Financial Services UK

  • October 10, 2024

    Miner Liable To PE Firm Over Axed $1B Brazilian Mine Deal

    South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater is liable to pay damages to private equity firm Appian Capital Advisory LLP for withdrawing from a $1 billion deal to buy two Brazilian copper and nickel mines, a London court ruled Thursday.

  • October 17, 2024

    Sidley Boosts Global Finance Practice With 5 Partner Hires

    Sidley Austin LLP has bolstered its global finance practice with the hire of five new partners in the firm's London office from Latham & Watkins LLP.

  • October 10, 2024

    Ex-Goldman Manager Claims £3.8M In Paternity Sex Bias Case

    A former Goldman Sachs compliance manager launched his sex discrimination case against the investment bank on Thursday, claiming £3.8 million ($5 million) and alleging that his bosses used redundancy as a smokescreen to sack him for taking paternity leave.

  • October 10, 2024

    Ireland's Finance Bill Sets Out Foreign Dividend Exemption

    The Irish government set out its plans for a new participation tax exemption for foreign dividends as part of a finance bill published Thursday.

  • October 10, 2024

    HSBC Appeals To Throw Out Job Applicant's Race Bias Claim

    HSBC Bank PLC urged a London appeals court Thursday to dismiss a job applicant's discrimination claim that alleged it unfairly refused to hire her for a director role, arguing that an employment tribunal had made factual errors when it revived the case.

  • October 10, 2024

    Risk Co. Can't Pursue Bankruptcy Against Guernsey Resident

    A risk management company lost its attempt to bring bankruptcy proceedings against a man in Guernsey that owes it around £2 million ($2.6 million), after a London court ruled the business couldn't meet the conditions to file outside England and Wales.

  • October 10, 2024

    Gupta Prosecuted Over Missing Accounts For 76 Companies

    British businessman Sanjeev Gupta and four other executives in his industrial group face criminal charges over their alleged failure to file accounts for more than 70 listed companies, the U.K. corporate registry confirmed Thursday.

  • October 10, 2024

    Lebanese Bank Claims It Was Told Not To Repay $234M Debt

    Lebanon's largest private lender has claimed that the central bank of the Middle East state advised it not to repay foreign loans and interests totaling more than $234 million it owed to a member of the World Bank Group because of an economic crisis.

  • October 10, 2024

    £300B Of Pension Assets Could Be Invested In UK, PwC Says

    The largest pension funds in Britain could potentially invest up to £300 billion ($391 billion) into the U.K. economy, PwC said Thursday, after the sector logged a record funding surplus in September.

  • October 10, 2024

    FCA Warns Of Rise In Market Abuse Through Regulated Firms

    The Financial Conduct Authority has said it has seen a rise in potential market abuse from trading accounts administered by authorized companies working with overseas firms.

  • October 10, 2024

    Advisers Say Council's 'Extreme' Risk Appetite Lost It £20M

    Laven Advisors LLP has denied that one of its representatives made fraudulent misrepresentations about high-risk bonds to an English local authority, claiming the £20 million ($26.1 million) investment loss incurred by the council was a result of its own "extreme" risk appetite.

  • October 10, 2024

    TSB Bank Fined £11M For Mistreating Vulnerable Customers

    The finance watchdog said Thursday that it has hit TSB Bank PLC with a fine of £10.9 million ($14.2 million) after finding that the lender had unfairly treated tens of thousands of customers in arrears or facing financial difficulties between 2014 and 2020.

  • October 09, 2024

    Bank Of Scotland Forced £18.5M Hotel Asset Sale, Court Hears

    The Bank of Scotland acted in bad faith by forcing a high-end hotel group it partly owns to sell valuable premises at a reduced price, a lawyer for the hospitality chain said on the first day of trial Wednesday.

  • October 09, 2024

    UK Gov't Greenlights Film Industry Tax Credit

    U.K. film companies will be able to gain over 50% tax relief for their films' costs from a tax credit approved Wednesday by the Labour government.

  • October 09, 2024

    EU Launches Consultation On Securitization Rules

    The European Commission on Wednesday started a consultation on the European Union's securitization framework, with a focus on due diligence and transparency requirements, supervision and the prudential treatment of securitizations for banks and insurers.

  • October 09, 2024

    Litigation Funder Sues After-The-Event Insurer For £61M

    A legal loans company has sued an insurer for around £61.4 million ($80.3 million) over its alleged failure to pay out under a litigation funding arrangement.

  • October 09, 2024

    Trader Fights Insider Dealing US Extradition At Top UK Court

    A former securities trader asked the U.K. Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn his extradition to America to face insider trading charges, arguing that he cannot be sent to the U.S. over offenses alleged to have taken place in Britain.

  • October 09, 2024

    Tech Co. Denies Claim That Plasma Reactor Was Never Built

    A developer of graphene-based materials has denied misusing money that a Chinese businessman invested in the British company in the belief that it would build a so-called plasma reactor.

  • October 09, 2024

    Switzerland OKs £5.4B Hargreaves Lansdown PE Takeover

    The Swiss Competition Commission has given the thumbs up to the £5.4 billion ($7 billion) takeover of Hargreaves Lansdown by a group of private equity companies, consortium member CVC Capital Partners Ltd. said Wednesday.

  • October 09, 2024

    Law Firms Sued For Botched Advice In £5M Ponzi Scheme

    Property investors have claimed two law firms failed to warn them of the dangers of sinking their savings into a building project that turned out to be an alleged £5.4 million ($7 million) Ponzi scheme.

  • October 09, 2024

    Mozambique Targets Heirs Over 'Tuna Bond' Bribery Award

    Mozambique urged a London court on Wednesday to hold the heirs of shipbuilding magnate Iskandar Safa liable for the French-Lebanese billionaire's involvement in a bribery scheme as the country seeks to enforce a $1.9 billion damages award.

  • October 09, 2024

    BoE To Give Big Banks More Time For Resolution Reports

    The Bank of England has proposed to give large banks and building societies more flexibility on the timing of their reporting and disclosure obligations in resolution assessments of their risk of "successful" failure.

  • October 08, 2024

    SocGen Bids To Force €140M Clifford Chance Case To France

    Societe Generale SA relaunched its fight on Tuesday to force its €140 million ($154 million) negligence case against Clifford Chance LLP out of England, arguing before the Court of Appeal that it should be heard in France.

  • October 08, 2024

    Ex-F1 Boss Accepted £57M Bond Risk, HSBC Says

    HSBC has denied giving ex-Formula One team boss Eddie Jordan negligent investment advice that lost him £5.5 million ($7.2 million), claiming he was an experienced investor who knew the risks.

  • October 08, 2024

    Finance World Must Prepare For Constant Volatility, FCA Says

    The financial sector should be prepared to face market volatility constantly, the chief executive of Britain's financial watchdog said Tuesday, likening today's financial landscape to a challenging tennis match where "the grounds keep changing and the opponents are tougher."

Expert Analysis

  • ECJ Ruling Triggers Reconsiderations Of Using AI In Hiring

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    A recent European Court of Justice ruling, clarifying that the General Data Protection Regulation could apply to decisions made by artificial intelligence, serves as a warning to employers, as the use of AI in recruitment may lead to more discrimination claims, say Dino Wilkinson and James Major at Clyde & Co.

  • Economic Crime Act Offers Welcome Reform To AML Regime

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    The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act exemption for mixed-property transactions that came into force on Jan. 15 as part of the U.K.'s anti-money laundering regime is long overdue, and should end economic harm to businesses, giving banks confidence to adopt a more pragmatic approach, say Matthew Getz and Joseph Fox-Davies at Pallas Partners.

  • 3 Financial Services Hot Topics To Watch In 2024

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    Technology, ESG and private markets are set to have the greatest impact on financial markets in 2024, as firms grapple with increasing regulatory change and a shifting political backdrop on both sides of the Atlantic, says Matthew Allen at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • What Venice Swaps Ruling Says About Foreign Law Disputes

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    The English appeals court's decision in Banca Intesa v. Venice that the English law swaps are valid and enforceable will be welcomed by banks, and it provides valuable commentary on the English courts' approach toward the interpretation of foreign law, say Harriet Campbell and Richard Marshall at Penningtons Manches.

  • Key Litigation Funding Rulings Will Drive Reform In 2024

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    Ground-breaking judgments on disputes funding and fee arrangements from 2023 — including that litigation funding agreements could be damages-based agreements, rendering them unenforceable — will bring legislative changes in 2024, which could have a substantial impact on litigation risk for several sectors, say Verity Jackson-Grant and David Bridge at Simmons & Simmons.

  • How Draft Trading Regs Provide Framework For UK Regime

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    Representing an important part of the U.K. government's post-Brexit regulatory reform agenda, the most recent draft of the proposed Trading Regulations seeks to provide a framework for a new rules-based regime for regulating public offers of securities and admissions to trading on a U.K.-regulated market, say lawyers at Davis Polk.

  • Breaking Down The New Rules For High Net Worth Individuals

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    Andrew Northage at Walker Morris outlines what businesses need to be aware of to ensure ongoing compliance with revised conditions in the U.K. government's updated financial promotion exemptions for high net worth individuals and sophisticated investors, and suggests a few practical tips for businesses to follow.

  • How Data Privacy Law Cases Are Evolving In UK, EU And US

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    To see where the law is heading in 2024, it is worth looking at privacy litigation and enforcement trends from last year, where we saw a focus on General Data Protection Regulation regulatory enforcement actions in the U.K. and EU, and class actions brought by private plaintiffs in the U.S., say lawyers at Morgan Lewis.

  • Misleading Airline Ads Offer Lessons To Avoid Greenwashing

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    Following the Advertising Standards Authority's recent decision that three airlines' adverts misled customers about their environmental impact, companies should ensure that their green claims comply with legal standards to avoid risking reputational damage, which could have financial repercussions, say Elaina Bailes and Olivia Shaw at Stewarts.

  • An Overview Of UK Short Selling Regulation Reforms

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    The steps taken by the U.K. government to reform the short selling regime show a thoughtful and considered approach and a willingness to listen to industry feedback in adapting the legacy EU regime to the realities of the U.K. markets, say Anna Maleva-Otto and Matthew Dow at Schulte Roth.

  • Supreme Court Ruling Is A Gift To Insolvency Practitioners

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    As corporate criminal liability is in sharp focus, the Supreme Court's recent decision in Palmer v. Northern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court that administrators are not company officers and should not be held liable under U.K. labor law is instructive in focusing on the substance and not merely the title of a person's role within a company, say lawyers at Greenberg Traurig.

  • What Can Be Learned From Adobe-Figma Merger Termination

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    The Competition and Markets Authority’s role in the recent termination of the proposed Adobe-Figma merger deal indicates the regulator's intention to be seen as a strong enforcer in the technology sphere, and serves as a warning for companies to address antitrust risks early on in the merger process, say Deirdre Taylor and Molly Heslop at Gibson Dunn.

  • How FCA Listing Regime Reform Proposals Are Developing

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    The Financial Conduct Authority’s recently proposed U.K. equity listings reforms maintain increased flexibility with a disclosure-based approach, but much of the new regime’s success will depend on the eligibility criteria used and whether additional governance will be required for inclusion, say lawyers at Debevoise.

  • Major EU AI Banking Ruling Will Reverberate Across Sectors

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    Following the European Court of Justice's recent OQ v. Land Hessen decision that banks' use of AI-driven credit scores to make consumer decisions did not comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, regulators indicated that the ruling would apply broadly, leaving numerous industries that employ AI-powered decisions open to scrutiny, say lawyers at Alston & Bird.

  • Key Points From Ireland's New Accountability Framework

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    The recently introduced Individual Accountability Framework is a positive step for the financial services industry in Ireland, and in contributing to cultural and practical change will encourage positive behavior and good governance for the benefit of the industry and investors, say Aongus McCarthy and Niall Esler at Walkers Global.

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