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1 month ago | 
lexology.com | Simon Toms |Jonathan Benson |Mary S. Bonsu |Justin Lau |Olivia Moul
On 26 February 2025, the European Commission (the EC) adopted a new package of proposals aimed at simplifying the EU’s ESG reporting and compliance requirements. The EC published two separate proposals for directives to make changes to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) and the EU Taxonomy Regulation.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Justin Lau |Olivia Moul |Danny Tricot
On 14 November 2024, the UK government published a response to its consultation on creating a new regulated market to trade shares in private companies: the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES). The response sets out key features of the new framework, which will initially operate in a regulatory sandbox, alongside draft legislation.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Adam Howard |Justin Lau |Olivia Moul
[co-author: Martin Katunar]On 29 July 2024, the new UK Listing Rules came into force. The new rules institute a simpler, more flexible, disclosure-based listing regime and are designed to place London on a competitive footing with other major international listing venues, particularly those in the US and the EU. In this briefing, we outline the key features of the reformed listing regime, focusing on the new equity shares (commercial companies) (ESCC) listing category.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Raquel Fox |Aurora Luoma |Simon Toms |William Adams |Lamya Al-Yazdi |Chiara Fiori | +7 more
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, and diverging opinions on approach, continued to dominate headlines across the globe in the first half of 2024.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Azad Ali |Olivia Moul |Danny Tricot
Following a series of consultations, and as part of its wider overhaul of the UK’s financial services regime, in November 2023, the UK government published a draft statutory instrument that will replace existing European regulations on packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) that were retained post-Brexit.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Lara Flath |Raquel Fox |Olivia Moul
The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Opinion Continues To Spawn Challenges to DEI ProgramsBusinesses can expect continued challenges to DEI programs, as emboldened opponents to these programs seek to expand the reach of the Supreme Court’s opinion prohibiting the consideration of race in university admissions.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Raquel Fox |Olivia Moul |Simon Toms
Key Points Detailed rules governing some of the upcoming requirements for sustainability disclosures will help companies prepare to comply, but many requirements have still not been specified. The rules for non-EU companies will not be available until 2026, giving those companies less time than they had assumed to begin preparing to collect and share the required information.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Danny Tricot |Azad Ali |Justin Lau |Olivia Moul |David Wang
IntroductionIn July 2023, the Investment Research Review (the Review) commissioned by the UK government published its findings into investment research in UK capital markets.
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Jul 10, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Azad Ali |Olivia Moul |David Wang
On 28 June 2023, the European Commission (EC) published its proposals for both a revised Payment Services Directive (PSD3) and a new accompanying Payment Services Regulation (EU PSR). This package of reforms addresses certain key issues arising from the operation of the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and sets out specific enhancements to PSD2. As a directive, PSD3 will require transposition into member states’ national legislation.
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Jul 10, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Azad Ali |Olivia Moul |David Wang
On 28 June 2023, the European Commission (EC) published its proposals for both a revised Payment Services Directive (PSD3) and a new accompanying Payment Services Regulation (EU PSR). This package of reforms addresses certain key issues arising from the operation of the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and sets out specific enhancements to PSD2. As a directive, PSD3 will require transposition into member states’ national legislation.
