10/8/2026 12:54:07 PM Virtually enabled AGMs: The UK Investment Association revises its approach By Rós Ní Dhubháin Makayla Knott On 6 October 2026, the Investment Association (IA) - the trade body representing the UK asset management industry - published a position...
10/8/2026 11:27:37 AM Strategic Investment Projects in Spain: Royal Decree 731/2026 opens a new route to priority treatment By Ignacio Borrego Pilar Aguilar Spain has opened a new fast track for strategic investors. On 18 September 2026, Royal Decree 731/2026 (Royal Decree) came into force. It...
10/6/2026 10:30:37 AM Japan enters a new era of foreign investment screening: What the 2026 FEFTA reforms mean for foreign investors By Kaori Yamada Hitoshi Nakajima Japan’s foreign investment screening regime is entering a new phase. The Diet approved the bill amending the Foreign Exchange and Foreign...
9/30/2026 1:48:37 PM “Retroactive” dividend entitlement under authorised capital: Can the permitted become prohibited? By Christoph H. Seibt Christopher Dibbern Danwerth The Higher Regional Court of Munich has refused to register a capital increase from authorised capital with a simplified exclusion of...
9/28/2026 11:32:07 AM EU Merger Guidelines review: new economic studies inform Commission's approach to dynamic effects By Ilka Oberländer Jenny Leahy Janet Lang Dominic Divivier Niklas Andree +2 more... Show less The European Commission has recently published two economic studies on how mergers may impact innovation and future competition. These...
9/24/2026 12:48:07 PM Inside Infrastructure: Satellites, Infrastructure's newest frontier By Rhys Evans Jessamy Gallagher Tara Gazzard Alexandra Yang +1 more... Show less Inside Infrastructure is back. We're launching the next series with a look at a sector that is moving increasingly into the mainstream...
9/23/2026 2:01:37 PM ACM call-in power: what parties negotiating Dutch deals need to know By Paul van den Berg Felix Roscam Abbing Rosa Warning Recently, the Dutch Parliament introduced a draft legislative act (the Act) that would grant the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and...
9/7/2026 9:10:03 AM Are AI occupiers about to rewrite the UK institutional office lease? By Joey Patchitt Lydia Kent-Smith AI is now the single biggest source of new demand in the London office market, and it is still only in its infancy. Yet it arrives...
9/4/2026 4:31:07 PM The CMA’s revised merger assessment guidelines: a more workable route for efficiencies? By James Aitken Colin Raftery The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published revised Merger Assessment Guidelines (MAGs). The main change is the...
7/21/2026 12:36:07 PM Inside Infrastructure: Competing for capital – what investors really need By Jessamy Gallagher Alastair Mordaunt Richard Thexton Kirsten Singleton Pascal Despard Susannah Prichard Iona Crawford +4 more... Show less Governments around the world face the same fundamental challenge: how to fund the infrastructure needed to support economic growth,...
7/15/2026 12:42:07 PM UK National Security and Investment Act: key trends in the latest data ahead of upcoming reforms and a new Prime Minister By Alastair Mordaunt Sarah Jensen 2025/26 Annual Report shows rising volumes of deals under review across a broad spectrum of sectors and acquirers, with a shift in focus...
7/14/2026 2:21:37 PM Getting the deal through in an era of policy-driven enforcement By Laurent Bougard Christine Laciak Rory Jones Uwe Salaschek +1 more... Show less In a recent post, we shared details of the 2027 edition of Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control, now called Panoramic: Merger...
7/2/2026 3:15:06 PM The 2027 Edition of Panoramic Merger Control Is Now Available By Thomas Janssens The latest edition of Panoramic Merger Control is now available. This renowned international guide sets out the essentials of merger...
7/1/2026 8:42:07 AM Reforming UK taxation of distributions code By Emily Szasz Tom Gardner HMRC have launched a consultation on a set of wide-ranging proposals to reform the taxation of distributions and repayments of capital...
6/26/2026 3:39:37 PM Freshfields' response to the European Commission’s consultation on the new draft EU Merger Guidelines By Thomas Janssens Paul van den Berg Andreas von Bonin Björn Sijtsma Karen Slaney Toyosi Taiwo +3 more... Show less The European Commission’s long-awaited draft revision of the EU Merger Guidelines marks a defining moment for merger control in Europe....
6/10/2026 10:12:37 AM Expanding the net: the Dutch FDI regime adds six technology categories from 2027 By Paul van den Berg Max Immerzeel Felix Roscam Abbing Elisa Lambooij +1 more... Show less On 8 June 2026, the Dutch government announced that six additional technology categories will be brought within the scope of the National...