3/16/2026 10:53:54 AM UK decides to reboot investment screening to protect its national and economic security in today’s volatile world By Sarah Jensen Cara Carr The UK Government has decided to implement a package of reforms to the national security and investment regime designed to update the...
3/11/2026 3:17:58 PM Exceptional means exceptional – the strict deadline for challenging UK CMA merger decisions By James Aitken Karen Slaney The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT)’s recent judgment in Aramark Limited v Competition and Markets Authority is a sharp reminder...
2/2/2026 2:12:29 PM Key takeaways from the London M&A Forum: Dealmaking on new terms By Elizabeth Bieber Kate Cooper Andrew Hutchings Gayle Klein Oliver Lazenby Julian Long Alan Mason Martin McElwee Piers Prichard Jones Julian Pritchard Victoria Sigeti Claire Wills Christine Wilson +10 more... Show less Global M&A is moving again. The difference, as the inaugural Freshfields London M&A Forum made clear, is that dealmaking is no longer...
1/21/2026 4:41:07 PM NED remuneration and activist attack By Regina Erie Victoria Kershaw Kate Cooper Martha Davis Andrew Herman Alfonso Marcos Stephanie Chiu +4 more... Show less Activist investors are increasingly scrutinizing the composition and compensation of company boards, in particular pushing for greater...
1/19/2026 9:36:08 AM The new UK public offers and admissions to trading regime: some top tips for capital market participants By Reena Parmar Jennifer McCarthy The long-awaited moment has finally arrived… the UK’s new public offers and admissions to trading regime is now in place. The Public...
12/2/2025 5:53:48 PM Autumn Budget 2025: new stamp duty reserve tax UK listing relief By Alison Dickie Samuel Withnall The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has delivered the Autumn Budget 2025. After much press speculation on what would be...
11/28/2025 1:13:03 PM Inside Infrastructure: Reflections on Freshfields’ Inside Infrastructure Forum with Alastair Campbell & Rory Stewart By Martha Davis Last week, we had the privilege of hosting an infrastructure policy roundtable at our offices in London, drawing together leaders across...
9/29/2025 11:57:10 AM UK prospectus regime reform – key changes for DCM issuers in the FCA’s final rules By Peter Allen Duncan Kellaway Stephan Pachinger Reena Parmar Laura Clark-Jones Greg Garfield Magdalen Christie +4 more... Show less On 15 July 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Policy Statement PS25/9: “New rules for the public offers and admissions...
9/12/2025 12:54:55 PM UK prospectus regime reform – key changes for regulated market issuers in the FCA’s final rules By Christopher Mort Julian Makin Peter Allen Duncan Kellaway Stephan Pachinger Tom Godwin Richard Ho Reena Parmar Laura Clark-Jones Greg Garfield Egor Marisin Jennifer McCarthy +9 more... Show less On 15 July 2025, the FCA published Policy Statement PS25/9: ‘New rules for the public offers and admissions to trading regime’...
7/22/2025 7:17:03 PM UK National Security & Investment Screening: A More Business-Friendly Future? By Michele Davis Sarah Jensen Cara Carr A critical opportunity for investors and businesses to engage as enforcement levels increase Almost four years since the National...
7/15/2025 3:12:38 PM The India-UK Free Trade Agreement – key implications and takeaways By Rohit Bhat Piusha Bose Boyan Arshinkov Introduction On 6 May 2025, the UK and India signed the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA), expected to double bilateral trade and...
7/15/2025 1:59:08 PM FCA confirms new 75% threshold for further issuances By Christopher Mort Julian Makin Tom Godwin Richard Ho Katie Bentel Egor Marisin Jennifer McCarthy +4 more... Show less The FCA has today published final rules to implement the new public offers and admissions to trading regime (in PS 25/9, following its...