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...
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...
Apr 18, 2023 UK businesses can benefit from free trade agreements … if they know how to use them By Iona Crawford Martin McElwee Lorand Bartels The past few years have been volatile for international trade and those who rely on it for their businesses’ success. UK traders in...
Nov 10, 2022 Environmental liability insurance in a private M&A context By Gaia Pattyn Sascha Arnold Introduction Dealmakers in Europe have grown increasingly accustomed to the use of warranty and indemnity (‘W&I’) insurance in M&A...
Oct 12, 2022 European Commission publishes its review on the functioning of the EU Securitisation Regulation By Jessica Wrigley Christopher Barratt On 10 October 2022, the European Commission published its report on the functioning of the Securitisation Regulation (Regulation (EU)...
Oct 12, 2022 More Red Tape for Bank M&A in Europe - ECB publish draft guide on qualifying holding procedures By Alexander Glos Daniel Klingenbrunn Nicholas Lütgerath Jan Struckmann +1 more... Show less Acquiring 10% or more in European credit institutions requires an in-depth ex-ante assessment by national competent authorities (NCA) and...
Sep 15, 2022 Illumina/Grail: A Tale of Transatlantic Entropy By Thomas Lübbig Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Laura Onken Lauren Vaca Amaryllis Müller Karen Slaney +3 more... Show less This isn’t the first time we’ve written about this US-focused transaction in the innovative markets for next generation gene sequencing...
Sep 08, 2022 The Italian Annual law on competition – what’s new in the Italian competition authority’s toolbox? By Gian Luca Zampa Alessandro Di Giò Cecilia Carli Gabriele Maria Polito +1 more... Show less After a lengthy and winding legislative path, the long-awaited Italian Annual Law on Competition (ALC) entered into force on 27 August...
Aug 10, 2022 What’s the impact of the proposed restrictions to the UK sovereign immunity tax exemption? By Alison Dickie May Smith The UK government recently published an unexpected consultation setting out proposals to both legislate and reform the existing UK...
Jul 15, 2022 lllumina/Grail: Court upholds extension of EU merger review powers By Alastair Chapman Thomas Lübbig Bertrand Guerin Amaryllis Müller Joanna Goyder +2 more... Show less On 13 July 2022 the General Court rejected Illumina’s challenge to the Commission decision to review its acquisition of Grail. The review...
Jul 05, 2022 It’s official: EU’s foreign subsidies regime on its way to become law By Merit Olthoff Laurent Bougard Aytaç Çelebi Pablo Artero Lines +1 more... Show less On 30 June 2022, the three institutions of the European Union (the Commission, the Parliament and the Council) announced their political...
Jun 20, 2022 The UK’s national security and investment regime – insights and experience so far By Megan Yeates Sarah Jensen Michele Davis Thomas McGrath +1 more... Show less The UK’s Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published its first report on the new national...