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Travers Smith's Financial Services & Markets team have submitted a response to the Treasury consultation on the draft legislative package for the regulation of cryptoassets.
HM Treasury is expected to publish legislation bringing stablecoins into the UK's regulatory perimeter imminently, following growing concern that the UK may be falling behind in this vital market. In this briefing we set out our views on what the legislation must address to avoid the industry being strangled at birth – with lasting impacts on growth and innovation in the UK.
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.
The Chancellor's Mansion House speech on 14 November 2024 was almost as hotly-anticipated as her Budget, with the speech's proposals on pension fund consolidation as extensively trailed in advance as the Budget's tax increases.
Smart contracts have been somewhat eclipsed by the recent focus on artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI. But as we explain below, smart contracts have their uses – and it's possible that in future, generative AI could complement smart contracts to further automate the contracting process.
Welcome to the seventh episode in our series of podcasts exploring the key legal issues relating to the development and use of artificial intelligence.
In February 2024, the Law Commission published – by way of a short consultation – its draft Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill (the Bill).
Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce its partnership with new client, nsave.
On 29 June 2023, having completed its passage through parliament, the Financial Services and Markets Bill received Royal Assent.
In this article, first published in the November 2022 edition of Butterworth's Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, Partner John Lee considers a key potential value proposition of smart contracts and its limits.
Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client The Access Group on its acquisition of the Construction Industry Solutions group (COINS).
In this podcast Jonathan Gilmour, Peter Hughes, John Lee and Adam Schnider consider the implications of the recent collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. They discuss some of the key issues that could arise from the insolvency of FTX or other crypto investment firms more generally, including priority of claims, proprietary rights in crypto-assets, tracing and recovery of crypto-assets, and cross-border insolvency issues.
Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client Graphite Capital on its agreement to acquire Digital Space, a leading secure, connected cloud managed service provider, from Horizon Capital.
Travers Smith LLP has advised PaySuite Limited, a division of long-standing client The Access Group, on the acquisition of Pay360 Limited, a leading UK provider of credit card and payments facilitation services to the public and private sector.
The FCA has now published PS22/9, its policy statement on a new Consumer Duty. This sets out feedback to the December 2021 consultation paper (which we covered in our New Year Briefing), and the final rules. Alongside the new rules, the FCA has also published FG22/5, final non-Handbook Guidance for firms on the Consumer Duty (Finalised Guidance). Potentially, a great many firms will be in scope and this will include some firms which would not consider themselves "retail".
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 longstanding client Livingbridge on its acquisition of the CitNOW Group ("CitNOW"), a global provider of front-office software to the automotive retail industry, from Tenzing Private Equity and other management shareholders. Tenzing will reinvest materially alongside Livingbridge.
Travers Smith LLP has advised S4 Capital plc on the combination between Media.Monks and Social Media Marketing agency, XX Artists, expanding its capabilities and client base in the core US market.
Travers Smith is advising EMIS Group plc on its recommended £1.243bn takeover offer by Bordeaux UK Holdings II Limited, an affiliate of Optum Health Solutions (UK) Limited and a wholly owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated.