The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have published a joint statement setting out...
Freshfields Transactions
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Inspired by the Chicago School in the late sixties and seventies, the advent of the consumer welfare standard in antitrust enforcement,...
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In a continuing trend of increased regulatory intervention in deals globally, the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (Tribunal) has...
£70bn per year. £1trn. £4trn. Some of the numbers banded around estimating the cost of the UK government’s 2050 net-zero commitment. But...
Last week was a busy week for the courts: we reported on the landlord-led challenges to the New Look CVA and the Virgin Active...
On 12 May 2021, the High Court sanctioned Virgin Active’s Part 26A restructuring plan which had been heavily contested by certain...
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Spanish Government has approved a number of financial support measures to address...
There has been much debate in recent years around the use made of certain UK restructuring tools – the company voluntary arrangement and,...
As the global economy gradually emerges from the pandemic and the growth outlook of many major economies is beginning to improve, the...
The European Commission published its proposal for a Regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market. The Commission has...
On 30 April 2021, reforms to the UK’s regime governing sales in administration by way of a ‘pre-pack’ to a connected party purchaser came...
The UK's latest quarterly company insolvency statistics, published on 30 April, show that insolvency rates remain significantly below...