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The Government has confirmed that, as office holders, salaried company directors qualify for its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Under...

The Upper Tribunal in HMRC v Sippchoice Ltd [2020] UKUT 0149 (TCC) has ruled that “transfers of non-cash assets made in satisfaction of...

In a judgment handed down on 11 September in PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Ors [2020] EWHC 2437 (Comm), Mrs Justice Moulder held that legal...

Yesterday, the FT published an article highlighting the recent trend for lenders to agree to the inclusion of ‘portability’ language in...

The press is rife with stories of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs: in the US, $48bn has been raised so far this year –...

The latest Panel consultation (PCP 2020/1) is probably the worst kept secret in the City given the extent of pre-consultation that took...

Much noted in (certain) news circles is the possibility that the Chancellor may seek to increase tax revenues by aligning the rates of...

One role of a proxy adviser is to provide voting recommendations to larger investors (asset managers, pension and investment funds etc)...

The rush to regulate financial markets to produce ESG outcomes has brought focus to a problem: in the absence of good quality ESG data...

Last week, the EU set out its proposal for a new Directive on corporate due diligence to enhance the regulatory framework on sustainable...

The announcement last week by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to introduce wide-ranging climate-related...

JPMorgan last week announced its plans to split the roles of CEO and chair when Jamie Dimon steps down. Dimon has held the position of...

Macfarlanes' Corporate Law Update reported on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s recently-published policy statement on diversity...

Climate scientists now believe that there is a 50% probability of the earth’s average temperature exceeding 1.5 degrees celsius above...

The Law Commission has published a call for evidence on decentralised autonomous organisations (or DAOs). The Commission intends to...

In a significant judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has struck down provisions of European Union law that give...