The UK National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Act) was given Royal Assent on 29 April 2021. When it comes into force later this year, it will give the UK government substantial powers to scrutinise a wide range of investments in the UK dating back to 12 November 2020 and to remedy any national security risks they raise. Continue reading the full GT Alert.…

Parties to an international arbitration, their lawyers, the tribunal members and the arbitral institution have numerous data protection obligations, which may compete and overlap, creating a complex compliance framework, especially in disputes that typically involve a significant amount of personal data, such as large-scale construction, technology and digital information disputes. In March 2020, the International Bar Association (IBA) and the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) issued a draft guidance – the Draft ICCA-IBA Roadmap …

On 3 March 2021, the UK Government published the results of the UK Listing Review, a wide-ranging analysis of the state of the UK’s public markets carried out by Lord Hill following market consultation. The UK Listing Review proposes a broad set of ambitious recommendations designed to maintain London’s competitiveness among the world’s pre-eminent stock exchanges, including: a comprehensive review and overhaul of the UK’s prospectus regime to simplify the content of prospectuses and better…

Welcome to the March 2021 issue of GT’s Competition Currents, a monthly newsletter for Greenberg Traurig clients and colleagues highlighting significant developments in global antitrust and competition law. Click here to read the full newsletter.…

In late June 2020, the UK’s Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (the Act) became law. While the Act was passed in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its economic ramifications, it represents a significant legislative step forward in promoting the “rescue culture” in respect of financially distressed business enterprises, a policy objective that goes beyond COVID-19. This GT Alert relates, in the main, to the concept of the moratorium (the Moratorium), which is…

The UK is nearing the end of its Brexit transition period (the Transition Period), which expires Dec. 31, 2020. Although the UK has not been a party to the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement since the passage of Brexit, it has been treated as an EEA member during the Transition Period. Because of this status, data has continued to flow freely between the EU and UK during this time. However, the UK’s treatment as a…

Welcome to Greenberg Traurig’s Quarterly Update for Overseas Investors, prepared by the firm’s London Real Estate Practice. This newsletter reviews a range of legal and practice developments that may directly affect overseas investors in the UK real estate sector. Our Autumn 2020 issue covers Company Voluntary Arrangements; COVID-19; Insurance; Green Financing & Retrofitting; Lease Code; Planning; and Transport. Click here to read the full GT Newsletter.…