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The Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) has had a busy period recently, publishing several new pieces of technical advice for HM Treasury. Established in 2021 to provide non-binding technical ...
Our latest briefing provides an update on the requirements of the ISSB Standards, the newly adopted European Sustainability Reporting Standards and the US SEC’s proposed rules on climate-related ...
This article by Anthea Bowater and Maisie Heath outlines how the FCA and PRA’s expectations have shifted over the last 12 months in relation to climate strategy, engaging with counterparties on ESG, ...
EU Securitisation Regulation A practice note setting out the key elements of the EU Securitisation Regulation and how these apply to sell-side and buy-side parties to securitisation transactions. It ...
Introduction The digital age has radically reshaped many aspects of life. It has made many things in life easier, faster and more efficient. For example, digital payments are increasingly the norm,...
A sector note setting out the key considerations arising for the banking industry concerning climate change, as well as a discussion of sustainable finance offerings in the industry. This sector note...
The UK tax authority, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), recently published (substantially) revised guidance on the loan relationship unallowable purpose rules. In the article available at the link below, ...
In the article available at the link below, Emily Szasz and John Tolman from our London Tax team discuss the recent consultation published by the UK tax authority outlining a new UK stamp tax on ...
The UK tax authority, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), has launched a consultation on the taxation of decentralised finance (DeFi) cryptoasset lending and staking transactions. Under consultation is a ...
The slides and video recording of the event are available here: Slides Video recording In this Listed Company Academy Hot Topics Call, which was held on 10 May 2023, we covered the following: AGENDA ...
After months of waiting, the UK Government has now introduced into Parliament the text of the hotly anticipated Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill. Sarah Cardell, CEO of the UK ...
Summary of the seminar jointly hosted by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. On 21 March 2023, Rasul Butt, Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong ...
ADGM Court Accepts Supervisory Jurisdiction Over Onshore Abu Dhabi Arbitration (A6 v. B6) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has secured a victory for its client in a precedent-setting judgment ...
On 23 March 2023, the new DLT Pilot Regime entered into force. This European market infrastructure regulation aims to promote distributed ledger technology (DLT) in securities trading and settlement ...
In the article available at the link below, our London Tax team share their experience of the approach the UK tax authority (HMRC) is taking to unallowable purposes enquires, with a focus on the loan...
Following a challenging year for cryptoassets, 2023 is the year of legislative reform as legislators calibrate their approach to businesses operating in this space. Banks are still hesitant to take ...
In this article Anthea Bowater and Sarah Robinson consider the UK’s Supreme Court decision in Stanford International Bank v HSBC [2022] UKSC 34. This article was first published in the January/...
In this article Sarah Parkes and Emma Probyn consider key UK court decisions in 2022 and implications for financial services firms. This article was first published in the January/February 2023 issue...
This article highlights key decisions from financial services enforcement in the UK in 2022, looking at the themes emerging from those decisions and what we might expect in 2023. The table below ...
The taxation of cryptoassets is far from straightforward. Even if we assume that most tax authorities ultimately want to replicate the tax treatment of equivalent traditional assets, there are a ...