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Brexit has happened - so what next for Debt Capital Markets? One month ago, at 11:00 pm on New Year’s Eve, the Brexit implementation period ended and the UK left the EU single market. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU that has applied since then does not deal with the regulatory detail...
Investigations and Enforcement Outlook 2021: GDPR Enforcement and Litigation Trends In the first podcast of our Investigations and Enforcement Outlook 2021 series, Jonathan Cotton, Richard Jeens and Rebecca Cousin discuss the outlook for data privacy-related enforcement and litigation in 2021. In particular they focus on the increased...
The Lens Newsletter - February 2021 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Saughter and May.
Competition law and sustainability: Expectations for 2021 The interplay between competition law and sustainability was a hotly debated topic in the competition law community in 2020. This briefing provides an indication of the developments we can expect in this space in 2021 from Europe’s competition regulators...
Podcast: Regulating Digital – How can we regulate data in an increasingly digital world? In this podcast Richard Sargeant (COO of Faculty, a leading applied AI company, and a board member of the UK’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation) and Rob Sumroy (Head of Technology Group and co-head of Global Privacy) discuss the use, ownership and...
Regulating Digital – Competition and privacy – the best of frenemies? In the first podcast of our Regulating Digital series, Ariel Ezrachi (Professor of Competition Law at the University of Oxford) and Jordan Ellison (Competition Partner at Saughter and May) discuss the relationship between privacy and competition...
Dawn of a new era for digital? The Commission’s Digital Markets Act proposal Wrapping up a busy 2020, on 15 December the European Commission tabled its proposed new rules for digital gatekeepers (the Digital Markets Act) before the European Parliament. The Digital Markets Act will operate alongside a Digital Services Act (also...
The Lens Newsletter - January 2021 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Saughter and May.
A reprieve for EU-UK data flows but other data privacy implications of Brexit remain Many businesses will have breathed a sigh of relief following the announcement of interim arrangements for data flows in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement of 24 December. The continued free flow of personal data from the EU to the UK for a...
Reflections on the EU-UK Co-operation Agreement The EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement (the TCA), which came into provisional effect at 11pm on 31 December, is welcome in terms both of what has been achieved, and in providing a more cordial basis for future EU-UK relations and co-operation.
Beyond Brexit: Competition law and subsidy control in EU-UK Agreement In this briefing, we discuss the implications of the competition law and subsidy control commitments in the new EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
The Lens Newsletter - December 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Saughter and May.
Beyond adequacy – Brexit’s wider data privacy implications Brexit planning should now firmly be on everyone’s agendas as the end of the transition period looms closer. This podcast discusses the implications of Brexit on data privacy and considers the key, practical steps that organisations need to put in place...
Asset Managers and the ESG Tsunami: Get ready for the tide of ESG disclosures This briefing discusses the regulatory developments for asset managers in the ESG arena, with a focus on the Disclosure Regulation and the Taxonomy Regulation, and considers some of the issues and challenges they may face in light of the growing...
Beyond adequacy – Brexit’s wider data privacy implications Whilst adequacy and international transfers are important considerations given the amount of personal data that currently flows freely, there are other Brexit-related data privacy issues that have received less attention which also need to be addressed....
Brexit: Pension Scheme Preparedness This Brexit update considers actions pension schemes should be taking in preparation for 1 January 2021. At the end of the update is a short checklist of actions for pension scheme trustees.
European commission seeks views on competition law and sustainability The European Commission has published a call for contributions seeking ideas from stakeholders on how to adapt the European competition rules to support environmental goals.
Brexit preparedness check: customs and trade in goods The briefing, produced jointly by the Best Friends group of BonelliErede, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Hengeler Mueller, Saughter and May and Uría Menéndez, provides an overview of the anticipated arrangements for the movement of goods between the UK...
The Lens Newsletter - October 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Saughter and May.
The Lens Newsletter - August 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Saughter and May.
Preparing Pension Schemes for Brexit In his latest podcast Richard Goldstein focuses on Brexit - specifically the actions pension schemes should be taking now in preparation for 1 January 2021, when the transition period comes to an end.
Brexit and the Capital Markets – does equivalence need to be mutual? Analysis of capital markets “equivalence” determinations by the EU and the UK for prospectuses and accounting standards and their impact on market participants after the end of the Brexit implementation period.
The Lens Newsletter - July 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Saughter and May.
All change, no change? Corporate reporting in the post-Brexit world With little sign of substantive progress in the negotiations on the future of the UK-EU relationship, UK companies must once again consider preparing for the possibility of a no-deal or “minimal deal” scenario at the end of the transition period (31...