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The UK National Security and Investment Act came into force on 4 January 2022, significantly extending the UK Government’s power to investigate and intervene in transactions which pose, or could pose,...
Author(s): David Bor, Katharina Crinson, Ken Baird
Reforms to “fine tune” the system – with more opportunities ahead for stakeholders to help make the regime as pro-business as possible A little over two years since it came into force, the UK Governme...
Author(s): Alastair Mordaunt, Sarah Jensen, Iona Crawford
On 17 April 2024 the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (the UKJT), chaired by Sir Geoffrey Vos, published its Legal Statement on Digital Assets and English Insolvency Law. This is the third paper to be issue...
Author(s): Nicholas Cooper, Rob Gray, Katharina Crinson
Prompted by the EU Restructuring Directive and accelerated by the pandemic, jurisdictions all across Europe have completely transformed their restructuring regimes in recent years. This is part of a g...
Author(s): Jamie Murray-Jones, Lindsay Hingston, Katharina Crinson
On 21 March 2024, Advocate General (AG) Nicholas Emiliou recommended setting aside the General Court (GC) judgment in Illumina/Grail, which had previously confirmed the European Commission’s interpret...
Author(s): Paul van den Berg, Merit Olthoff, Gian Luca Zampa, Rikki Haria, Tuna Tanik, Jan Jeram, Riccardo Fadiga
Following a series of important decisions in England and across Europe, it is now beyond doubt that court-based restructuring processes should be approached from the outset as pieces of litigation. We...
Author(s): Craig Montgomery, Katharina Crinson, Frank Clarke, Harry White, Xuan Boh
The FCA’s upcoming reform of the listing regime will consign to history the familiar premium and standard segments. Companies aiming for London as their primary listing will find a ready home on the ...
Author(s): Tom Godwin, Richard Ho, Jennifer McCarthy
Amsterdam based Freshfields partner, Michael Broeders, was appointed on 10 October 2023[1] by the Amsterdam Court as Restructuring Expert (herstructureringsdeskundige) to take over the conduct of the...
Author(s): Michael Broeders, Lindsay Hingston, Mijke Sinninghe Damsté, Huub Boekhorst