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Osborne Clarke | United Kingdom | 26 Nov 2020
On 1 December 2020 the Crown, in respect of certain taxes, will be promoted from ordinary unsecured creditor status to preferential creditor status in…
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | United Kingdom | 11 Nov 2020
The UK government’s long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill (the Bill), which paves the way to significant changes in the UK’s regime for…
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | United Kingdom | 1 Sep 2020
In this update, we consider key statistics, trends, developments and highlights regarding U.K. public M&A transactions governed by the U.K. City Code…
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Bird & Bird LLP | United Kingdom | 17 Aug 2020
The UK government has given the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) further powers to review mergers in strategically important sectors. These…
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Morrison & Foerster LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 17 Jul 2020
As European nations increasingly focus on regulation of foreign direct investment (FDI), the UK Government recently announced changes to the…
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Hogan Lovells | United Kingdom | 24 Jun 2020
As of 23 June, the UK government can scrutinize certain foreign takeovers and other acquisitions to ensure that they do not jeopardize the UK's…
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | United Kingdom | 24 Jun 2020
In recent months, European states have raced to implement protections against opportunistic acquisitions of key local businesses by foreign buyers…
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PRO Compliance | United Kingdom | 22 Jun 2020
A new law will come into force on Tuesday, empowering the UK government to review and block foreign takeovers that would otherwise threaten its ability to deal with public health emergencies.
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Addleshaw Goddard LLP | United Kingdom | 27 May 2020
The Queen's Speech in December 2019 confirmed the government's intention to introduce a whole new national…
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PRO Compliance | United Kingdom | 28 Apr 2020
Mastercard has accused the UK’s Competition Tribunal of adopting a “backwards approach” to statutory interpretation by refusing to strike out parts of retailers’ interchange fee damages claims.