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Travel restrictions due to COVID-19 are having an unprecedented impact on the way that many businesses operate.

In our article of 30 March 2020, we noted the importance of directors continuing to monitor their businesses' solvency.

"Unprecedented" is the word most conspicuously deployed to describe the current environment, and your familiarity with history beyond the modern era will dictate how appropriate you find the usage to be.

Welcome to the third newsletter in our series of joint editions of On Target and Collateral.

As a result of the current pandemic, many charities have had to cancel events. Not only may they have already spent considerable sums of money on organising and publicising these events...

Financial services firms have recently become more attuned to the challenges of adopting business continuity plans (BCPs) in light of the spread of the coronavirus.

On May 20, 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority issued a public statement on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the half-yearly financials of listed issuers.

The UK Government has announced a further financial scheme to assist business during the unprecedented coronavirus crisis – the Future Fund.

In the context of investment businesses, it is important to remember that regulatory capital is designed to help a firm conduct an orderly wind down and to act as buffer for external and internal shocks.

On 20 April 2020, the UK Treasury announced a support package aimed at helping start-ups whose businesses are facing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Head of Alternative Investments, Simon Burgess, examines how investors may turn to infrastructure as governments look for support in completing projects and rebooting economies.

Joydeep Sengupta discusses the impact of COVID-19 on compliance functions and resources developed by Mayer Brown to assist clients.

Cost cutting has been a major topic of discussion in the art industry this month. I have participated in several interesting discussions regarding resource sharing and am optimistic that there will be more offerings for art business in the near future.

The Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) is a new scheme introduced to help smaller businesses impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19)

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, several key updates for UK and European capital markets have recently been released, focusing primarily on financial reporting...

The SFTR requires all securities financing transactions (SFTs) to be reported to EU-recognized trade repositories.

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2020 (the "Bill") introduces a flexible restructuring compromise or arrangement for companies in financial difficulty (the "Restructuring Plan").