Finance Law and Banking Law

Manchester United's proposed 100,000-seat stadium represents one of Europe's largest sports infrastructure projects under consideration, designed as the centerpiece of a broader Old Trafford area regeneration. The critical question for investors centers on how such an ambitious asset will be financed and commercialized over the long term.

The Hormuz crisis has exposed critical vulnerabilities in Asia's refining and petrochemical sectors, where dependence on Middle Eastern crude flows through the Strait creates immediate margin compression and covenant pressure. As disruptions translate into plant-level losses across the region, lenders face the urgent task of distinguishing assets that can weather the storm from those approaching insolvency.

Energy financing is evolving beyond traditional project-level debt as sponsors increasingly layer holdco finance and NAV facilities into their capital stacks. How do these three financing products interact, and what legal and structural challenges arise when managing competing claims on cash flows moving from project level to fund level?

In this In Practice article we consider what comes next, after the Supreme Court judgment on secret commission payments in motor vehicle finance transactions.

On 7 October 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper (the "Consultation") on an industry-wide scheme to compensate motor finance customers who were treated unfairly between 2007...

The 2025 Airline Economics Conference in Dublin highlighted several key trends and challenges currently shaping the aviation industry, with a particular focus on the leasing sector...

On 6 July 2026, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the Mills Review (Review) to examine how advances in AI could transform retail financial services by 2030. The Review drew on 140 written submissions and a wide range of expertise through meetings, panels and roundtables across financial services.

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority has recently (22 July 2026) published its review of financial crime controls across 242 asset management and alternatives firms. The findings reinforce themes from the FCA's February 2025 portfolio letter, which identified anti-money laundering controls in private markets as a supervisory priority.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has published a policy statement outlining the operational reforms it will take forward following a joint consultation with the FCA.

The decision indicates that the minority creditors intend to bring a claim against the security trustee and majority creditors, in which they will seek to unwind an out-of-court restructuring

The Bank of England (Bank) has published its long‑awaited policy statement on sterling-denominated stablecoins and a draft Code of Practice for sterling‑denominated systemic stablecoin issuers...

The European Union's Listing Act package has introduced its final wave of changes to the Prospectus Regulation, fundamentally reshaping how debt capital markets participants must structure and present offering documents. These reforms include mandatory sequencing requirements, consolidated disclosure annexes, and new ESG-specific disclosure obligations that will affect issuers, underwriters, and legal advisors across EU regulated markets.