May 27, 2021 The UK Competition and Data Protection Authorities signal a step-change in cooperation in digital markets By Caroline Chew Rikki Haria Anushi Amin The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have published a joint statement setting out...
May 26, 2021 Merger control: are we witnessing a paradigm shift? By Laurent Bougard Josh Chamberlain Inspired by the Chicago School in the late sixties and seventies, the advent of the consumer welfare standard in antitrust enforcement,...
May 25, 2021 The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal confirms the CMA’s broad discretion to review deals with limited UK nexus By Megan Yeates Theodore Souris Thomas McGrath Martin McElwee +1 more... Show less In a continuing trend of increased regulatory intervention in deals globally, the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (Tribunal) has...
May 18, 2021 Funding the energy transition: how will projects be supported and financed? By Caroline Gregson Vanessa Jakovich Richard Johnson £70bn per year. £1trn. £4trn. Some of the numbers banded around estimating the cost of the UK government’s 2050 net-zero commitment. But...
May 17, 2021 Regis: the next chapter in the CVA story By Katharina Crinson Catherine Balmond 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...
May 14, 2021 Virgin Active – out of the money creditors hold little sway By Katharina Crinson Lindsay Hingston Sally Montague On 12 May 2021, the High Court sanctioned Virgin Active’s Part 26A restructuring plan which had been heavily contested by certain...
May 14, 2021 New financial support measures approved by the Spanish Government By Silvia Angos Inaki Gabilondo Ana Lopez Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Spanish Government has approved a number of financial support measures to address...
May 12, 2021 Restructuring leasehold estates – New Look provides a new lease of life for CVAs By Katharina Crinson Lindsay Hingston Will Snowden There has been much debate in recent years around the use made of certain UK restructuring tools – the company voluntary arrangement and,...
May 06, 2021 Investing in fintechs – navigating heightened foreign direct investment scrutiny By Thomas Reyntjens Rikki Haria Paul Seppi Maija Hall +1 more... Show less As the global economy gradually emerges from the pandemic and the growth outlook of many major economies is beginning to improve, the...
May 06, 2021 It’s tabled: Proposal for the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation published By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Vanessa van Weelden Aytaç Çelebi +1 more... Show less The European Commission published its proposal for a Regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market. The Commission has...
May 03, 2021 UK regulations on pre-pack administrations come into force By Richard Tett Adam Jones Yoonji Lee 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...
May 03, 2021 Latest UK government statistics show insolvency rates remain suppressed By Lindsay Hingston Nicholas Cooper Deniz Sezer The UK's latest quarterly company insolvency statistics, published on 30 April, show that insolvency rates remain significantly below...