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Future M&A in the Workforce Solutions sector: how will companies do deals and preserve value in a post lockdown world?

The attention of many businesses in the past few months has been on cash management and self-preservation. However, there are

The New Deal for Consumers

Huge GDPR-style fines loom for breaches of consumer law across Europe

Consumer-facing businesses need to focus on compliance as the 'New Deal for Consumers' Omnibus Directive is rolled out and regulators

IT and data

Data: making best use of a valuable asset

Businesses in all sectors are focusing more than ever on how they can digitise and enhance their interactions with customers

Energy and Energy Transition

Energy and Utilities Update | 27 May 2020

Welcome to our latest update on regulatory and market developments in the energy and utilities sector. In this edition we

Regulatory and compliance

State aid | Part IV– European Commission amends Temporary Framework for a second time to include aid recapitalisation and subordinated debt measures

Companies with longer-term solvency problems have more possibilities to benefit from recapitalisation and obtain subordinated debt following an update of

Employment and pensions

Temporary suspension of employment contracts or reduction of working time procedures due to force majeure can be extended until 30 June 2020

Royal Decree-Law 18/2020 allows temporary suspension of employment contracts or reduction of working time procedures (“ERTE”) due to force majeure

Energy and Energy Transition

UK government launches new £40 million Clean Growth Fund for energy innovation

On 21 May 2020, the UK government announced that it would be contributing £20 million of investment to a new