The global pandemic may have temporarily slowed the corporate real estate market but, as confidence grows and activity resumes, the structure of proposed acquisitions will remain as important as ever and a collaborative approach will ensure the best outcome for all parties. There are a range of legal issues to...

We look at recent developments in the UK of interest to the investment funds sector, from the government's "levelling up" white paper and the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) consultation on strengthening financial promotion rules for high-risk investments, including many types of investment fund, to the latest FCA guidance on appointing...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, operational resilience – the ability of firms and the financial sector to prevent, adapt, respond to, recover and learn from operational disruptions – has been brought into even sharper focus. Before the pandemic, new rules had already been proposed on operational resilience. These rules are now...

The Belgian Law of 1 February 2022 – which amends the Law of 18 September 2017 on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and on the restriction of the use of cash, jointly with its implementing Royal Decree of 8 February 2022 – introduces new legal obligations for...

Karima answers questions about Blockchain and NFT. These cover the definition of blockchain and the opportunities that NFTs can bring to companies, what added value the blockchain technology can bring and how it is regulated. Launched in November 2005 BFMTV is a French national 24-hour news channel. Access to the...

Online shopping now represents a significant part of the retail sector, meaning card payments are critical to many retailers' businesses. The UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is consulting on ways to make the card-acquiring market work better for retailers (CP22/1 , January 2022). In particular, the regulator wants to find...

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised leading global embedded business finance provider Liberis on a £70m debt financing from British Business Investments, Paragon Bank, BCI Finance and Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB"). The financing package was a combination of warehouse facilities provided by all of those lenders in support of...

Anne Vrignaud joins Osborne Clarke to develop the firm's finance practice. With over twenty years of experience at leading anglo-saxon law firms, Anne assists her clients in real estate finance, acquisition finance and debt restructuring in an international environment. With her Franco-German origin, trained in France and the United States...

Decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) are communities governed by rules that are encoded as a computer programme and maintained on the blockchain. When first conceived, it was hoped that, by removing the powers traditionally delegated to directors and placing these directly in the hands of owners, DAOs would resolve the principal-agent...