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In one of the more important decisions on legal professional privilege (LPP) handed down this year,[1] the English Court of Appeal unanimously held that, when determining whether LPP attaches to the ...
On 8 November 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) (in a Grand Chamber composition) adopted its final judgment in the Fiat State aid case. The ECJ set aside the General Court (GC) judgment, and ...
With COP27 in Egypt now taking place, we’re focusing on one of the four key themes of the Egyptian presidency, “collaboration”, and specifically where we stand on the global debate about the role of ...
We recently gathered a group of experts from Freshfields and Frontier Economics to share insights into competition and trade developments relating to the energy transition. Here are some of the key ...
What you need to know if contracting with the UK Government In June 2022, Freshfields and Monckton Chambers co-hosted an event on how the Procurement Bill proposes to reform public procurement law in...
Listed Company Academy: Hot Topics The slides and video recording of the session are available here: Slides for Listed Company Academy: Hot Topics – 27 September 2022 Video recording of the session ...
For the first time, the FTT has been asked to consider a principal purpose test in a double tax treaty. With a win for the taxpayer at this stage – which one might consider to be the right outcome, ...
Introduction Recent global circumstances have led to record oil and gas prices, putting pressure on governments around the world to take action to help households deal with rising costs, with the UN ...
What you need to know if contracting with the UK Government In June 2022, Freshfields and Monckton Chambers co-hosted an event on how the Procurement Bill proposes to reform public procurement law ...
Speed read On 1 August 2022, much of Part 1 of the new Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the Act) came into force and the Register of Overseas Entities went live. New land ...
+++ Convenience translation +++ I. Background The tense situation on the energy markets has taken a sharp turn for the worse as a result of Russia’s attack on Ukraine in violation of international ...
Background of the Act The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 (Act) received royal asset on 24 March 2022. The Act introduced a binding arbitration procedure in respect of disputes relating to ...
On 29 July 2022, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange published its consultation conclusions on the proposed amendments to the Listing Rules relating to Share Schemes of listed issuers. The Rule amendments ...
Following our previous article on January’s judgment of the UK High Court (available here), the Court of Appeal has upheld the first instance ruling, confirming that the limitation period to bring a ...
In the article available at the link below, Josh Critchlow from our London tax team and Brendan Counihan from our Washington tax team analyse whether the benefit of various US tax credits can be ...
With international agreement having been reached on the key aspects of the OECD’s pillar two proposals, it is worthwhile to consider the impact these rules might have in practice in an M&A context. ...
On 8 June 2022, the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed the UK and ITV’s applications to annul the European Commission’s decision on the UK controlled foreign ...
In co-operation with the Institute for Law and Finance at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and the Center for Financial Studies, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer we held our 3rd Digital ...