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A new toolkit for gender-inclusive competition law

Until recently, competition policy has been considered through a gender-neutral lens – focused on “average” consumers, characterised by economically rational criteria and preferences, and the generic…

Author(s): Morag Elwis, Nicholas French, Kaori Yamada, Ermelinda Spinelli, Vanessa van Weelden

  • antitrust and competition
  • antitrust litigation
  • cartels
  • consumer
  • diversity
  • esg
  • merger control
  • governance
  • investigations and enforcement

The European Critical Raw Materials Act: A quick summary on what it does and when it’s coming

The European Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) – which is at the heart of the EU’s effort to address critical raw materials strategic dependencies and create resilient, and sufficiently diversified…

Author(s): Eric Leikin, Samantha Tirthdas, Kieran Watkins

  • energy and natural resources
  • europe
  • regulatory
  • supplychain
  • trade

Fifteen years after introducing the “trend setting” interest barrier rule, German Finance Ministry proposes further interest cap rule

The German Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) recently released the draft “Growth Opportunities Act” (Wachstumschancengesetz). If enacted, it would provide for numerous changes to the German corporate…

Author(s): Katharina Kubik, Philipp Redeker, Viktoria Keil

  • transferpricing
  • europe
  • financing and capital markets
  • regulatory
  • tax

EU’s foreign subsidies regime officially kicks off – a new chapter for M&A and public procurement in the EU

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (Commission) published the much-awaited final version of the Implementing Regulation on proceedings pursuant to the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR)…

Author(s): Andreas von Bonin, Merit Olthoff, Martin McElwee, Paul van den Berg, Vanessa van Weelden, Aytaç Çelebi, Joanna Goyder

  • antitrust and competition
  • global financial investors
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • public procurement
  • state aid
  • europe
  • tax

ESG – a fertile field for class actions in the Netherlands

ESG is a growing area for class actions in the Netherlands. This is against a backdrop of a jurisdiction that already champions consumer redress generally through implementation of the Representative…

Author(s): Mijke Sinninghe Damsté, Jeroen Van Hezewijk, Jelle Drok, Marco Vogels, David De Bock, Basya Klinger

Proposals to clarify and modernise the UK’s transfer pricing, diverted profits tax and permanent establishment rules

On 19 June 2023, the UK Government published a consultation on reforms intended to clarify and modernise the UK’s transfer pricing (TP), diverted profits tax (DPT) and permanent establishment (PE)…

Author(s): Edward Buxton, Helen Buchanan, Sarah Bond

  • tax
  • regulatory structuring
  • regulatory framework
  • investment funds and managers

Worklife 2.0: Employers of record – the sky is the limit? Part 4 – Tax considerations

We are seeing an increasing number of companies partnering with “employers of record” (EoRs). As previously discussed (here...

Author(s): Samuel Withnall, Regina Erie, May Smith

  • employment
  • emergingcompanies
  • tax
  • employers of record

Life sciences - what to expect in 2023

We anticipate a year of reserved optimism in the life sciences industry for 2023. Despite uncertain financial markets and pricing challenges in the US, we expect an uptick in transactional activity,…

Author(s): Adam Golden, Harriet Hanks

  • life sciences
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