Refining Restrictions
A well-drafted and properly considered restriction on a title register can be a reliable mechanism to ensure that arrangements made between buyer and seller, landowner and neighbour, are enforceable....
View ArticleHedge funds and the AIFMD: a cheat-sheet for first-time managers
Compliance is key and in the UK the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD or the Directive) is the hedge fund manager’s most significant regulatory hurdle. Nor is this changing...
View ArticleBSB guidance to help firms request and provide regulatory references
All firms subject to the senior managers and certification regime (SMCR) must request and provide regulatory references for their certified staff, senior managers and notified non-executive directors....
View ArticleTunisia: Renewable energy projects update
Tunisia: Renewable energy projects update The 500 MW PV contracts awards We understand that the Ministry will issue the official results within the next week. We have further insight into the tender...
View ArticleFrance: new tenders for 2 GW of solar PV projects
After announcing the construction of France's largest urban solar park in Toulouse (15 MW over 62 acres), the Minister of Ecological Transition has just announced the launch of new tender periods to...
View ArticleUK labour law quarterly update - September 2019
Welcome to our September UK labour law quarterly update. This edition contains the following content: News round-up Labour Party announcements on new collective workplace rights, if elected Recent...
View ArticleManaging Fatigue in the Rail Transport Sector
Whether it is caused by a medical condition, working hours, shift patterns or personal circumstances, fatigue is a health and safety risk that can often be overlooked, but must be controlled by...
View ArticleUK: Contracts for Difference: Allocation Round 3 results
The auction will see contracts for difference (CFDs) offered to 5.8GW of new generation, with the biggest winners unsurprisingly being offshore wind, and the newly added Scottish remote island wind...
View ArticleEU black and grey lists of high-risk countries back on the agenda
In a resolution published on Thursday, the European Parliament has urged the EU Commission to apply a ‘transparent process’ in formulating revised blacklist of third countries with strategic AML/CFT...
View ArticleAML compliance burden on UK financial institutions intensifies as new rules...
As additional EU rules come into force requiring UK credit and financial institutions with branches and subsidiaries in third countries to identify local law conflicts with group-wide AML policies and...
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