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Employment Bulletin - November 2024 Topics covered in this bulletin: Employment Rights Bill; general workforce consultation on individual redundancy dismissal; pre-termination negotiations inadmissible in unfair dismissal claim; new offence of failure to prevent fraud Employment Rights Bill... In-Depth: Mergers & Acquisitions - 18th edition - United Kingdom This UK Overview in the thirteenth edition of The Mergers & Acquisitions Review is one of 28 chapters in the Review which provides a richer understanding of the shape of the global markets, and the challenges and opportunities facing market participan... In-Depth: Mergers & Acquisitions - 18th edition - EU Overview The Eighteen Edition of In-Depth: Mergers & Acquisitions (formerly The Mergers & Acquisitions Review) provides a practical overview of global M&A activity and the legal and regulatory frameworks governing M&A transactions in major jurisdic... A new chapter in the unallowable purpose tale: The FTT's decision in Syngenta In Syngenta, the First-tier Tribunal denied interest deductions on a loan created in an intra-group reorganisation under the unallowable purpose rule in CTA 2009 s 441. This case highlights that commercial purposes need to be clearly articulated and that ... Key structuring aspects of a forward flow transaction An increasing number of originators are looking to use forward flow arrangements as part of their funding. Forward flows are relatively simple in concept, designed to provide originators with access to reliable committed funding without being directly exp... Companies can claim privilege against their shareholders In a landmark judgment, the Commercial Court has decided that a company’s shareholders have no freestanding entitlement to see the company’s privileged documents. The decision, which revisits what many considered a long-established rule of English law, co... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: CMA CEO says that CMA is “rising to the challenge on growth” Just over a month on from the launch of the new UK Government’s Industrial Strategy Green Paper on 14 October 2024, the Chief Executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Sarah Cardell, has set out how the CMA is rising to the challenge of pr... New PRA process for insurance own funds permissions The eligibility, issuance and repayment, redemption or repurchase of own funds instruments of or by UK insurance groups will, as of 31 December 2024, be governed by a new regulatory regime. As part of the transposition of the corpus of EU financial regula... Implementing the mobility directive in EU member states The Best Friend firms in Europe have published a guide to implementing the Mobility Directive in EU Member States. The Mobility Directive establishes the legal framework that applies to cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions of limited liability ... In-Depth: Banking Litigation – 8th edition – United Kingdom chapter The eighth edition of In-Depth: Banking Litigation, provides a practical overview of the litigation landscape and framework for banking disputes in major jurisdictions worldwide. Focusing on recent developments and trends, it examines a wide range of...