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Natalie Lewis named in Financial News' Rising Stars of European Finance 2025 list

Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce that Natalie Lewis, a partner in the firm's award-winning Financial Services & Markets department, has been named as a Rising Star of European Finance 2025 by Financial News. The list recognises the most talented individuals under the age of 40 working in financial and professional services. 

Travers Smith advises Brooks Macdonald on its move from AIM to the Main Market

Travers Smith has advised long-standing client Brooks Macdonald Group plc, a leading provider of wealth management services in the UK, on its move from AIM to the Equity Shares (Commercial Companies) Category of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

FCA Strategy for 2025 and Beyond

On 25 March 2025, the UK Financial Conduct Authority published a feedback statement (FS25/2) responding to its earlier call for input on reviewing FCA requirements following the introduction of the Consumer Duty in July 2024 (the Feedback Statement). On the same day, the FCA also published its high-level five-year strategy setting out its key strategic priorities until 2030 (the Strategy Document).

Travers Smith advises Nest on its investment into IFM

Travers Smith LLP advised longstanding client Nest Corporation – the trustee of the National Employment Savings Trust – on the acquisition of a ten percent shareholding in Industry Super Holdings, the holding company of IFM Investors, a global institutional investor and asset manager operating across the infrastructure, debt investments and private equity markets. 

Court of Appeal gives narrow interpretation of "significant influence" exclusion from salaried members rules

In its recent judgment in HMRC v BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP, the Court of Appeal has overturned the decisions of the lower tribunals and supported HMRC's narrow interpretation of "significant influence".  In doing so, the Court introduced a new focus on the source of a member's influence, holding that the only influence that counts is that derived from legal rights and duties. In addition, the Court appeared to support HMRC's view that the scope of significant influence is limited to strategic influence over the affairs of the LLP generally.

Victory in Victoria

An Australian court has held that bitcoin is personal property, in a way that highlights our concern that the Law Commission's Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill (the Bill), presently going through Parliament, will create an unhelpful "fork" in the international legal treatment of cryptoassets.

Outsourcing Spotlight - Autumn - Winter 2024

Welcome to the third edition of the Travers Smith Outsourcing Spotlight. In this issue, we look at the impact on outsourcing of the new Labour Government's employment reforms and the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.  We also discuss a range of other topics including artificial intelligence, smart contracts and a recent Supreme Court decision on force majeure clauses.

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