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02 July 2019
Open Innovation and Collaboration
Over this last year we have been talking to our clients about open innovation – what approach do they take – how "open" can it be – how are innovation and collaboration processed and structured – is "ownership" still an important factor - what issues are there in collaborating with partners from...
11 June 2019
Product Intervention Powers and Design and Distribution Obligations in Financial Services: A cross-border perspective
Many regulators view their ability to intervene as one of their key supervisory tools to reduce harm in cases where there is a risk of significant consumer detriment or threat to financial markets.
04 June 2019
Foreign Direct Investment Podcast: Episodes 1-6 now available
Herbert Smith Freehills and Global Counsel have joined forces to explore the key issues affecting foreign direct investment from a legal and political perspective. Each podcast looks at how specific regimes across the world shape wider global trends, covering what transacting parties should be...
29 May 2019
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT & CLAIMS MANAGEMENT PODCAST SERIES
In this podcast series, our Construction & Infrastructure Disputes experts discuss construction contract and claims management in the UK. The series covers common contentious issues arising from construction contract management and construction claims and explores the legal and practical do's...
29 May 2019
SHAREHOLDERS ACTIVISM FOCUSES ON PRIVACY ISSUES
With privacy issues these days commonly featuring as a board legal agenda item, recent shareholder activity at Amazon has shown that privacy is also at the forefront of shareholders’ minds. A group of Amazon shareholders sought to prevent the company from selling its facial recognition technology...
24 May 2019
The Future of Consumer Series
The Consumer industry is under constant pressure to keep pace with regulatory intervention and change; disruptive technologies; consumer preferences; and business model adaptations. In this series of insights we tackle these issues highlighting the legal challenges and consequences with the aim to...
24 May 2019
Happy GDPR-versary! HSF reflections on a year of GDPR regulation
The GDPR came into effect almost a year ago on the 25 May 2018. As the most significant reform of data protection law in Europe for over 20 years, the legislation raised expectations of a cultural shift in attitude to data privacy. A year on from the fanfare of implementation, this bulletin looks...
22 May 2019
CMA director disqualification cases signal greater focus on individual liability for breach of competition rules
On 10th May 2019 the CMA secured the disqualification of three former directors of companies involved in a bid rigging cartel in the design, construction and fit-out services sector. The three directors have given legally binding disqualification undertakings under which they will be banned from...
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02 July 2019
Open Innovation and Collaboration
Over this last year we have been talking to our clients about open innovation – what approach do they take – how "open" can it be – how are innovation and collaboration processed and structured – is "ownership" still an important factor - what issues are there in collaborating with partners from...
11 June 2019
Product Intervention Powers and Design and Distribution Obligations in Financial Services: A cross-border perspective
Many regulators view their ability to intervene as one of their key supervisory tools to reduce harm in cases where there is a risk of significant consumer detriment or threat to financial markets.
07 June 2019
NSW security of payment reform update: what you need to know
In November 2018, significant amendments to NSW’s security of payment legislation, the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (the Act ) passed into law. 1 Our previous article described those amendments.
06 June 2019
Zambia lured by the siren song of resource nationalism
Zambia, the world’s seventh-largest copper producer, is the latest leading African mining jurisdiction to succumb to the siren song of resource nationalism. In recent years this trend has seen international miners and their host governments in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo clash...
06 June 2019
The Public-Private Partnership Law Review - 5th edition: Russia Chapter
In Russia, the public-private partnership (PPP) sector is dynamically developing and contains many examples of successful projects in all key areas of the Russian economy – in particular, transport, healthcare and utilities. However, in comparison with some other countries, Russian PPP legislation...
04 June 2019
Foreign Direct Investment Podcast: Episodes 1-6 now available
Herbert Smith Freehills and Global Counsel have joined forces to explore the key issues affecting foreign direct investment from a legal and political perspective. Each podcast looks at how specific regimes across the world shape wider global trends, covering what transacting parties should be...
31 May 2019
Thrills and (board) spills – the Takeovers Panel again shows it is reluctant to interfere with shareholder requisitioned meetings
The Takeovers Panel recently declined to conduct proceedings in relation to an application from Australian Whisky Holdings Limited 1 that alleged a number of its shareholders (including the major shareholder) were part of an undisclosed association in connection with a shareholder requisitioned...
