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Briefing Notes
International
Fleet of Big Law firms advises on Uber's $15 billion acquisition of Delivery Hero, with Freshfields and Wachtell leading on the buyer side
Fifty-market regulatory clearance programmes make cross-border tech M&A the most logistically complex work in practice.
Banking & Finance
European Commission plans deregulation package for EU banks aimed at cutting capital buffers and enabling cross-border mergers
EU capital buffer cuts could unlock the cross-border bank mergers that fragmentation has blocked for a decade.
Regulation
Complaints Commissioner reports more than 50% rise in FCA complaint reviews, driven sharply by British Steel Pension Scheme cases
A 50% surge in FCA complaint reviews signals that British Steel redress remains an open regulatory liability for adviser firms.
AI & Law
Corporate legal departments are now the largest AI users in enterprise, raising oversight stakes for general counsel
GCs are simultaneously the biggest AI users and the primary AI governance authority, a structural conflict that demands urgent policy work.
Capital Markets
UK GDP beats expectations and economists upgrade growth forecasts, strengthening the case for London debt and equity issuance
A 0.4% Q2 GDP beat tightens the pricing window for London issuers and revives the equity calendar.
Energy & Tech
Trump administration aims to stop offshore wind development on national security grounds, creating legal uncertainty for US project finance
National security licence revocations create a new layer of uninsurable regulatory risk in US offshore wind project finance.
Disputes
Law360 data shows shareholder suits are leading a broad rise in class action filings across US courts
Rising shareholder class actions expose dual-listed UK companies to parallel disclosure liability under US and UK regimes simultaneously.