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The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill (known colloquially as Martyn's Law) is currently working its way through Parliament in the wake of attacks in Manchester and London in recent years.

Two developments in the United Kingdom demonstrate the country's renewed commitment to a sustainable data strategy with appropriate privacy and security safeguards.

The UK government is introducing new protectionist measures concerning acquisitions of businesses operating in the United Kingdom.

While the report stresses that long-term trends can't be identified in such a short period of time, the volume of notifications is slightly below the lower number of filings initially anticipated.

A landmark decision handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union (the ‘Court') yesterday, is set to dramatically change the direction of travel in EU countries...

In 1586 encoded letters were intercepted and admitted in evidence to convict Mary Queen of Scots of treason for plotting to kill Elizabeth I.

The existing public procurement regime is under reform. The reforms proposed in the Procurement Bill aim to, amongst other things, help mainstream innovation, improve the quality...

The National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) was introduced in January 2022, giving the Government more power to examine and potentially either block or apply conditions to certain transactions on...

On September 15, 2022, US President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) aimed at increasing the federal government's review of foreign investment in US businesses deemed...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) inaugural use of its criminal money laundering powers under Regulation 45 of the UK Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (MLR) against NatWest is viewed...

Our compliance expert dives deep into the murkier challenges to keep in mind when expanding to new countries.

The newly enacted National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the "Act") introduces a broad regime enabling the Government to intervene in M&A transactions on the grounds of national security.

The National Security and Investment Act 2021 will introduce a new mandatory notification regime for transactions that comes into force on 4 January 2022. We take a look at what it will cover.

On 25 June 2026, the UK Government published its decision to block the acquisition of TTG Global Solutions Group Limited (TTG Global) by Shenzhen HYT Science & Technology Co., Ltd (Shenzhen HYT)...

The UK government has proposed new registration requirements for foreign influence activities in the UK as part of its attempts to strengthen the resilience...

After September 11th 2001, German insurers excluded terrorism risks from the standard insurance coverage in particular under property insurances as well as under business interruption insurances.

The English Commercial Court recently gave judgment in a case in which a number of the defendants claimed state immunity – Basel Hashwah and others v. Qatar National Bank (Q.P.S.C.)...