Catalyst: UK

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03 August 2020

Governance: CORPORATE INSOLVENCY AND GOVERNANCE ACT 2020 - SOUNDBITE SERIES (UK)

Welcome to our soundbite series on the new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 which came into effect on 26 June 2020. The provisions of the Act are complex and...

29 July 2020

Pressure points: Trustees and administrators prepare for what’s ahead: Ombudsman to see a rise in complaints due to Covid-19 (UK)

The Pensions Ombudsman recently published both its Corporate Plan 2020-2023 and Annual Report for 2019/2020, which reveal that the number of enquiries the Ombudsman...

20 July 2020

Governance: Prime Minister commits to a future independent inquiry into UK Government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis (UK)

Following demands from the opposition and various campaigning groups, the Prime Minister has now committed to an independent inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. In previous weeks, the...

16 July 2020

GOVERNANCE - Wasted Breath? Insolvency Reforms in Response to COVID-19 (UK)

This article first appeared in Volume 17, Issue 4 of International Corporate Rescue and is reprinted with the permission of Chase Cambria Publishing....

15 July 2020

Pressure Points: Corporate Crime & Investigations in the time of COVID-19 (Global)

At our recent Corporate Crime & Investigations webinar, over 100 clients identified their Financial Crime related concerns arising from, and the measures they have adopted in response to, the Covid-19...

10 July 2020

Governance: Consolidated Corporate Covid-19 Update (UK)

Rarely have events accelerated so rapidly or so radically as they have in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. A number of pieces of legislation and guidance have been published...

10 July 2020

Pressure Points: Covid-19 and Fraud (UK)

Covid-19 restrictions are being slowly eased, but the impact of the pandemic and related lockdown measures on financial crime risk and on related compliance measures continues to be a high...

08 July 2020

Pressure Points: Administrative Court refuses permission to legal challenge to the UK Government’s lockdown regulations (UK)

Dolan & Ors v Secretary of State for Health And Social Care & Anor [2020] EWHC 1786 (Admin)...

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08 July 2020

People: Post-lockdown issues for employers (UK)

On 11 May 2020 the UK Government published its roadmap for coming out of lockdown, providing for a (conditional) phased return of schools and businesses over the coming months and...

03 July 2020

People: Key actions checklists for trustees and employers of DC schemes (UK) - Updated

Current events related to Covid-19 and the related economic impact are raising a number of time critical pensions-related issues that employers with defined contribution (DC) schemes and trustees of such...

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Alison is the Executive Partner, West and also Managing Partner for the Employment, Pensions and Incentives practice group.

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Gary is global co-head of the firm's finance practice and co-head of its real estate finance team.

+44 20 7466 2123

Natasha is a partner in the dispute resolution team in our London office.

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Restructuring, Turnaround and Insolvency

Dispute Resolution

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Banks and other Financial Institutions

Professional Support and Business Services

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Kevin is Partner in the restructuring and insolvency group at Herbert Smith Freehills.

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Restructuring, Turnaround and Insolvency

Finance

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Infrastructure

Banks and other Financial Institutions

+44 20 7466 2976

Jeremy is the Head of the UK and EMEA real estate practice.

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Real Estate

Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals

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Real Estate

+44 20 7466 2198

Gavin is a corporate lawyer specialising in cross-border mergers and acquisitions with a focus on the infrastructure, TMT and consumer products sectors.

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Corporate

Mergers & Acquisitions

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Energy

Financial Buyers

+44 20 7466 2153

Stephen is the Managing Partner of Competition, Regulation and Trade.

Banks and other Financial Institutions

Consumer

+44 20 7466 2825

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