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This blog considers the recent HM Treasury (HMT) consultation on the proposed trial of a new ‘Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System’ (PISCES). How would the PISCES platform work...
Author(s): James Smethurst, Tom Godwin, Richard Ho, Regina Erie, Christopher Bernard, Jennifer McCarthy
In a 2021 speech, Sam Woods, the CEO of the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), stated that one of the regulator’s focuses for its future work was ease of exit from the market. Acknowledging t...
Author(s): Michael Raffan, Lauren Moorin, Fran Kaehr
Following the release of the FTSE Women Leaders Review two weeks ago (on which you can read our blog post, here), the latest Parker Review (the Review) measuring ethnic diversity at the top of the UK’...
Author(s): Holly Insley, Emily Rigler Gillingham, Amelia Lamp
Introduction In September 2023, the International Association of Lawyers (Union Internationale des Avocats) published a guide on economic sanctions and arbitration (the Guide). The Guide considers the...
Author(s): Vasuda Sinha
In an unusually rowdy House of Commons, the Chancellor delivered what will be his last Spring Budget before a UK general election widely expected to take place in autumn this year. Further details on ...
Author(s): Alison Dickie, Laura Western
While the ‘Green Claims Directive’ is the dominant topic as pertains to regulatory developments concerning unfair competition law but has still not been adopted, another EU Directive concerning greenw...
Author(s): Tobias Timmann, Nicolai Fornoff
In brief: The Department for Business & Trade (DBT) has recently published the Government’s outcomes from its consultation on ‘Smarter Regulation: Improving consumer price transparency and product inf...
Author(s): Andrew Austin, Kate Collister
The General Administration of the Treasury of the Belgian FPS Finance (the Treasury) has recently instigated the removal of 20,795 entities from the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE) over failure ...
Author(s): Nikolaas Van Robbroeck, Silvia Van Dyck, Bo Debreuck