ICE Benchmark Administration Proposes to Cease the Publication of Certain USD LIBOR Settings and US Regulators Encourage Banks to Stop Using LIBOR

The U.K.-EU Brexit deal provides no new transition period for financial services, nor any new arrangements to replace the existing “passport.” This

The English Court of Appeal has handed down an important judgment on the correct construction of Article 31(2) of the Brussels Recast Regulation

In its much-anticipated judgment in Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd 2020 UKSC 48, the U.K. Supreme Court has ruled on the

In our May 2020 Competition Litigation Update, we covered the hearing of the landmark Supreme Court case of MasterCard Incorporated v Walter Hugh

Across Europe, governments are seeking to impose increased controls on foreign investment in assets that are important to the security of a country

On October 27, 2020 the U.K. Takeover Panel (the “Panel”) published a consultation (the “Consultation”) on a series of significant changes to the

The European Securities and Markets Authority has confirmed its position, originally proposed in March 2019, that the derivatives trading obligation

The European Supervisory Authorities have published final draft amending Regulatory Technical Standards on the application of EU bilateral margining

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has had and will continue to have wide-ranging implications for businesses, governments and

On November 6, 2020 the U.K. Supreme Court handed down a judgment relating to the Servier U.K. Competition damages litigation, in which it made key

On 11 November 2020, the U.K. Government announced long-awaited and extensive reforms to the U.K. Foreign investment regime. The reforms proposed are

In the previous two notes in this series we assessed first whether COVID-19 constitutes a force majeure event (FM) and secondly the impact of

While this guide discusses several specific tasks for corporates to take on as the transition deadline approaches, a transition must be premised on a

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has announced that it will be one of the 23 regulators participating in the cross-border testing initiative

Following its consultation earlier this year, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published its final policy statement and rules to extend

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a further statement confirming that U.K. Credit ratings can be endorsed by EU credit

Following its statement at the start of October 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority has announced that U.K. Trading venues have been

The past year has seen some important judgments and hearings (with judgment awaited at the time of writing) on several subjects, some of which may

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published an updated statement on the impact of Brexit on the trading obligation for shares where