Oliver Williams

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Nathaniel W. Lalone |Ciara McBrien |Oliver Williams |Edward Tran

UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthlynewsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentiallyaffecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe. To read more issues of UK Financial Insights fromKatten, please click here.

Oct 24, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Oliver Williams |Edward Tran |Alex Potten

UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe. To read more issues of UK Financial Insights from Katten, please click here.

Dec 7, 2023 | lexblog.com | Tim Baines |Oliver Williams |David Carpenter |Luiz Gustavo Bezerra

As we alluded to in our pre-COP video (which you can watch here), the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement will be concluded at COP28. Although it is an important milestone in terms of establishing a comprehensive picture of what has been achieved since the Paris Agreement was entered into and what remains to be done, discussions appear to be fraught.

Nov 10, 2023 | financialregulationintl.com | Oliver Williams |Edward Tran |David Wood |Omar Malek

2023-09-27 00:00:00.0The UK economy continues to deal with significant upheaval, and the outlook for investors holding significant equity stakes in UK portfolio companies is increasingly hard to predict. A change in the trading relationship with the EU, the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, continuing widespread inflation, an increase in global energy prices, rising interest rates and turbulence in international banking markets have all contributed to this challenging environment.

Nov 9, 2023 | mondaq.com | Omar Malek |Alex Potten |Edward Tran |Oliver Williams

Following a recent Court of Appeal decision, investors, portfolio companies and their advisers should be aware that English courts may, on occasion, adopt seemingly strained interpretations of ambiguous or unclear contract terms to give effect to what the court considers to be the outcome most consistent with commercial common sense. Whether such interpretations may constitute overreaching by the courts remains to be seen.