Europe: Corporate/Commercial Law

Further to our recent update, on 7 November 2024, the UK government published its long-awaited guidance on the failure to prevent fraud offence; setting out the key principles businesses must follow to remain compliant with the law, and implement reasonable procedures to ensure the availability of a defence.

Companies falling within the scope of the UK's small companies regime are eligible to pay reduced sponsorship fees. Around 14,000 more companies can benefit from this due to recent amendments...

The EU's sustainability reporting and due diligence landscape is in flux following the European Commission's adoption of its highly anticipated Sustainability Omnibus package in late February 2025.

Further to our recent update, on 7 November 2024, the UK government published its long-awaited guidance on the failure to prevent fraud offence; setting out the key principles businesses must follow to remain compliant with the law, and implement reasonable procedures to ensure the availability of a defence.

Companies falling within the scope of the UK's small companies regime are eligible to pay reduced sponsorship fees. Around 14,000 more companies can benefit from this due to recent amendments...

On May 2, 2025, the European Commission launched its anticipated "Call for Evidence" (CfE) on revising the European Union's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), open for feedback until May 30, 2025.

Judgment brings some legal clarity but raises practical and ethical questions for employers.

Following the decision of the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Limited v the Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 that the legal definition of a "woman"...

Welcome to everyone joining us for this session on the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). My name is Claire Rankovic, and I am the Resourcing Manager at Higgs.

Welcome to the first edition of Clyde & Co’s Safety, Health, Environmental and Regulatory Newsletter. Our SHE Regulatory Group is one of the largest and most recognised teams in the UK specialising in regulatory defence work.

Financial crime approaches have become disconnected because many firms are essentially 'brown-field environments', in which activities have evolved as tactical responses to incremental changes in the external regulatory environment.

On 30th March 2012, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (‘OECD’) released its report evaluating the UK Bribery Act 2010 (‘the Act’) and its enforcement of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (‘the Convention’). The report, running to 79 pages, took an in-depth look at how the UK had implemented the Act, how it has been enforcing it, but cautiously reminded the UK that there was still plenty of work to be done