamlined UK regime for overseas funds...
Cross-border fund marketing arrangements into the UK are poised to be significantly amended when the current post-Brexit ‘transition or implementation period’ (“TIP”) comes to an end on 31 December...
View ArticleCoronavirus - South Africas Mining and Natural Resources Sector is...
On 15 March 2020, following the announcement by President Ramaphosa regarding South Africa’s precautionary measures that must be put in place to prevent the contraction and spread of COVID-19, South...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Is Covid-19 a force majeure event?
In this article, we consider whether the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has any effect on the rights and obligations of parties in contractual relationships, under South African law. A force majeure (or vis...
View ArticleCoronavirus Does the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate and the...
On 17 March 2020, we sent out an e-Brief: Occupational Health and Safety: COVID-19 (click here to access this e-brief) where we discussed the responsibilities which are placed on employers in terms...
View ArticleOnline Annual General Meetings and more flexibility for corporate...
1. Upcoming German Annual General Meetings season 2020 A lot of German corporates have traditionally lined up their annual general meetings (AGM) for May, June and July. In the wake of the co-rona...
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