ArticleHedging Of Investments - Foreign OperationsGuidance has been issued on identifying foreign currency risks on the hedging of investments in foreign operations.United KingdomAccounting and AuditSmith & Williamson
VideoFrontline - A Travers Smith Defence Series (Video)Travers Smith launches Frontline, a new series examining critical issues in the defence sector. The inaugural episode features Competition Partner Ingrid Hodgskiss discussing the UK's National Security & Investment Act and its implications for defence deal-making amid evolving geopolitical tensions. United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorTravers Smith LLP
ArticleHMRC Issues 'nudge' Letters To Recipients Of Foreign Investment IncomeHMRC is targeting taxpayers who received foreign investment income in 2019/20, and who, HMRC believes, claimed foreign tax credit relief incorrectly, or at the wrong rates.United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorReynolds Porter Chamberlain
ArticleWhat To Watch Out For In Defence FinancingsThe post-War geopolitical order no longer appears orderly or certain. The underpinnings of US hegemony and the stability provided by multilateral institutions such as the UN and NATO all seem less solid.United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorBracewell LLP
ArticleDerby Is Failing To Attract Its Fair Share Of Inward Investment, According To SurveyUnited KingdomStrategyHammonds
ArticleLeicester Is Failing To Attract Its Fair Share Of Inward Investment, According To Findings Of SurveyUnited KingdomStrategyHammonds
ArticlePrivate Capital: Antitrust & FDI Trends To Expect In 2024Over the last 12 months, continued geopolitical turbulence and strong macroeconomic headwinds have affected global deal-making activity, yet scrutiny and intervention...European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleEU Commission Proposes Stronger EU FDI Screening RegimeSince the EU's foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regime became effective in 2020, the EU Commission has reviewed over 1,200 FDI transactions...European UnionGovernment, Public SectorNorton Rose Fulbright
ArticleEU FDI Screening Regulation Published In Official JournalOn March 21, 2019, the European Union ("EU") published Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of March 19, 2019, establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments ("FDI") into the EUEuropean UnionGovernment, Public SectorMayer Brown
ArticleSupply Chain (2): New Measures On Rare Earths And Other Critical Raw MaterialsThe EU and UK are both taking steps designed to safeguard the supply of critical raw materials.European UnionGovernment, Public SectorTravers Smith LLP
ArticleGlobal M&A Outlook 2024: Ready For Take-off?Twelve months ago, we titled our M&A Report for 2023 "Headwinds, tailwinds and fog", because we didn't have clear visibility on activity levels for the year ahead.GlobalCorporate/Commercial LawHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
ArticleInternational Trade & Commodities Newsletter: In-Short V4In this issue we look at how Brexit could impact trade over the coming years, the potential of India as a future trading hub and what investment is required to re-invigorate Iran's oil and gas industry.GlobalInternational LawClyde & Co
ArticleA Fair Deal on ForexWayne Mitchell of specialist currency exchange broker Baydonhillfx explains how the business helps SMEs.United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawSmith & Williamson
ArticleNature-Based Solutions: The Next Infrastructure Asset Class?Nature-based solutions are evolving from grant-dependent conservation projects into structured infrastructure investments with contracted cashflows. As mandatory regulatory frameworks create durable demand and institutional investors recognize NbS as both a climate solution and portfolio risk hedge, this emerging asset class is attracting unprecedented capital attention.United KingdomEnvironmentJones Day
ArticleMoFo Funds Playlist – Summer Sonata 2018The MoFo Private Funds Group knows you are busy so we don't waste your time. United KingdomFinance and BankingMorrison Foerster
ArticleDutch Government Plans Retroactive Foreign Investment Screening In View Of COVID-19 CrisisOn June 2, 2020, the Dutch Government ("Government") announced that it plans to apply a proposed comprehensive foreign direct investment ("FDI") screening mechanism retroactively to...United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorJones Day
ArticleForeign Investments - UK National Security And Investment Act AdoptedOn 29 April 2021, the UK National Security and Investment Bill was granted Royal Assent and has therefore formally become law. The new National Security and Investment Act (NSIA)...United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorBird & Bird
ArticleNational Security And Investment Act: Government Confirms Updates In Response To Call For EvidenceIn November 2023 the government published a Call for Evidence on the impact of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act).United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorLewis Silkin
ArticleNorthern Powerhouse: Tangible Entity Or A Banner To March Behind?The Northern Powerhouse is real and is a genuine attempt to develop a programme capable of achieving sustained growth across the North to address the productivity gap and contribute more to UK PLC.United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorDeloitte
ArticleNSIA Annual Report: First Three Months Of New UK RegimeThe UK Government published last month its annual report on the application of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA). United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorShepherd and Wedderburn