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Draft regulations have been published which, if made, would create the ability to apply to access information on trusts relating to overseas entities that hold registered land in the UK.

The Commercial Payments Bill proposes to cap payment terms at 60 days, void non-compliant clauses, and arm the Small Business Commissioner with wider enforcement powers. Businesses in sectors with extended supply chains should audit existing supplier contracts now, as any payment terms exceeding 60 days will be rendered void under the new regime.

Private capital investment in professional services firms has surged in recent years.

The Court of Appeal has clarified the meaning of "public domain" in non-disclosure agreements, holding that professionally drafted NDAs use this term in its established legal sense to mean information generally accessible to the public. The decision provides crucial guidance on how courts will interpret confidentiality exceptions and what level of disclosure actually strips information of its protected status.

The legislative landscape has been substantially remodelled to introduce a new proactive obligation on all employers to take preventative measures to stop sexual harassment...

The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces sweeping changes to UK unfair dismissal law that will fundamentally alter the risk landscape for private capital managers and their senior executives. With the statutory compensation cap removed and qualifying periods slashed from two years to six months, firms face unprecedented exposure on high-value claims involving complex remuneration structures including carried interest, unvested equity, and discretionary bonuses.

The FCA announced in its recent asset management and alternatives portfolio strategy letter that it will start a multi-firm review of model portfolio services (MPSs) this year.

The Financial Conduct Authority has unveiled sweeping reforms to investment disclosure requirements, fundamentally changing how firms must present costs and charges to consumers while codifying restrictions on platform fee structures. These proposals promise to reshape the regulatory landscape for investment distributors, requiring significant operational changes beyond mere disclosure updates.

This note explores the trend in family offices increasing allocations to private capital funds, what is driving this trend and how GPs can best position themselves to benefit from the increased activity of family offices.

The latest investment management update highlights key FCA consultations on product disclosure, pension advice, and consumer duty, alongside ESMA's guidelines on ESG fund names and new EU regulations on ESG ratings, enhancing transparency and resilience across the sector

Experience of international financing transactions has shown us that legal constraints on a lender accelerating debt (demanding its immediate repayment) and enforcing allied security can vary across jurisdictions.

In this article, the authors consider the use of continuation funds in private credit by comparing and contrasting their adoption with increasingly popular...

The Chancellor of the High Court has published a new Practice Statement in respect of schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans.

The High Court has rejected a judicial review challenge by litigation funder Innsworth Capital against the Competition Appeal Tribunal's distribution of settlement proceeds in the landmark Merricks v Mastercard collective proceedings. The case raises fundamental questions about how settlement funds should be allocated between class members and litigation funders, and the extent to which the Tribunal can override contractual funding arrangements to protect class interests.

English lawyers can often be heard confidently asserting that forced heirship is unknown in their jurisdiction; the idea that the law obliges an individual to give a certain portion...

Rukhadze and others v Recovery Partners GP Ltd and another [2025] UKSC 10 was an appeal inviting the UK Supreme Court to change the legal test for an account of profits from a fiduciary.