The September 2024 issue of Greenberg Traurig’s Competition Currents is out, highlighting significant developments in global antitrust and competition law for clients and colleagues.
Continue Reading GT Newsletter | Competition Currents | September 2024Britain’s Renowned Higher Education Institutions Face Financial Headwinds, Potential Insolvency
British universities facing financial challenges and shifting enrollment patterns are considering restructuring plans in light of potential insolvencies.
Revered for their academic excellence and preeminent…
Continue Reading Britain’s Renowned Higher Education Institutions Face Financial Headwinds, Potential InsolvencyEnglish Courts Introduce Novel Concept of ‘Trading Misfeasance’
On 11 June 2024, Mr. Justice Leech handed down a landmark UK judgment relating to wrongful trading and misfeasance against the former directors of the…
Continue Reading English Courts Introduce Novel Concept of ‘Trading Misfeasance’OFSI Issues Licensing Guidance for Payments to Personal Staff of Designated Persons
The UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has issued guidance on when payments can be made to personal staff of designated persons (DPs).[1]…
Continue Reading OFSI Issues Licensing Guidance for Payments to Personal Staff of Designated PersonsUK Real Estate Law: Survivors and Casualties of Snap 4 July General Election
On 22 May, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a surprise general election for 4 July, leaving limited time for certain laws to be passed…
Continue Reading UK Real Estate Law: Survivors and Casualties of Snap 4 July General ElectionLandlord and Tenant Act 1954: Tenant Prevails in Opposed Lease Renewal Case on Ground F
The County Court’s recent decision in Sainsbury’s Supermarkets v Medley Assets Limited has re-examined the redevelopment ground under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (the…
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The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (LURA), which became law on 26 October 2023, makes various changes to local government and planning legislation with the…
Continue Reading Q&A on UK High Street Rental AuctionsEU Listing Act: Simplifying a Stock Exchange Listing, in Particular for SMEs and UK Prospectus Reform
The EU Listing Act and UK Prospectus Reform are two different legislative reforms with a common goal: making public capital markets in the UK and…
Continue Reading EU Listing Act: Simplifying a Stock Exchange Listing, in Particular for SMEs and UK Prospectus ReformChanges to the Special Administration Regime for UK Water Companies
To modernise the restructuring toolkit available to special administrators, the UK government has introduced changes to the English special administration regime (SAR)1 for distressed…
Continue Reading Changes to the Special Administration Regime for UK Water Companies5 Trends to Watch: 2024 UK Financial Services Regulation
This 5 Trends piece covers non-financial misconduct, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, FCA investigations and Upper Tribunal proceedings, motor finance, and FCA Sustainability Disclosure Requirements. …
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