Cynthia O'Donoghue and Aselle Ibraimova from Reed Smith's London Office discuss changes in the EU/UK to the standard contractual clauses for data transfers between EU/UK and non-EU/non-UK countries.

The reasoning of the decision has now been published and provides a number of answers to questions which are important for future contractual netting arrangements.

Fuelled by continued macro-economic uncertainty, the European CMBS market is currently experiencing a prolonged period of malaise.

Becoming a theme of increasing concern, competition regimes from across the globe have stated to take new measures to sanction natural persons

We have seen a dramatic increase in interest in hedging FX risk related to investments by private equity funds.

We have seen a dramatic increase in interest in hedging FX risk related to investments by private equity funds.

This week saw the High Court clash between the swap provider, UBS, and the recently appointed replacement note trustee (Glas Trust Corporation) on the embattled Fairhold Securitisation.

On 7 April, the Bank of England gave financial firms a hard deadline of 14 July for submitting their contingency plans for Brexit, which passed last Friday

The outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is getting worse. The World Health Organisation reports that 1,396 have already lost their lives

The ACPR and AMF, French financial regulators, focused on anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism, internal control procedures, conflicts of interest and market abuse infringements in 2016.

On July 3, 2019 the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) published an updated guidance on the use of cookies. Although the guidance confirms

On March 29, 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published final rules that will create a new operational resilience framework for banks, building societies, solvency II firms, recognized...

Given the widespread popularity and quotidian usage of mobile apps, the issue of privacy should not be forgotten.

A recent case acted as a reminder of the risk inherent in taking a contractual deposit which is greater than the market norm.

We were reading in the Property Week (27th May edition) just how unreliable an EPC rating can be. This matters because from 2018 when new minimum energy efficiency regulations (MEES) start to apply.

This update outlines the outcome of MEPC 70 (which took place on 24-28 October 2016), the global monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system to be introduced by the IMO across the shipping sector and next steps towards an international deal on maritime greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

In an alert last year, we looked at payment obligations under English law and how payment instruments commonly referred to as ‘guarantees' may be misleading.

The Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (EC) No 906/2009 (the "CBER") allows for the joint operation of liner shipping companies with combined market share below 30% through 'consortia' to ensure stable distribution of goods.

Listeners to our webinar on Wednesday will recall the discussion of the sanctions in play against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, also known as North Korea).

The statement serves as a reminder that the issue of Iranian sanctions remains a live, and complex, issue.