International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised RHYTHM AI, a UK company focused on the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF), on the closure of a £2.15m seed financing round. AF is the most common type of abnormal heart rhythm seen in clinical practice. It is associated with significant clinical morbidity...

International legal practice Osborne Clarke’s UK Managing Partner, Ray Berg, has been recognised as a top 40 HERoes Advocate Executive by the Outstanding Hero Awards for 2019. Supported by Yahoo Finance, and set up by INvolve, a membership organisation that champions diversity and inclusion in business, the HERoes Women Role...

The UN COP29 climate summit closed last week to mixed reception but can claim to have achieved a significant milestone in its long-running ambition to oversee the implementation of Article 6 of the 2015 Paris Agreement that governs international carbon markets. The fortnight of negotiations in Baku culminated in the...

Beyond this edition, you may also be interested in: a webinar on environmental claims (plus more information on decarbonisation); and coverage on the latest plans to ban HFSS advertising online and before the watershed, including enforcement and market impact. Here are some other significant updates in the world of consumer...

In our latest tax podcast, Ian Hyde and Matt Greene talk about issues arising out of the Criminal Finances Act, 4 years after its introduction. There has been an increase in HMRC investigating whether the criminal offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion has been committed. This...

Osborne Clarke in the Netherlands has advised one of its clients on obtaining acquisition financing from Postbank (a branch of DB Privat- and Firmenkundenbank AG) in connection with the acquisition of the Amsterdam City Harbour Hotel. The hotel consists of 246 hotel rooms which are part of the NOVUM Hotel...

Investor and foreign investment Originally, only residents outside the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) needed a prior authorisation for foreign investment. The concept of "foreign investor" is determined by the place of residence of the ultimate investor in the Spanish company, so that it also...

Many questions arise with the return to the office; one of the most common is whether companies can force their employees to return to in-person work. The bussines decision to use hybrid systems as a form of service provisions is based on the management and organisational power vested in the...

The UK government has published its response to a gene-editing consultation launched earlier this year, which sought views on the regulation of organisms (other than humans) produced using genetic technologies such as gene editing. The consultation, which closed in March 2021, considered whether gene editing should be treated differently to...

Report by Oxera for LegalUK for the first time identifies scale of value of English law as a platform that benefits UK plc and international business. Osborne Clarke has part funded the report along with over 25 other firms and organisations. New research for LegalUK by leading economics consultancy Oxera...