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UK Financial Insights from Katten | Issue 18

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/30/2025

UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more

PRA and FCA Offer New Guidance on How Changes in Control Will Be Assessed

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/27/2025

On 1 November 2024, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a joint policy statement (PS 18/24) on the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increases in control. The...more

Private Markets Update | Summer 2024

McDermott Will & Schulte on 10/16/2024

The Private Markets Update highlights key developments emerging from private markets across Europe, the UK and the United States, exploring the cross-border issues that matter to investors and sponsors in alternative assets. ...more

Sector trends - September 2024: Stock Exchanges / Clearing Houses / Trading Venues

White & Case LLP on 10/2/2024

Cautious deployment of M&A war chests while concerns relating to IPO and equity market trading buoyancy continue. Current market: Fewer M&A deals as Europe's FMI tectonic plates digest acquisitions of yesteryear...more

Sector trends - September 2024: Payments

White & Case LLP on 10/2/2024

Equity and debt cheques from financial sponsors fuel growth, with investment committee appetite across the full spectrum from Seed through to late stage / pre-IPO. The payments sector bucks the trend on IPOs. Current...more

Sector trends - September 2024: Consumer Finance

White & Case LLP on 10/1/2024

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024 — Consumer Finance - Current market: Inflexion point for UK & European consumer lending - We are seeing: Significant consolidation activity: ...more

2024 Summer review – M&A legal and market developments

White & Case LLP on 9/6/2024

We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. Our Summer review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance...more

EU top court delivers a blow to the European Commission’s approach on Article 22 below-threshold referrals

White & Case LLP on 9/6/2024

The Court of Justice of the EU (the Court) has overturned the General Court’s judgment in Illumina/Grail, effectively putting an end to the EC’s revised Article 22 policy approach for below-threshold mergers. Under this...more

New UK Listing Rules Come Into Force

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/29/2024

On 29 July 2024, the new UK Listing Rules came into force. The new rules institute a simpler, more flexible, disclosure-based listing regime and are designed to place London on a competitive footing with other major...more

New Developments in French Competition Law Pose Risk of Ex-Post Challenge to Non-Notifiable Transactions

McDermott Will & Schulte on 6/5/2024

In a significant development for French merger control, on May 2, 2024 the French Competition Authority applied the jurisprudence laid down in the recent Towercast case to an alleged anti-competitive agreement matter in the...more

Regulation Round Up - September 2023

Proskauer Rose LLP on 10/12/2023

Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more

2023 Summer review – M&A legal and market developments

White & Case LLP on 9/6/2023

We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. This Summer review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance...more

Primary Market Bulletin 45 - IFRS Sustainability Disclosures, Third Country Auditors And Shell Companies

A&O Shearman on 8/14/2023

On 10 August 2023, the FCA issued another of its regular newsletters to primary market participants, Primary Market Bulletin 45 ("PMB 45"). This covers four topics: new IFRS sustainability and climate-related disclosures, the...more

2022 Half-year in review M&A legal and market developments

White & Case LLP on 1/18/2023

We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance on...more

Competition Bulletin V PARIS │ July ● August ● September 2022

McDermott Will & Schulte on 12/14/2022

1. LITIGATION CUMULATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS AGAINST THE SAME PARTY FOR SIMULTANEOUS BREACHES ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY PERMISSIBLE - In a judgment dated June 23, 2022, the Paris Administrative Court fully upheld the...more

ESG Market Alert – November 2022

Hogan Lovells on 11/14/2022

In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: The expanding scope of EU rules on ESG disclosures; FRC Lab launches project on...more

EU/UK Merger Control - Five Trends to Watch in 2022

BCLP on 1/25/2022

2022 is shaping up to be another year of significant merger control and foreign direct investment (“FDI”) developments. The use of Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation (“EUMR”) might jeopardise the European Commission’s...more

Financial institutions M&A: Sector trends - February 2020: Consumer Finance

White & Case LLP on 2/28/2020

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: consumer finance — H2 2019 and outlook for 2020 - Financial sponsors see opportunities to back new entrants targeting under-serviced customer segments, including gig economy...more

European Competition Law Newsletter – March 2019

McGuireWoods LLP on 3/4/2019

Consultation on Changes to Rules on Vertical Agreements - The EU Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) is probably, in practice, the most important of the range of block exemptions which form part of EU competition...more

Financial institutions M&A: Sector trends - January 2019: Smaller and mediumsized asset/wealth managers consolidate at a feverish...

White & Case LLP on 1/21/2019

Smaller and medium-sized managers are seeking scale to compete with "the trillionaires", who have enjoyed the lion's share of business inflows in 2018. Industry-wide margin squeeze, fierce market competition, eager buyers and...more

Regulation Round Up - December 2018

Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/3/2019

3 December - The European Central Bank ("ECB") published a document setting out its cyber resilient oversign expectations for financial market infrastructures. 4 December - On 4 December 2018, the Council of the EU...more

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 7.20.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/20/2016

We’ve heard about VW’s $15 billion settlement to resolve US claims by owners and regulators, but a spate of recent state AG-led actions shows that the fallout from the emissions cheating scandal is far from over. NY, MA, and...more

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