Upon the U.K.’s withdrawal from the E.U., it is possible that the basis for the U.K.’s trade with the E.U. could take the form of: (1) U.K. membership of the […]
Tag: 2017
Letter to Ministry of Justice: Cross-Border Civil Judicial Cooperation: 23 November 2017
The FMLC sent a letter to Nic Turner at the Ministry of Justice concerning the publication of a Government policy paper entitled Providing a cross-border civil judicial cooperation framework: a […]
Private Equity Forum Conference: Brexit and Finance: 21 November 2017
Dr Perkins participated in a panel at the 7th Private Equity Forum Conference. She gave short remarks on certain legal and regulatory concerns arising in the context of Brexit, including […]
Qatar Law Forum: Financial Inclusion and the Rule of Law: 12 November 2017
FMLC CEO Joanna Perkins participated in a panel on Financial Inclusion and the Rule of Law at the 2017 Qatar Law Forum. Dr Perkins offered remarks about FinTech and Financial […]
Letter to Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: Business Contract Terms Regulations 2017: 7 November 2017
The FMLC has sent a letter to Francis Evans at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) concerning the draft Business Contract Terms (Assignment of Receivables) Regulations 2017 […]
Journal Article: Benchmark Transition under the new E.U. Regulation: November 2017
Dr Perkins published an article entitled Benchmark transition under the new E.U. Regulation in the November edition of the Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Finance Law. The article provided […]
Letter to Bank of England: Response to BoE White Paper on SONIA: 9 October 2017
In June 2017, the Bank of England’s Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates published a White Paper entitled SONIA as the RFR and approaches to adoption. The Working Group […]
Legal Aspects of Virtual Currencies: 6 October 2017
At the annual Goodacre Securities Industry Conference Dr Perkins presented on the difficulties inherent in determining the legal character of virtual currencies and uncertainties this creates with regards to their […]
Report: Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings after Brexit: 25 August 2017
In this paper, the FMLC has considered issues of legal uncertainties which may arise in consequence of Brexit in relation to cross-border insolvency proceedings. Despite HM Government’s plans to transpose E.U. […]
Report: Brexit Analysis on Third Country Regimes in E.U. Legislation: 13 July 2017
On 29 March 2017, HM Government officially served notice to the European Commission of the U.K.’s intention to withdraw from the E.U. under Article 50 of the Treaty on European […]