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On 10 April 2025, the CMA announced that it had provisionally found that undertakings in lieu of reference (UILs) offered by Schlumberger Limited (SLB)...

The CMA has made it its mission to speed up the Phase 1 and Phase 2 merger investigation process in the UK. Through the lens of Vandemoortele/Délifrance, Associated British Foods (ABF)/Hovis...

The UK government has reviewed its national security and investment regime, considering adjustments to sector definitions. New regulations allow individuals to protect their residential addresses from public disclosure at Companies House, effective January 2025.

King Charles III's speech outlines the Government's legislative agenda with significant corporate law reforms, including measures to tackle late payments to small businesses, improvements to merger control processes...

The judge had to decide whether the most serious kinds of breach (so-called repudiatory breaches) are ever capable of remedy.

The High Court has held that two earn-out calculations prepared by the buyer under a share sale agreement were not validly communicated to the sellers...

The High Court in KRF Services (UK) Ltd clarified that a company using unmodified Model Articles can operate with a sole director, allowing them to make decisions. This decision resolves ambiguity from previous cases, emphasizing the importance of clear articles regarding director requirements.

The High Court ruled that when LIBOR-based payment terms became unworkable, Standard Chartered's preference share dividends would reference the established "Proposed Rate," ensuring contract continuity.

Private credit continues to mature as an asset class. A sign of this increased maturity has been the trend for sponsors to launch evergreen funds as a means of providing investors with an alternative to the traditional closed-ended fund

This update covers key regulatory developments impacting investment management, including UK government reforms on financial services and pensions, FCA consultations on enforcement transparency and MiFID rules, and progress on sustainable finance and anti-fraud regulations.

SFDR 1.0 has fundamentally reshaped the ESG landscape for private capital managers since it came into force in 2021.

With effect from 6 April 2025, the UK's "non-dom" regime was abolished and replaced with a new four-year residence-based foreign income and gains (FIG) inpatriate regime.

Private capital is of significant and growing importance to the UK, both as a source of vital investment for UK projects but also as an industry that is itself a key component of the UK's financial services sector.

Google has launched appeals against the European Commission's Digital Markets Act enforcement, challenging binding specification decisions that require it to open Android features to competing...

A new rule issued by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will bring investment advisers – including private fund sponsors – within the scope of the US anti-money...

This year we have witnessed a significant rise in interest rates to levels not seen since 2009. This is being perceived as a tailwind for private debt funds as they lend at floating rates and...

The Government has published a paper titled "The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy", in which it has set out its vision for developing the UK economy and its industries.