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With the ESG Rating Provider Regulation, the EU is the first jurisdiction in the world to move to regulate the nascent ESG rating market. The aim of the regulation is to facilitate progress towards ...
The recent UK First-tier Tribunal (FTT) decision in The Boston Consulting Group UK LLP & Others v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 84 (BCG) concerned the tax treatment of certain ‘capital interests’ held by the ...
(Renaissance Securities (Cyprus) Ltd v Chlodwig Enterprises Ltd and other companies [2023] EWHC 3160 (Comm)) Summary The claimant applied for an anti-suit and anti-anti-suit injunction (ASI and AASI)...
This article by Emma Probyn and Sophie Horton discusses banking and financial services litigation from the English courts in 2023, and trends for 2024. This article first appeared in the January/...
This article by Tom Clark and Sharon Grennan discusses trends in financial services enforcement in 2023, and predictions for what is on the horizon in 2024. This article was first published in ...
On 29 December, the last working day of 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) of China concluded its seventh and final session of the year and passed a number of ...
This interview discusses the threats to biodiversity and nature and the risks for financial institutions in the UK in light of COP28. This was first published in inCompliance magazine in December ...
This article discusses the key proposals and challenges involved with the introduction of the new UK sustainable investments labelling regime. Since this article was written, the final rules have ...
This is an article by Anthea Bowater and Piers Reynolds about the closure of customer bank accounts including recent developments in this area, litigation and regulatory risks which can arise when a ...
Increasingly, UK listed company boards are actively considering the potential benefits of an additional listing on a US stock exchange. Freshfields has unrivalled experience implementing these ...
Only two years after the Competition Digitisation Act gave the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) unprecedented investigative powers, the Competition Enforcement Act – which entered into force on 7 ...
19 and 20 October 2023 Freshfields is hosting its annual CEE Finance and Capital Markets Workshops from Thursday, 19 October to Friday, 20 October 2023 at our new offices in Vienna, featuring several...
The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation imposes a mandatory notification obligation for proposed M&A and joint venture transactions involving EU entities if certain thresholds are met, to enable the ...
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the process of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) either from the air or from the combustion of fossil fuels or biomass, transporting it to a geological storage and ...
Many financial institutions are currently working on their climate transition plans. Ahead of the Transition Plan Taskforce’s finalised guidance being released next week, Anthea Bowater and Vanessa ...
The Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) has had a busy period recently, publishing several new pieces of technical advice for HM Treasury. Established in 2021 to provide non-binding technical ...
Our latest briefing provides an update on the requirements of the ISSB Standards, the newly adopted European Sustainability Reporting Standards and the US SEC’s proposed rules on climate-related ...
This article by Anthea Bowater and Maisie Heath outlines how the FCA and PRA’s expectations have shifted over the last 12 months in relation to climate strategy, engaging with counterparties on ESG, ...
EU Securitisation Regulation A practice note setting out the key elements of the EU Securitisation Regulation and how these apply to sell-side and buy-side parties to securitisation transactions. It ...
The UK has ambitious climate change goals, including a target of net zero UK emissions by 2050, and is adopting a range of policies to support these objectives. However, these efforts risk being ...