A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

The Employment Rights Bill has received Royal Assent, becoming the Employment Rights Act 2025. The Act paves the way for significant reforms to UK employment law, with the key changes to be phased in starting from April 2026.

In its first infringement decision under the UK's new consumer enforcement regime, the Competition and Markets Authority has fined the AA £4.2 million and required it to repay over £700K to consumers.  This is just the latest in a series of developments indicating that B2C businesses in the UK face a much tougher regulatory environment than in the past.  We explain why it's essential to take this threat seriously and what consumer-facing businesses can do to reduce their risk.

Welcome to our 'A new era for HR' podcast series.

Over the past two decades, the value of sports franchises and related assets has skyrocketed, with rapid revenue growth across various commercial streams including the more traditional broadcasting and sponsorship (both now of course more global than ever), to new commercial tie ups and off field year round monetisation of stadia. While the skyrocketing valuations have prompted some commentators to argue that we could be witnessing the formation of a "sports bubble", this does not seem correct to us.

Our round-up of recent and forthcoming developments in UK law and practice for our international stakeholders.

Our regular round-up of recent and forthcoming developments in law and practice for in-house counsel.

April marks the beginning of both:

During 2025, HMRC paused their concessionary treatment for administrative errors relating to withholding tax on cross-border interest payments. The concession is paused while HMRC review the UK's procedures for claiming relief under a double tax treaty.

Welcome to the first edition of Travers Smith's Crisis Management and Investigations Circular, providing a bite-size round-up of recent developments in the world of crisis management and investigations.

Our Tax. Stats. guide, contains all the key UK tax information you need for the 2026/27 tax year.

In this four minute video, we discuss some of the key pitfalls with those mundane – but often quite important – clauses in commercial agreements known as boilerplate. Sarah Robinson, Nick Brady, Mike Ross and Jonathan Rush explain some of the key points to watch out for.

The outbreak of war in the Middle East has delivered a series of economic and operational shocks and a stark reminder of the fragility of global supply chains. For businesses, the conflict has not only intensified immediate financial, logistical and operational pressures, but also highlighted the critical importance of:

Ahead of the introduction of the new renters' rights regime on 1 May 2026, the Government has laid several new sets of regulations to tie up the loose ends and allow the regime to function smoothly.  This short briefing gives an overview of the most recent statutory updates.

While a far cry from the sweeping GDPR compliance uplift of 2018, trustees are nonetheless faced with a new series of data protection and e-privacy reforms under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) – most of which came into effect on 5 February 2026. The DUAA was a long time in the making and despite receiving Royal Assent on 19 June 2025, the various changes are being phased in over time via secondary legislation.

The EU is on a well-publicised mission to boost competitiveness. Guided by its 2025 "competitiveness compass", which sets an ambitious course, growth and innovation are at the heart of this mission, and venture capital and start-up businesses are key to its success.

Welcome to our series of podcasts focusing on international employment law.

Institutions and others wishing to invest in or use (whether for collateral, payments or other commercial purposes) digital assets should take note of a recent decision of the English High Court in Yuen v Li [2026] EWHC 532. The case considered the causes of action (and related remedies) available under English law to someone arguing that their Bitcoin has been stolen.