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International regulatory update 21 December 2012-4 January 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 7 2013

Ireland commences EU Council Presidency PRIPS: ECON Committee reports on proposed Regulation on key information documents EMIR: Implementing

Employee stock plans 2012: year-end international reporting requirements

  • Jones Day
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  • Australia, Canada, China, France, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam
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  • December 6 2012

This Commentary highlights some of the principal calendar and year-end reporting requirements for employee stock plans that U.S. companies most commonly encounter when offering these programs to their employees in selected jurisdictions worldwide

Pensions finance

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 28 2012

HM Treasury and the US Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) have signed an intergovernmental agreement on improving international tax compliance and the implementation of FATCA

UK pension schemes will be protected from FATCA

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 12 2012

HMRC has published a consultation paper on the implementation of the UK-US FATCA Agreement (the "Agreement") which was signed on September 12, 2012

Recent developments for the second quarter 2012

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Argentina, Belgium, China, European Union, France, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, United Kingdom, USA
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  • September 10 2012

Summer usually brings a lull in stock plan activity as companies complete the proxy season, say-on-pay votes and plan amendments

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) potential implications for UK pension schemes

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 31 2012

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 ("FATCA") was enacted by the US to prevent offshore tax evasion by "US persons"

FATCA relief at last for UK schemes?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 18 2012

The IRS has published guidance indicating UK occupational pension schemes may be exempt from the provisions of FATCA

US bankruptcy automatic stay thwarts UK proceedings by the Pension Regulator

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 23 2012

On December 29, 2011, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an opinion in the chapter 11 bankruptcy case In re Nortel Networks, Inc., holding that the "automatic stay" on creditor collection actions outside the bankruptcy applied to prevent the UK Pension Protection Fund and the Trustee of the UK Nortel Pension Plan from participating in UK pensions proceedings initiated by the UK Pensions Regulator

Checkmate: Third Circuit holds automatic stay bars participation in U.K. pension proceedings

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
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  • Canada, United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 19 2012

A recent decision by the Third Circuit in the Nortel Group bankruptcy reinforces the worldwide reach of the automatic stay and the narrow scope of the police power exception under section 362(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code

Third Circuit considering if the ‘police power’ exception to the automatic stay extends to the UK Pensions Regulator

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 19 2011

One exception to the otherwise far-reaching scope of the automatic stay is the “police power” exception, which permits a governmental unit to commence or continue an action or proceeding that is in furtherance of its police and regulatory powers (section 362(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code