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Financial Services

International Funds Legal Update | February 2023

FCA's supervisory strategy for asset management firms and post-Brexit regulations, the EU's update of AIFMD II, and more
Financial Services

Employee incentives: new opportunities for fintech companies

Fintechs seeking to incentivise their employees may wish to consider tax-advantaged company share option plans
Tech, Media and Comms

NIS 2 Directive: a key update for cybersecurity in the EU

The revised regulation aims for high-level cybersecurity and to eliminate divergences in implementing the repealed NIS 1.
The Built Environment

Supreme Court requires tax authorities to explain the reasons that justify the beginning of real-estate revaluations

The ruling has led to a new twist in value verification procedures and how the administration should conduct these procedures.
Dispute resolution

Judicial impartiality and intimate friendship as grounds for disqualification in Spain

Appearances are important because the confidence of litigants in the courts of a democratic society is at stake
Regulatory and compliance

Whistleblower protection law approved by Spain's Congress

Legislation to protect those reporting legal breaches to combat corruption transposes the EU's Whistleblowing Directive
Corporate

Start-ups law introduces corporate measures for emerging companies in Spain

The legislation's range of new measures from registration to treasury stock aim to help Spain's start-ups grow
Real estate

Spain's government approves the Right to Housing Bill

What measures and new concepts stand out in the framework of the regulation?
Urban Dynamics

'Senior living' in the UK : what are the benefits of (and barriers to) development?

Senior living developments present an opportunity to meet demand, ease the healthcare and housing crises and decarbonise the housing sector
Employment and pensions

UK Public Service Pensions Update | February 2023

Welcome to the latest edition of the UK Public Service Pensions Update
Employment and pensions

Is there a role for cryptoassets in the future of employee remuneration in the UK?

As regulators contend with cryptoassets, their role as a form of remuneration may develop – though there are considerable legal