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On 20 July 2022 the Deputy Prime Minister, Dominic Raab, announced a package of measures designed to tackle the increased use of SLAPPs in the courts of England and Wales.
On 9 August 2022, the FCA issued its latest portfolio letter (Letter) to alternative asset management firms setting out its supervisory priorities.
Head of Incentives & Remuneration Mahesh Varia and Senior Associate Claire Prentice have produced the UK chapter of the latest edition of The Legal 500: Employee Incentives Country Comparative Guide.
In our latest Tax. Simplified. podcast, Tax Partner Simon Skinner and Senior Associate Joseph Sheldrick discuss the UK Government's proposal for a new corporate re-domiciliation regime.
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing Russia/Ukraine conflict, and rising inflation and interest rates have exacerbated a slowdown in the world economy. Many borrowers have availed themselves of low-cost debt in the decade since the financial crisis, and some may encounter challenges in servicing or refinancing this debt in a harsher economic climate.
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On 19 July HM Treasury issued a report on the outcome of the UK Secondary Capital Raising Review (the "Review").
In their expert analysis chapter for the latest edition of the International Comparative Legal Guides for Alternative Investment Funds, Travers Smith Funds Partners Jeremy Elmore and Sacha Gofton-Salmond discuss the evolution of liquidity solutions in private markets.
Travers Smith Funds Partner Jeremy Elmore and Head of Tax Emily Clark have produced the England & Wales chapter for the latest edition of the International Comparative Legal Guides for Alternative Investment Funds.
The UK Government has published its much anticipated Financial Services and Markets Bill (the Bill), previously touted by the former Chancellor as "Big Bang 2.0". The Bill as introduced may or may not be that, but it certainly includes a large number of substantial measures that will effect a major overhaul of the UK's regulatory framework for financial services.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Nest on its investment into a HarbourVest Partners fund, its second move into private equity this year.
Since the Supreme Court's rulings in Vedanta Resources Plc v Lungowe [2019] UKSC 20 ("Vedanta") and HRH Emere Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell [2021] UKSC 3 ("Okpabi"), much has been written about the potential impact these decisions may have on UK-domiciled businesses with foreign operations and, in particular, how they will assist claimants who wish to initiate large-scale group litigation.
Welcome to the third episode in our Spotlight on ESG video series.
In AIC Ltd v Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria [2022] UKSC 16 the Supreme Court has re-stated the principles to be applied when a judge is asked to revisit a judgment or final order before it has been sealed by the Court, where there has been a change in relevant circumstances in the meantime.
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Travers Smith LLP is advising O.C.S. Group Limited on the proposed sale of its facilities services business to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a leading global investment firm, under which funds managed by CD&R will acquire the entire share capital of OCS Group International Limited, the facilities services division ("OCS FS") of O.C.S.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Storeshield Limited, a subsidiary of the BOC Group, on the sale of Gist to Marks & Spencer. Gist is a contract logistics business with approximately 5,800 employees across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
Since the Government introduced the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the "Act") in March this year, there has been uncertainty as to how overseas entities (or those who deal with them) should prepare for the introduction of the new Overseas Entities Register (the "Register"). Some of those questions have now been answered, as we explain below.
The EU's Platform on Sustainable Finance ("PSF") – an expert group established to advise the European Commission – recently published a helpful draft report on so-called "minimum safeguards" ("MS") under sustainable finance legislation.