Cross border Mergers & Acquisitions

Under the new EMIR/UK EMIR reporting rules and the latest set of amendments to EMIR (“EMIR 3.0”), greater focus is placed on reporting and reporting errors. Download our EMIR/UK EMIR Regulatory Reporting briefing to see how Travers Smith and Validus can help.

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

On 30 January 2026, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") launched a consultation on the introduction of mandatory sustainability reporting for listed companies, based on the yet-to-be-finalised UK Sustainability Reporting Standards ("UK SRS"). The consultation will be of high interest to any UK listed company – including overseas companies with a UK listing – though as we explain below, its immediate impact will be relatively limited for the next few years.

At the end of last year, we spent considerable ink (or its virtual equivalent) summarising HM Treasury's now finalised Financial Services and Markets 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2026 (the SI), and the FCA's barrage of cryptoasset consultation papers that followed in quick succession.

Although the new regulatory regime for heat networks came into force on 27 January 2026, a number of aspects are being phased in over the next 12 months. We look at what businesses caught by the regime need to do – and when.

Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client Investec Alternative Investment Management (“IAIM”), a subsidiary of Investec Bank plc (“Investec”), on the fundraising of its flagship fund, Investec Private Debt Fund II ("PDF II"). PDF II raised more than €600m in total commitments exceeding its target.

Travers Smith has advised the Hickman family on the sale of Pontrilas Group to Glennon Brothers.