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...
4/2/2025 3:17:13 PM Asymmetric jurisdiction clauses – the impact of recent case law on financing transactions By Peter Allen Andrew Heathcote Duncan Kellaway Thomas Clark Martin Hutchings Joe Amann Reena Parmar Ashmita Garrett Jessica Wrigley Kacey Brown +7 more... Show less The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of Società Italiana Lastre SpA (SIL) v Agora SARL, casts doubt on...
3/20/2025 9:38:22 AM Cessation of business By Duncan Kellaway Peter Allen Greg Garfield Laura Clark-Jones Reena Parmar Katharina Crinson +3 more... Show less In recent months, there have been numerous instances of activist investors in investment grade bonds arguing that certain (very common)...
2/7/2025 10:55:48 AM The new UK regime for public offer platforms: the FCA consults on further proposals By Claire Harrop Tom Godwin Richard Ho Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy Eden Elder +3 more... Show less An important element of the UK’s new public offers and admissions to trading regime is the introduction of the public offer platform...