IN THIS ISSUE:
Introduction
Supervisory Convergence in Financial Services
Proposals to amend the EMIR Supervisory Regime
On June 23, 2017, we passed the one year mark since the refer...
IN THIS ISSUE:
Introduction
Cross-border models for financial services
Societas Europea and cross-border mergers
On March 29th, 2017, the UK delivered a letter from the UK Pri...
Shareholder activism in the UK remained topical in 2016 with a number of high profile campaigns including ValueAct’s investment in Rolls Royce, Elliot’s investment in Meggitt and int...
On February 15, 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a Discussion Paper (DP17/2) seeking feedback on how the UK primary capital markets can most effectively meet...
On 3 February 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Practical Guide to national rules across the EEA on notifications of major shareholdings under the Tra...
IN THIS ISSUE:
Introduction
UK Supreme Court Judgment – the Miller Case
What will Brexit mean for benchmark administrators in the UK?
In the last few weeks, some welcome clarity has ...
IN THIS ISSUE:
Introduction
Walking on the cliff edge
New proposals for EU intermediate holding companies
“What’s the model? Have your cake and eat it.”
These were the handwrit...
In a ruling released yesterday morning, three senior judges of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (the “High Court”) handed the UK Government a significant defeat in relat...
IN THIS ISSUE:
Introduction
The ‘Great Repeal Bill’: the many unanswered questions
AIFMD and Brexit
As we move to a monthly schedule for the publication of Lex et Brexit, we fina...
IN THIS ISSUE:
Introduction
French pitch for Paris to become Europe’s financial center
A regime with sticking power: the EU Market Abuse Regulation
Despite the protestations of s...