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7/15/2025 11:38:20 AM

FCA publishes final UK prospectus rules: Key takeaways for equity issuers

By Fiona Millington Richard Sheen Clementine Hogarth +2 more...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its final rules in relation to reform of the UK prospectus regime in PS 25/9:...

8/12/2025 3:42:38 PM

‘Auto-renew’ provisions: What does the AP Wireless case mean for telecoms and data centre operators and customers in the UK?

By Kirsty Harrower

On 25 July 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in the case of AP Wireless II (UK) Ltd v On Tower (UK) Ltd. The appeal...

8/12/2025 3:13:41 PM

UK Electricity Networks consultation: Streamlined consents, land access and rights

By Amy Allen

On July 8, the UK government opened its Electricity Network Infrastructure consultation which proposes major reforms to speed up grid...

8/12/2025 3:03:20 PM

Notice in a nutshell: Gonzalez, Sheth, Urra

By Katie Stephen

On 1 July 2025, the Upper Tribunal (UT) released its judgment in relation to spoofing activity carried out by three bond traders,...

8/7/2025 1:36:12 PM

Building Safety Update: Levy on residential developments and deadlines for unsafe cladding removal

By Amy Allen

Building Safety Levy: Government publishes draft regulations and guidance On July 10, 2025, the government published the Building Safety...

8/1/2025 10:34:35 AM

Notice in a nutshell: Vocalink Limited

By Katie Stephen

On 9 July 2025, the Bank of England (BoE) published a Final Notice in respect of Vocalink Limited (the firm), imposing a fine of £11.9...

7/31/2025 4:33:14 PM

Draft FSR guidelines – the art of saying much while clarifying little?

By Alexandra Rogers Jay Modrall Violetta Bourt +2 more...

On 18 July 2025, the European Commission (EC) published draft guidelines on the application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR),...

7/28/2025 10:25:04 AM

Federal Court of Justice issues landmark ruling on transaction-value based threshold in Meta/Kustomer case

By Tim Schaper Jens Steger David Fila +1 more...

In recent months, there have been several significant developments in German case law concerning the transaction-value based threshold...

7/25/2025 5:18:46 PM

‘Key takeaways’: The EC’s online food delivery cartel decision

By Alexandra Rogers Oscar Baker

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (EC) imposed a total of € 329 million in fines on Delivery Hero (DH) and Glovo for cartel conduct...

7/25/2025 3:29:56 PM

Surprise surprise: Proposed ban on upward only rent review shakes commercial property industry

By David Hawkins Amy Allen

The commercial property sector was taken by surprise on 10 July 2025, when the government introduced its English Devolution and Community...

7/25/2025 1:58:36 PM

Industry leaders convene to debate supply chain crisis on aviation

By Nick Roberts

The Aviation Club UK forum met in our London office earlier this month to discuss “Supply chain resilience in the current crisis”. Key...

7/24/2025 2:02:44 PM

Notice in a nutshell: Donaldson and Arden

By Katie Stephen Chris Pearson

On 16 June 2025, the Upper Tribunal released its decision in respect of referrals by the former CEO of Metro Bank, Craig Donaldson, and...

7/24/2025 1:23:28 PM

What’s the story? UK merger control reforms galore-y

By Ian Giles Mark Daniels

Deal-makers should be aware that a host of UK merger control reforms are being implemented or in the works – not only to the...