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On 17 July 2024 the EU General Court (the Court) delivered the first substantive EU ruling concerning the application of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The ruling – which confirms the designation...

The High Court upheld an exclusive jurisdiction clause favoring English courts in Dexia v Trentino. The ruling emphasized the high threshold to override contractual jurisdiction clauses, reaffirming English courts' pragmatic approach to enforceability in cross-border disputes.

Treasury response to House of Lords report on the FCA's and PRA's secondary international competitiveness and growth objectives (the SICGO Report)

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

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...

The European Commission has opened twin investigations into Meta and Google's conduct in relation to generative AI assistants and related services.

Loan-on-loan financing structures have become essential in commercial real estate lending, enabling credit funds to leverage originated loans. As this back leverage technology expands beyond CRE into other asset classes, practitioners must navigate complex securitisation regulations, capital treatment considerations, and intricate documentary requirements that balance lender control with underlying asset performance.

The Court of Appeal has unanimously overturned a Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling in Deckers v Up & Running, clarifying the legal test for 'by object' competition law infringements in selective distribution systems. This landmark judgment examines whether terminating a distributor for using an anonymised discount website constitutes unlawful resale price maintenance, and what role market context plays in determining anticompetitive conduct.

Walter Merricks CBE launched his class action against Mastercard in 2016. The claim was brought on behalf of a class of around 44 million people – anyone who purchased goods or services from any business...

The Institutional Limited Partners Association has released draft guidance that significantly expands disclosure requirements and governance standards for continuation vehicle transactions in private capital markets.

The changes, which follow reforms to the circumstances in which a company or other entity may offer its equity securities to the public, bring rule-making power closer to the regulator...

On 6 March 2025, the CMA cleared the completed acquisition of CWT Holdings, LLC (CWT) by Global Business Travel Group Inc (GBT) after reversing the findings of its Interim Report.

A theme of self-regulation pervades the results of the FCA's non-financial misconduct survey, with the onus put on firms to draw the necessary conclusions.

Despite having certain common features that were considered indicative of undue influence, the judges in each of Copley v Winter EWHC 1712 Ch 2023 and Rea v Rea EWHC 1901 Ch 2023...

For private fund managers, the benefit of retailisation is clear: an opportunity to raise additional capital and increase assets under management via an expanded investor base.

The 2023 United Nations Climate Conference of Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...

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UK voters elected a new parliament on 4 July, resulting in the first handover of power in over 14 years. With Labour having secured a historic landslide victory – and, arguably, a clear mandate for change ...