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Building Blocks: Developments for the UK construction industry | January 2026

Welcome to Building Blocks – Osborne Clarke's regular newsletter round-up of Insights relevant to construction industry clients
Corporate

Can the powers of a chief executive officer be limited under Spanish law?

Practical insights on the delegation of representative powers to a CEO, limitations, registration and enforceability
Tax

Spain's Supreme Court extends the combined personal income and wealth tax limit to non-residents

A turning point for non-resident taxpayers: ending discrimination against foreign investment in Spain
Dispute resolution

Spanish court decisions on alternative dispute resolution consolidate flexible and guarantee-based criterion

ADR rulings promote the effectiveness of access to justice, remedy defects and adapt the mechanisms to social reality
Digital Regulation

How the EU's Digital Omnibus package may shape Spanish digital regulation

By amending GDPR and other data-centric EU legislation, the new omnibus proposals aim to simplify digital regulation
Life Sciences and Healthcare

Planned EU medtech changes and codified Helsinki procedure support consistent qualification and classification

EU coordination, expert panel opinions and targeted down classification are proposed to harmonise risk based outcomes
Corporate

Confidence in a changing global market: 2025 dealmaking themes and 2026 market opportunities

The global transactional market demonstrated resilience amid complexity in 2025 as it staged a measured recovery
Life Sciences and Healthcare

What will shape European life sciences and healthcare in 2026?

There will be comprehensive regulatory changes across the UK and EU, with streamlined approval pathways alongside heightened governance and compliance
Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU drug agency to take broader coordinating role in devices and diagnostics in latest proposal

Expert panel support, shortage coordination and combined study procedures strengthen the EMA's oversight of devices
Energy and Energy Transition

The Energy Transition | UK government announces results of record-breaking CfD AR7 auction

Welcome to our top picks of the latest energy regulatory and market developments in the UK's transition to net zero
Banking and finance

Direct agreements and step-in rights in the Netherlands: coordination is key

Why early coordination of direct agreements between financiers, borrowers and contract counterparties matters