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Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client Marshall Group on the sale of Slingsby Advanced Composites to Mangohojden AB, a privately held Swedish company seeking to develop a group of specialist aerospace and defence businesses.
Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce the promotion of four lawyers to Senior Counsel, effective from 1 July.
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) can be enforced by Member States from 28 June 2025. Impacting businesses across a broad range of sectors, the EAA applies to many categories of consumer products and services, particularly digital technologies, which range from payment terminals and smartphones to consumer banking services and online shops. The aim: to make all these products and services accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. While the EAA applies to products and services provided within the EU (including by UK-based businesses), as we explore later in this briefing, businesses operating exclusively in the UK market also cannot afford to be complacent about accessibility.
In this edition, we look at the UK Government's 10 year Infrastructure Strategy and whether the "Washington effect" has trumped the "Brussels effect" in relation to ESG regulation. We also provide updates on topics including planning reform, housing, heat networks, national security, pension fund infrastructure investment and carbon markets.
On 28 June 2025, Member States can start enforcing the European Accessibility Act ("EAA") – a deadline which may have crept up on some firms in the banking and financial services sector. The EAA applies to a broad range of financial services and associated digital technologies, from payment terminals to online banking platforms. This means banks, payment services providers, e-money and other providers of financial services to retail customers must review their customer interfaces, products and related documentation to ensure compliance. If EAA compliance has slipped down your "to do" list, now is the time to act. As we discuss later in this briefing, businesses operating in the UK market also cannot afford to be complacent about accessibility.
The UK heat network market is growing fast, providing opportunities for both suppliers and property developers/owners looking for low carbon energy solutions. But what are heat networks, where are they being rolled out and how are they regulated? And what are the key issues when making contractual arrangements involving heat networks?
Travers Smith LLP has announced today the promotion of nine lawyers to its partnership, with effect from 1 July 2025.
Welcome to our series of bitesize Energy & Infrastructure videos, where we will be providing digestible horizon scan updates on the key developments across ten different areas of sustainable infrastructure that we will see more of in the coming years.
Welcome to the fourth edition of Travers Smith's Outsourcing Spotlight. In this issue, we look at whether a possible change in the approach to equal pay could undermine incentives to outsource. We also discuss the implications of the UK Government's Immigration White Paper, new legislation on premises and consumer-facing outsourcings and take an in-depth look at longer term outsourcings.
In this short video, Rich Offord, Katie Hindley and Jonathan Rush highlight some of the key issues for customers when negotiating payment clauses in commercial contracts. Topics covered include common pitfalls when seeking to withhold payments in response to poor supplier performance and the importance of set off rights. We also discuss why some customers may need to devote more attention to whether they are paying their suppliers on time and the remedies specified in the contract for late payment.
Travers Smith has advised NYSE-listed RPM International Inc., which owns subsidiaries that are world leaders in specialty coatings, sealants, building materials and related services, on the acquisition of the Star Brands Group, the UK-based parent company of The Pink Stuff, for RPM's subsidiary, Rust-Oleum.
In light of the ongoing uncertainty over increases in US tariffs, we look at the contractual implications for both suppliers and customers involved in international trade. This briefing discusses who pays, including the impact of Incoterms, and whether parties can avoid their contractual obligations based on force majeure clauses, material adverse change (MAC) clauses or frustration.
Our regular round-up of recent and forthcoming developments in law and practice for in-house counsel.
Travers Smith has advised Equisoft Inc. on the sale of Altus Consulting, its UK insurance, investments and financial services advisory services business, to Accenture.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Crossbay on its latest UK acquisition of the 65,000 sq ft single-let warehouse from abrdn, taking its UK portfolio to over 1m sq ft.
6 April 2025 has now been confirmed as the "go live" date for most of the consumer law provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 ("DMCCA"). These changes will give the UK one of the toughest enforcement regimes in the world, with the prospect of fines of up to 10% of global turnover on B2C businesses for infringing UK consumer law.
Paddy Power's consumer terms and conditions failed to protect it against having to pay out over £1 million after an online game mistakenly indicated that a player had won a "Monster Jackpot". We discuss what lessons can be drawn from this dispute and two previous cases involving similar claims for million pound wins. We also look at the wider implications for B2C contracts, beyond the sphere of online games.
For businesses within the scope of the Online Safety Act, achieving compliance and swiftly adapting to extensive new guidance is a significant challenge. The contrasting approaches in Europe to online safety and the tensions with the US over content moderation further complicate the landscape.
In late 2024, the UK Government announced its intention to "crack down on late payments" and outlined a number of measures intended to support this. We look at what the changes mean and why it's more important than ever to take late payment seriously as an issue.