Education briefing - Coronavirus New travel quarantine rules and...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect foreign travel plans, whether for work, study or leisure purposes. The advice of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office remains that British nationals should...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Returning to work: insights from the hedge fund industry - UK
As lockdown begin to ease across the world, it is becoming clear that lifting restrictions on travel and association may prove more challenging than their implementation. In the UK certain sectors of...
View ArticleCoronavirus News on travel quarantine rules and immigration - UK
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect foreign travel plans, whether for work or leisure purposes. The advice of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office remains that British nationals should avoid...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill: the bar on...
In the latest of our series of articles on the much anticipated Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the “Bill”), which will enact various new corporate restructuring tools as well as make...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Recent FCA measures to support mortgage customers UK
The FCA has recently announced a range of measures to help mortgage customers through the COVID-19 pandemic, where they may be facing a loss of income or payment difficulties, in addition to other...
View ArticleEversheds Sutherland property column: June 2020
Authorised contractual schemes: a rare sighting? Background Seven years ago the market was given the power to create co-ownership authorised contractual schemes (ACSs). Much has changed since then,...
View ArticleInnocent Non-Disclosure Clauses: The limits of Insurer discretions
The Commercial Court has recently confirmed that where an Innocent Non-Disclosure (“IND”) clause requires the insured to establish to the insurer’s satisfaction that it has not made non-disclosures...
View ArticleFinancial crime and cyber security: Q2 Horizon Scanner
Please click here to download our quarterly financial crime horizon scanning booklet. The booklet summarises key financial crime related legal and regulatory changes expected over the nex...
View ArticleLIBOR, COVID-19 and a proposal for a legislative fix
The FCA and Bank of England started 2020 with a clear message that when it came to transitioning away from LIBOR, “the time to act is now”.
View ArticleGerman Government approves draft law on increased offshore wind targets and...
The German Federal Government has approved a draft amendment act to the German Offshore Wind Energy Act (Windenergie-auf-See-Gesetz) and other related acts. The draft law contains various changes to...
View ArticleCoronavirus - How to progress your M&A deal through the smart use of...
The recent and unexpected increase in remote working as a result of Covid-19 has shaken up the legal world, particularly the manner in which M&A transactions are undertaken. Fundamental M&A...
View ArticleThe Proposed Expansion of Mandatory Foreign Investment Filings During the...
In the midst of the pandemic, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has proposed several revisions to its regulations (Regulations) that change when short-form filings...
View ArticleEDPB provides further insight into GDPR Codes of Conduct
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”), the body tasked with ensuring consistent application of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”) across Europe, recently published its 2019...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Financial Services COVID-19 Sector Focus
In this period of market uncertainty, financial services firms globally are facing a number of challenges and questions. We have created a selection of recent articles, webinars, podcasts and short...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Tax-advantaged employee incentive arrangements - UK
HM Revenue & Customs released guidance on 9 June 2020 on the impact of Covid-19 (and in particular furloughing employees) on the four HMRC “tax-advantaged” employee share incentive arrangements...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Lex COVID-19 amendments - Slovakia
On 22 April 2020, Parliament approved an amendment to the Lex COVID-19. In this package, Parliament approved the following measures: Suspension of enforcement proceedings The law allows enforcement...
View ArticleCoronavirus - FRC publishes guidance on best practice for holding AGMs - UK
In the light of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2000 (CIGB), which the UK Government introduced into the House of Commons on 20 May 2020 and which is currently making its way through the...
View ArticleCoronavirus Guidelines on temporary protection for businesses Slovakia
Companies that have experienced negative economic effects due to the COVID-19 crisis, can apply for "temporary protection" in Slovakia as of 12 May 2020 in order to protect themselves against...
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