The UK’s long-awaited regulatory regime for cryptoassets comes into force in October 2027. Firms that intend to provide regulated cryptoasset services at the point the new regime goes l...
The UK Government is proposing significant changes to the way in which alternative investment fund managers are regulated. The new regime would remove, simplify and streamline many of the...
The UK’s new public offer platform regime allows companies to use electronic platforms, operated by firms authorised by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, to offer securities to a ...
With the implementation of the UK’s new prospectus regime on January 19, 2026, five years of debate, consultations and reform to improve the competitiveness of the UK capital markets re...
On 26 August 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority approved the London Stock Exchange as the first operator of a PISCES. PISCES is the world’s first regulated private stock market that ...
Since 2021, successive governments and regulators have focused on reform of the UK’s capital markets and regulatory framework to strengthen the UK’s position as a leading financial ce...
The UK Financial Conduct Authority recently published its final rules for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System, a new regulatory framework under which operators...
The Treasury and State Departments have issued sanctions relief permitting U.S. and foreign persons to engage in a broad set of transactions with Syrian businesses, the Syrian government ...
Davis Polk counsel Mark Chalmers authored “What to note as HM Treasury, FCA plan new crypto regs” in Law360. In the article, Mark provides an overview of the current UK regime for cry...
Since 2023, the UK government has been engaging with the cryptoasset industry as part of its efforts to develop a regulatory regime for cryptoasset activities and services. In late April ...
