Litigation 2024 round-up and 2025 outlook

2024 Any questions?

Filed under:
New Zealand, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Russell McVeagh, Climate change, ESG, Greenwashing, Fair Trading Act 1986 (New Zealand), Employment Relations Act 2000 (New Zealand)
Location:
New Zealand
Firm:
Russell McVeagh
Insurance Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Update: 1 October 2023 - 31 December 2023

1. SOLVENCY II

1.1 Solvency II Directive review: Provisional political agreement reached on proposed Solvency II amending Directive

Filed under:
European Union, Ireland, United Kingdom, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, White Collar Crime, Dillon Eustace LLP, Digital transformation, ESG, Anti-money laundering, Greenwashing, European Commission, European Parliament, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, Central Bank of Ireland, European Securities and Markets Authority, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Ireland), MiFID, Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EU), Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (2019/2088/EU), EU Artificial Intelligence Act
Location:
European Union, Ireland, United Kingdom
Firm:
Dillon Eustace LLP
HFW Disputes Digest 2023

HFW DISPUTES DIGEST 2023

Welcome to the second annual Disputes Digest, in which we collate our 2023 global HFW LITIGATION and International Arbitration publications in one place.

This edition includes updates from across our Disputes arena, including England and Wales, BVI, AsiaPac, and the Middle East.

Filed under:
European Union, Global, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA, Arbitration & ADR, Banking, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Compliance Management, Derivatives, Environment & Climate Change, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, White Collar Crime, HFW, Know your customer, Blockchain, Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1974 (USA), Advertising, Climate change, Supply chain, Mediation, Fintech, Due diligence, Carbon neutrality, Cryptocurrency, ESG, Litigation funding, Anti-money laundering, Non-fungible tokens, Metaverse, Anti-bribery and corruption, Greenwashing, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Conduct Authority (UK), Barclays, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (USA), Google, European Council, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (USA), Competition and Markets Authority (UK), HSBC, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Bank of England, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, FTX, Silicon Valley Bank, Arbitration Act 1996 (UK), Federal Arbitration Act 1926 (USA), Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (UK), UK Supreme Court
Location:
European Union, Global, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
Firm:
HFW
2024: main new legislation needing to be considered by companies in Spain

2024: main new legislation needing to be considered by companies in Spain 2024 Viewpoint Spain 2 2024: main new legislation needing to be considered by companies in Spain December 2023 Professionals in the various practice areas at Garrigues take a look, from all angles of business law, at the main new legislation that companies will face in the coming year. 2024 promises to be an intense year in terms of statutory and case law.

Filed under:
European Union, Spain, Banking, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Copyrights, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, Tax, Garrigues, Offshore wind power, Renewable energy, Artificial intelligence, Digital transformation, Digital economy, Cryptocurrency, ESG, Cybersecurity, Anti-money laundering, Greenwashing, Generative AI, European Commission, European Securities and Markets Authority, EU Artificial Intelligence Act, Court of Justice of the European Union
Location:
European Union, Spain
Firm:
Garrigues
Insurance Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Update: 1 July 2023 - 30 September 2023

1. SOLVENCY II 1.1 Solvency II Directive review: ECON agrees position on Solvency II Directive review On 27 July 2023, the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) published a report on its agreed position on the Proposal for a Directive amending the Solvency II Directive1 (Proposed Directive).

Filed under:
European Union, Ireland, Banking, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, IT & Data Protection, White Collar Crime, Dillon Eustace LLP, Climate change, Big data, Electric vehicle, Due diligence, ESG, Personal data, Anti-money laundering, Data privacy, Greenwashing, European Commission, European Parliament, European Council, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, Central Bank of Ireland, European Securities and Markets Authority, European Data Protection Board, GDPR, Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EU), Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (2019/2088/EU)
Location:
European Union, Ireland
Firm:
Dillon Eustace LLP
Governance News 20 September 2023

This week's issue has a strong risk focus. We cover speeches from ASIC Chair Joe Longo and Minister for Home Affairs Clare O'Neil to the AFR Cyber Summit. On the financial services front, the FAR Bills received Assent and the ABA's new Banking Code is anticipated to be in place in 'early 2024' (subject to ASIC approval).

Filed under:
Australia, Banking, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, MinterEllison, Carbon neutrality, ESG, Greenwashing, Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Authors:
Mark Standen , Siobhan Doherty , Kate Hilder
Location:
Australia
Firm:
MinterEllison
Corporate Advisory Update - August 2023

In this edition of Gilbert + Tobin's Corporate Advisory Update, we focus on key legal developments over the last month which are particularly relevant to in-house counsel.

The ACCC’s recommended merger reforms: a deeper dive

The ACCC’s recommended reforms have several significant implications for merging parties:

Filed under:
Australia, Company & Commercial, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Gilbert + Tobin, Cryptocurrency, Merger control, ESG, Greenwashing, International Organization of Securities Commissions, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Australia), Corporations Act 2001 (Australia), UK Supreme Court
Authors:
Hiroshi Narushima , Sally Randall
Location:
Australia
Firm:
Gilbert + Tobin
Banking and Finance Legal Milestones | Trilegal Quarterly Roundup Jan-Mar 2023

The original version of this article was first published in the Trilegal Quarterly Roundup.

Key Developments

1. SEBI prescribes new disclosure requirements and dos and don’ts for the issue of green debt securities

Filed under:
India, Capital Markets, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Trilegal, Greenwashing, Securities and Exchange Board of India, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (India)
Authors:
Joseph Jimmy , Archana Rawat
Location:
India
Firm:
Trilegal