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We are excited to be hosting our fifth annual Alternative Insights Summit on Thursday 18 June.

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.

Travers Smith has advised a consortium of lenders on the financing arrangements supporting Arcus Infrastructure Partners’ acquisition of 100% of WCCTV, a leading provider of rapidly deployed, temporary & mobile CCTV systems in the UK and United States.

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.

Earlier this month, the Government published a draft set of regulations laying out the framework for a new register of contractual controls (authorised by section 221 of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023) along with some Government guidance.

The UK Government has now confirmed that it will lay secondary legislation before Parliament later this year to implement the anticipated reforms to the UK's National Security and Investment Act 2021 ("NSI Act") regime.

The UK Government has confirmed plans to proceed with reforms that will give the UK one of the toughest late payment regimes in the world. This will include fines for persistent late payers, mandatory late payment interest of 8% above base, maximum 60 day payment terms (with some exceptions), a time limit for disputing invoices and a new low cost adjudication process.  But as we explain below, the devil will be in the detail.