Herbert Smith Freehills’ former Asia financial regulatory services head William Hallatt has joined Gibson Dunn & Crutcher with a team of three lawyers. Hallatt joined HSF in 2014 from Linklaters, where he was a managing associate in London. He relocated to Hong Kong and became a partner of HSF to build up the firm’s financial […]
A team of seven lawyers led by partner Michelle Gon have left Winston & Strawn’s Shanghai office and newly-formed strategic alliance YuandaWinston to join Chinese rival Han Kun. The team focusing on regulatory and compliance matters is Han Kun’s most significant recruitment in Shanghai since 2015, when it took on eight partners from domestic rival […]
Ashurst has hired a financial regulatory partner from Allen & Overy, as the former looks to expand its practice in the City. Etay Katz joins Ashurst’s financial regulatory practice after nearly 15 years at A&O, including ten as a partner. He joined the magic circle firm in 2006 after four years as an associate at […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has hired a regulatory and investigations partner from US firm Kirkland & Ellis. The US firm’s partner Sarah Klein is set to join the London office of the merged firm after four years. Klein had a stint at the Serious Fraud Office after working as an associate at Kirkland. There, […]
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has gone in-house for its latest London lateral hire, bringing in an expert from Morgan Stanley. The London office of the US firm has brought in Matthew Nunan, who until now was managing director and EMEA head of conduct risk at the financial institution. He will work on financial regulatory investigations […]
The Lawyer’s recent roundtable focused on understanding and complying with the new regulatory challenges from the FCA
Lawyers discuss the lessons that can be learned from recent cyber security breaches and the best ways to prevent future infringements
David Green QC will not step down next year as the last to fill what some describe as the most feared watchdog job in the UK. But who is fit for the task?
The complexities of sleeping on the job and the perils of loose talk are among the subjects tackled by this week’s experts.
The panel of experts discusses using data to horizon scan, identifying key legal issues through management information and how their firms are helping clients reduce costs related to legal risks.
Romania’s government is making some progress on corruption but a cut to the VAT rate and a new investor-friendly Fiscal Code should help reverse a dip in foreign investment.
This week’s top briefings writers from TheLawyer.com cover the regulatory and competition sectors, including how philanthropic fundraising through crowdfunding can clash with insurance claims, new UK public procurement rules, and Ukraine sanctions law.
Cross-border work and political tensions are dominating this year’s entries for Finance Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards. A complex sanctions and regulation landscape in Europe underpins many of the finance and banking work throughout the past year, with transactions impacted by international disputes and stringent regulatory requirements. This year, some of the […]
A study published recently by PwC looking at the global state of information security shows that many organisations lack both clear leadership and strategies for tackling the security threats they face. Indeed, not only do many fail to know how many security breaches they suffer, but the annual survey of business executives reveals they feel […]
ESMA has published its final report and Guidelines on Marketing Communications which set out disclosure principles and requirements for any communications which market funds to EU investors. The guidelines have been issued in the context of the new EU regime on the cross-border distribution of investment funds, which come into effect on 2 August 2021.
ESG. Unless you have been living under a rock these last 18 months (in hindsight probably not necessarily the worst place to have been) you will have heard these three letters over and over again. The hot topic of 2020 is carrying on full steam through the course of 2021 so far. While ESG investing has been gaining steady pace over the course of the last half decade, the use of ESG in financing arrangements has seen a recent proliferation.
The Government’s much anticipated response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation has finally been released but those seeking clarity at this stage may be left scratching their heads. It appears to represent no more than an indication of the Government’s direction of travel under considerable media pressure to ensure that “something must be done” […]
By Bernardine Adkins, Sean Giles In 2018, new measures were introduced to expand the scope of government intervention in mergers. This year, the government’s briefing note accompanying the Queen’s Speech proposes new rules on investment screening. What does this mean for business? Our experts examine the existing UK foreign direct investment rules, and explain what any […]
By Angus Evers, Peter Williams The government is consulting on a proposed future trajectory for the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) for commercial buildings. Its favoured approach is raising the minimum EPC rating to B by 2030. When proposals for MEES were first put forward in 2014, the minimum EPC rating that would permit a […]
By Serge Amar, Nicolas Dubé How does one reconcile the concept of equality of the parties before the court and the guiding principle of fair debate with a party’s statutory advantage of being able to obtain information and evidence from its opponent? Such was the question examined in Ville de Montréal c. Sanimax Lom inc., wherein the Superior Court had to […]
By Tiago Marreiros Moreira (partner), João Riscado Rapoula Tiago Marreiros Moreira (partner) and João Riscado Rapoula (managing associate) write for Practical Law da Thomson Reuters. In a Q&A format the lawyers make na overview of Portuguese Private Client legislation.
By Alan Corcoran, Charlotte Walker The closure of a school prior to its sale meant the use for which the land had originally been given had ceased and so the proceeds of sale did not belong to the local authority. This was the decision in Rittson-Thomas v Oxfordshire County Council, which concerned the redevelopment of a […]
Not every morality clause is created equal and the parties must consider what they hope to achieve when drafting the clause in order to ensure their reputation is protected. In November 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed a leave to appeal application on the application of a morality clause. Certain lessons can be pulled from […]
By Simon Clark, Gawain Moore In Gertner v CFL Finance Ltd [2018] the Court of Appeal found that there had been a material irregularity at the creditors’ meeting convened to consider the debtor’s IVA proposals. The lender’s breach of the good faith principle between creditors was sufficient to revoke the IVA on grounds of material irregularity.
By Gordon Harris If a deal is reached ahead of Brexit, the indications are that a transition period would preserve the status quo for intellectual property (IP) until the end of 2020. This article explores the implications of a no deal Brexit, for IP regimes supporting the UK automotive sector. It explains what would not be […]
By Mark Josselyn Earlier this year the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (“HRTO”) found that a corporate respondent was liable for the violations of the Ontario Human Rights Code perpetrated upon the applicant by the personal respondent in the course of his employment, relying upon the analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada in Robichaud v. […]
