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The FCA’s upcoming reform of the listing regime will consign to history the familiar premium and standard segments. Companies aiming for London as their primary listing will find a ready home on the ...
Author(s): Tom Godwin, Richard Ho, Jennifer McCarthy
Amsterdam based Freshfields partner, Michael Broeders, was appointed on 10 October 2023[1] by the Amsterdam Court as Restructuring Expert (herstructureringsdeskundige) to take over the conduct of the...
Author(s): Michael Broeders, Lindsay Hingston, Mijke Sinninghe Damsté, Huub Boekhorst
Approximately one year and a half has elapsed since the introduction of the power by the Italian Antitrust Authority (IAA) to “call-in” mergers that fall below the mandatory thresholds set forth in th...
Author(s): Gian Luca Zampa, Ermelinda Spinelli, Alessandro Di Giò, Cecilia Carli, Ignazio Pinzuti Ansolini
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
There is a distinction between corporations continuing to rely on their own data centres (DCs) and those choosing to move to the cloud. Who is right? What are the challenges? And what will sale and le...
Author(s): Ana Julia Garcia
On 5 March 2024, Link Fund Solutions Limited’s scheme of arrangement took effect following the High Court’s decision on 9 February 2024 to sanction the scheme but stay its implementation for several w...
Author(s): Frank Clarke, Craig Montgomery, Katharina Crinson
Like many other strategically important sectors, there has long been a bespoke insolvency regime for the water sector. New legislation has been brought into effect in early 2024 as a first step to bri...
Author(s): Emma Gateaud, Frederick Money, Oliver Schonle
With approximately 40 per cent of carbon emissions arising from the built environment, countries across the world are coming together in a global push to accelerate change in the sector. The “Building...
Author(s): Hannah Etim-Gorst, Tom Wallis, Shiyao Zhu, Lydia Kent-Smith, Jake Reynolds, Holly Housden