Western Europe
New hires were made across the PE, banking, M&A, structured finance and funds practices in New York, London and Hong Kong
Ropes & Gray’s London managing partner discusses the etiquette of queueing and who he’d like to represent him in court
Lawyers at BCLP and Macfarlanes say that alternative lenders are looking to shake up the lending market when UK implementation of Basel 3.1 rules on regulatory capital for banks begins in 2026
The London-based lawyer delves into the importance of grit, shutting everything else out and the ability to read a room
Draft rules aimed at making UK public markets more attractive for issuers raise the threshold before they have to produce a prospectus
The legal recognition of digital assets as being capable of attracting property rights will afford investors a number of legal protections in cases of disputes
The UK is going back in time by adding bundling to the options for how firms pay for investment research and execution services but regulatory lawyers are unsure about demand for the measure
Trailblazers of justice were honoured at Legal Benchmarking Group Social Impact EMEA Awards gala in London
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Sponsored by Davis Polk & WardwellPartners from Davis Polk’s New York office explain certain aggressive terms found in BSL facilities in 2019 and this year -
Sponsored by Prager DreifussInnovation in distributed ledger technology will be balanced with investor protection under proposed new rules
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Sponsored by Bär & KarrerIn cross-border acquisition financing, it is common practice that so-called 'security principles' are negotiated and defined in an annex to the facilities agreement. On the one hand, it is specifically held in these security principles what security will be granted by the obligors and the target group to the finance parties; and on the other hand, it also generally describes circumstances under which an exception to the obligation to provide certain security can occur. The security principles provide guidance to the lawyers involved in different jurisdictions whose task it is to translate these principles into specific security documents.
