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Financial Services

Fund managers may urgently need to register express trusts with HMRC

The deadline to sign up is imminent, with exclusions unlikely to apply for trusts set up by Limited Partnership Agreements

Financial Services

Financial Conduct Authority identifies supervisory priorities for alternatives

Actions speak louder than words and the UK regulator wants firms to embed a culture to promote the initiatives
Tax

HMRC deadline looms for registering express trusts: what's changing?

Which trusts are now required to register, what are the deadlines and what are they required to disclose?
Corporate

The Spanish Congress approves the Insolvency Law Reform Bill

The reforms respond to the needs of small and medium-sized companies, speed up processes and support business recovery
Real estate

Landmark arbitration finds UK retailer’s Covid arrears are not protected rent debt

Success for landlord in the first published award made under the recent UK coronavirus commercial rent arrears arbitration scheme
Corporate

EU moves closer to adopting the draft Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

European regulatory framework for sustainable finance develops further with drafting of European Sustainability Reporting Standards, as legislative process for adopting
Dispute resolution

Corporate Disputes Review | July 2022

This edition considers some of the recent complex corporate and shareholder litigation to come before the English courts, including cases
Future-proofing supply chains

The impact of financial sanctions on supply chains

Sanctions may affect payment and delivery or require the unwinding of commercial arrangements – and there are a number of
Sanctions, ownership and related issues

OFSI issues a 'red alert' on how to spot sanctions evasion

UK's recently imposed strict liability test for breaches of sanctions regime underlines importance for businesses of understanding indicators of evasion
Blockchain

Should blockchain's decentralised autonomous organisations be regulated or unregulated?

Crypto 'community in action' clubs are raising legal issues around regulation, liability, tax optimisation and contract
Corporate

UK government publishes plans for audit and corporate governance reforms

While the timescale for implementation is expected to stretch over several years for some measures, businesses will need to start

Corporate

Crypto and blockchain in M&A: how to address issues around volatility, validity and valuation

The value of crypto-funded deals has doubled over the last couple of years, but there are specific challenges for parties