Sep 21, 2023 Higher rate UK stamp tax charge on entry of securities to clearance services/depositary receipt systems: status quo maintained? By Paul Davison Alison Dickie The UK tax authority, HMRC, recently published draft legislation that aims to ensure that the sunset provisions in the Retained EU Law...
Sep 14, 2023 Getting the Deal Through Merger Control 2024 By Thomas Janssens Lexology Getting The Deal Through: Merger Control – 2024 edition now out The latest edition of Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Merger...
Sep 06, 2023 Joint venture considerations for green hydrogen projects By Alon Gordon Sorcha Horrocks-Burns James Chapman Green hydrogen is mooted to play a key role in supporting net zero ambitions by helping to decarbonise those “hard to abate” sectors...
Aug 31, 2023 FDI and investments abroad: New reporting obligations in Spain By Ana Julia Garcia Jaime Sémelas Silvia Angos As from 1 September 2023 new and updated reporting obligations of foreign investments in Spain and of Spanish investments abroad will...
Aug 29, 2023 The Public Offer Platform By Chris Ranson Claire Harrop Richard Ho Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy +2 more... Show less A new regulated activity Following on from our previous blog post, The Future of Prospectuses in the UK, the FCA has recently published...
Aug 21, 2023 Private M&A: Equity consideration transactions - Enhanced due diligence, more extensive warranties and alternative risk allocation By Gaia Pattyn The past eighteen months have seen a steady increase in sellers accepting consideration other than cash in private M&A transactions....
Aug 01, 2023 Get ready to update – when to submit information for the Register of Overseas Entities By Ryan Thorne Lydia Kent-Smith Victoria Hills Lizzy Matthams +1 more... Show less It has been a year to the day since Companies House launched the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) pursuant to the Economic Crime...
Jul 31, 2023 SEC adopts new cybersecurity disclosure rules (including for FPIs) By Ethan Magid Doug Smith Virginia Flower For those foreign private issuers out there struggling to keep up with the SEC’s recent spate of rulemaking – we don’t blame you. In...
Jul 24, 2023 High Court uses its cross-class cram down power to sanction Fitness First Restructuring Plan By Katharina Crinson Ken Baird Laila Pourdad On 29 June 2023, Mr Justice Michael Green in the High Court sanctioned a Part 26A restructuring plan proposed by First Clubs Limited...
Jul 20, 2023 What you need to know now about the impact of the OECD's global minimum tax on M&A transactions By Peter Clements Bob van Kasteren Katharina Kubik Joe Soltis Alison Dickie +2 more... Show less Following international agreement on the key components of the OECD’s Pillar 2 proposal to introduce a global minimum tax, attention has...
Jul 17, 2023 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening mechanisms must respect fundamental freedoms: A Case built on Clay, Sand (and Gravel) By Thomas Lübbig Uwe Salaschek Matthias Wahls Weak cases sometimes make good law. On 13 July, the ECJ in Case C-106/22 held that: Except in specific circumstances, the EU FDI...
Jul 13, 2023 Prezzo – Restructuring plan sanctioned and HMRC crammed down in a departure from GAS and Nasmyth By Alice Gossop Katharina Crinson Ken Baird On 5 July 2023, the High Court sanctioned the restructuring plan proposed by Prezzo Investco Limited (the Company) despite opposition...