In this webinar we explore the broad categories of legal and regulatory risk that are generated by digital transformation initiatives, how it is impacting on regulators and regulation, and practical issues such as making sure your legal team has the right skill sets to support the business as it transforms...

Welcome to Osborne Clarke's Coronavirus Legal Briefing, our newsletter on business law issues in these sombre times. In this edition, Dipika Keen discusses the UK government's package of funding schemes to support businesses, including this week's announcement of the 'Future Fund'. If you would like more specific guidance, please connect...

Welcome to Osborne Clarke's Coronavirus Legal Briefing, our newsletter on business law issues in these sombre times. In this edition, we look at the guidance coming out of the UK as the lockdown rules for business become more complex. Stop press: After the text of this Briefing was written this...

In pulling together our list of the top five legal and business topics from the past year, what is striking is that while many of these will remain high priorities for the year ahead, the focus will shift, as new technologies progress through the hype curve and work preparing for...

From workforces to supply chains, financing and corporate activity, businesses should ensure they are across the spectrum of risks and that plans are flexible enough to cope with a rapidly-evolving situation. The following guide draws on a range of insights that have been published by specialist teams at Osborne Clarke...

The global crisis is forcing businesses to evolve, shaking-up established practices and challenging employees to rapidly adapt. Whilst banks and businesses are constantly evaluating their transaction processes, the lockdown and the adoption of homeworking raises particular challenges around how to perform actions that traditionally would have required a physical presence...

This Insight sets out a high level summary of key parts of the Coronavirus Act 2020, which received royal assent and became law in the UK on 25 March 2020. The full text of the Act and near-final accompanying Explanatory Notes are available online. The Act provides the legal basis...

In this edition, we look at some of the questions we're seeing and on which we are supporting businesses. If you would like more specific guidance, please connect with your usual Osborne Clarke contact. Sign up to receive our Coronavirus Legal Briefing by email > People For many businesses and...

The imperative to protect ourselves and our communities by keeping our distance and staying at home has highlighted - as never before - the power of digital tools and connectivity as we transform workplaces, education and interactions with colleagues, customers, clients, friends and family into the virtual world. The current...

The People's Republic of China (PRC) unveiled two pieces of draft legislation this year that will, once passed, elevate the conversation around cybersecurity from an issue of corporate compliance to a matter of national security. The PRC economy is becoming increasingly digitalised, with the government placing ever greater importance on...