25 Jan, 2019 Competition policy and the digital economy – what to expect for M&A in 2019 By Jenny Leahy “How will history judge the choices we made?” It is with this question that EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager opened last week’s hotly...
18 Jan, 2019 W&I insurance: are you paying too much? By Bob van Kasteren On 17 January 2019, the ECJ issued a landmark decision in respect of the taxation of W&I insurance. Although generally not a key...
17 Jan, 2019 Getting deals through in 2019: planning for the unpredictable By Sarah Jensen Anyone contemplating a deal which raises competition concerns or involves a sensitive sector needs to plan ahead for heightened...
10 Jan, 2019 Hitting a Wall: How the U.S. Government Shutdown Impacts Deals By Marissa Yu Matthew Herman Paul Humphreys Peter Lyons +1 more... Show less As if there were not enough uncertainty in the markets, a partial U.S. government shutdown (that today shows little sign of speedy...
09 Jan, 2019 Mind the non-GAAP: the importance of disclosing GAAP financial measures with “equal or greater prominence”, including in headlines to earnings releases By Megan Gray Often in prospectuses and ongoing financial disclosure, companies will include non-GAAP (or non-IFRS) financial measures. These measures,...
02 Jan, 2019 UK invoice financing – increased access for SMEs By Caroline Gregson For contracts dated from the 31st December 2018, small and medium enterprises will have more freedom to use invoice financing (ie borrow...