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Following the announcement in last month's Leeds Reforms as discussed in our recent podcast available here, the Government is implementing the Berne Financial Services Agreement (BFSA)...

Fund manager M&A has been a hot topic in recent years and we have seen high levels of interest from both acquirors and target managers.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has introduced a comprehensive new framework for operational incident reporting and material third party arrangements, establishing unified reporting standards across financial regulators. With implementation set for March 2027, firms face significant changes to how they identify, assess, and report operational disruptions and critical vendor relationships.

Macfarlanes and Burness Paull recently advised Dobbies Garden Centres, the UK's largest operator of garden centres, on its restructuring plan under Part 26A...

The High Court has entertained the argument that an allegedly false statement contained in a draft disclosure letter produced during the course of transaction negotiations may have amounted to a misrepresentation.

The Government's manifesto included a clear commitment to reinvigorate commonhold and instil it as the default tenure. The announcement of 3 March 2025...

Welcome to the latest edition of our investment management update. This publication has been tailored to highlight topical news, cases and changes in the law impacting the investment management sector.

While the HM Treasury call for evidence is focused on the design of the future UK carried interest rules, the interaction of those rules with the taxation of inpatriates is equally important.

In the latest episode of our podcast, Matthew Ramsey is joined by Employment Associate Amy Powell and Lawtech Manager Oliver Jeffcott as they discuss the technological development of artificial intelligence.

The Mainpay ruling clarifies HMRC must show a link between taxpayer carelessness and tax loss, though not the exact counterfactual outcome. This nuanced decision impacts penalty disputes, emphasizing the fact-specific burden of proof on HMRC.

Recent FTT rulings highlight key tax relief requirements: EIS relief requires active trading, BPR disqualifies mainly investment businesses, open justice prevails in tax cases, and reasonable excuse tests remain objective, irrespective of advisor reliance.

2024 proved to be an eventful year for UK and EU competition enforcement and policy, as well as its (increasingly significant) neighbouring fields.

The European Commission has published draft new Merger Assessment Guidelines for public consultation, marking the first substantive revision of EU merger control guidance in over two decades.

Welcome to the latest edition of our investment management update. This publication has been tailored to highlight topical news, cases and changes in the law impacting the investment management sector...

On 20 June 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a consultation on proposed changes to its mergers guidance on jurisdiction and procedure (CMA2).