10/8/2026 12:54:07 PM Virtually enabled AGMs: The UK Investment Association revises its approach By Rós Ní Dhubháin Makayla Knott On 6 October 2026, the Investment Association (IA) - the trade body representing the UK asset management industry - published a position...
9/30/2026 1:48:37 PM “Retroactive” dividend entitlement under authorised capital: Can the permitted become prohibited? By Christoph H. Seibt Christopher Dibbern Danwerth The Higher Regional Court of Munich has refused to register a capital increase from authorised capital with a simplified exclusion of...
9/24/2026 12:48:07 PM Inside Infrastructure: Satellites, Infrastructure's newest frontier By Rhys Evans Jessamy Gallagher Tara Gazzard Alexandra Yang +1 more... Show less Inside Infrastructure is back. We're launching the next series with a look at a sector that is moving increasingly into the mainstream...
6/22/2026 11:12:07 AM All change for market abuse? EU reforms to issuer disclosures impact dual EU-UK compliance arrangements By Thomas Clark Elisabeth Overland Philip Denninger Jennifer McCarthy +1 more... Show less Since Brexit, UK and EU market abuse regimes have remained broadly aligned. Companies with securities admitted to trading in both the UK...
5/29/2026 8:54:38 AM Inside Infrastructure: Open for business - Planning a UK infrastructure IPO By Egor Marisin Katie Bentel Caitlin Turner While infrastructure sponsors and asset owners have traditionally looked first to private exits – whether through bilateral sales,...
3/12/2026 5:46:10 PM SEC grants exemptions for certain dual-listed FPIs just ahead of March 2026 compliance date for new beneficial ownership reporting regime for their directors and officers By Erik Gerding David Boles Michael Levitt Ethan Magid Pamela Marcogliese Jacqueline Marino Doug Smith +4 more... Show less In December 2025, the US Congress enacted a law removing a disclosure exemption enjoyed by directors and officers of SEC-reporting non-US...
2/2/2026 2:12:29 PM Key takeaways from the London M&A Forum: Dealmaking on new terms By Elizabeth Bieber Kate Cooper Andrew Hutchings Gayle Klein Oliver Lazenby Julian Long Alan Mason Martin McElwee Piers Prichard Jones Julian Pritchard Victoria Sigeti Claire Wills Christine Wilson +10 more... Show less Global M&A is moving again. The difference, as the inaugural Freshfields London M&A Forum made clear, is that dealmaking is no longer...
1/19/2026 9:36:08 AM The new UK public offers and admissions to trading regime: some top tips for capital market participants By Reena Parmar Jennifer McCarthy The long-awaited moment has finally arrived… the UK’s new public offers and admissions to trading regime is now in place. The Public...
1/7/2026 9:25:30 AM Directors and Officers of FPIs to make prompt public disclosure to the SEC about their FPI equity holdings from March 2026 By Erik Gerding David Boles Michael Levitt Ethan Magid Pamela Marcogliese Jacqueline Marino Doug Smith +4 more... Show less The US legislature has removed a disclosure exemption enjoyed by directors and officers of SEC-reporting non-US companies that meet the...
11/4/2025 9:03:49 AM CEE Capital Markets at a Crossroads: Navigating Divergence and Innovation By Victoria Bazil Stephan Pachinger Peter Allen Doug Smith Benedikt Graf +2 more... Show less On 24 October 2025, Freshfields Vienna hosted its annual CEE Capital Markets Workshop. We welcomed a diverse audience of leading lawyers...
9/29/2025 11:57:10 AM UK prospectus regime reform – key changes for DCM issuers in the FCA’s final rules By Peter Allen Duncan Kellaway Stephan Pachinger Reena Parmar Laura Clark-Jones Greg Garfield Magdalen Christie +4 more... Show less On 15 July 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Policy Statement PS25/9: “New rules for the public offers and admissions...
9/12/2025 12:54:55 PM UK prospectus regime reform – key changes for regulated market issuers in the FCA’s final rules By Christopher Mort Julian Makin Peter Allen Duncan Kellaway Stephan Pachinger Tom Godwin Richard Ho Reena Parmar Laura Clark-Jones Greg Garfield Egor Marisin Jennifer McCarthy +9 more... Show less On 15 July 2025, the FCA published Policy Statement PS25/9: ‘New rules for the public offers and admissions to trading regime’...
7/30/2025 1:39:09 PM Private credit in the loan market: a new era of financing for corporates By Rosemary Lobley In this blog, we look at the offering by private credit lenders of new financing solutions to corporates. Growth in this market is...
7/15/2025 1:59:08 PM FCA confirms new 75% threshold for further issuances By Christopher Mort Julian Makin Tom Godwin Richard Ho Katie Bentel Egor Marisin Jennifer McCarthy +4 more... Show less The FCA has today published final rules to implement the new public offers and admissions to trading regime (in PS 25/9, following its...
7/9/2025 1:43:30 PM Inside Infrastructure: What's Happening in Austria? By Felix Neuwirther Can-Michael Nural Michael Holzmannhofer Hot Topics Construction Sector Outlook: Stable Growth Backed by Public InvestmentAustria's construction industry is projected to grow by...
6/13/2025 9:29:29 AM PISCES Q&A – key features of the world’s first regulated crossover market By Tom Godwin Richard Ho Jennifer McCarthy The FCA has now published its final rules for prospective operators of the new PISCES platforms (Private Intermittent Securities and...