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English law remains one of the United Kingdom’s leading invisible exports in the professional services sector.

The SEC has proposed sweeping changes to custody rules for investment advisers and registered funds, introducing a framework for crypto asset custody while modernizing longstanding requirements. The proposal establishes conditions under which advisers may self-custody crypto assets when no qualified custodian is available, expands the use of broker-dealers as custodians, and addresses discretionary trading authority in ways that could significantly broaden the rule's scope.

On March 22, 2017, the SEC adopted an amendment to the settlement cycle rule under the Securities Exchange Act to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer securities...

Transactional attorneys are expressing cautious optimism about an increasing demand for work after the Federal Reserve this week trimmed interest rates by a quarter-point...

Largely in response to the recent financial crisis, Congress has just approved the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" ("Act").

Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act") provides, for the first time, a comprehensive regulatory framework for the over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives markets.

There has been much discussion of the changes being made to AIFMD¹ following the publication of the amending directive, so called AIFMD 2.0².

The recent financial crisis has resulted in the largest number of bank failures since the savings and loan crisis in the late 1980s and early 1990s ("S&L Crisis").

This update summarises current regulatory developments in the European Union and certain member states including the UK, focussing on the investment funds and asset management and related sectors, during the past month.

The time between the signing and closing of an M&A deal is lengthening—by quite some distance.

The High Court has held that the iniquity exception to privilege applied in respect of certain aspects of a transaction, so that no privilege attached to various categories of documents over which the defendants...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has released the full agenda and panel lineup for its April 25 roundtable, "Know Your Custodian: Key Considerations for Crypto Custody." The speaker list is impressive...

The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have been jointly cracking down on the use of "expert" consulting networks that they say paid company employees to provide funds with material inside information about their employers.

La loi Sapin II, loi anticorruption datant du 9 décembre 2016, semble être un outil particulièrement efficace aux mains du parquet.

Exoneration clauses are used in trustee documentation in order to restrict a trustee’s liability for loss or damage to the trust fund.

During the course of the last three months, there has been a significant focus on the activity of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).