Expert Guides - United Kingdom

Relationships at Work

Work is still one of the most common places for people to find life partners

13/09/2018 Jules Quinn, King & Spalding, United Kingdom

BLOCKCHAIN: A Solution Without A Problem?

Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, presents the greatest opportunity to transform business processes and generate commercial efficiencies and cost savings for decades.

13/09/2018 Nicola Northway, Baker McKenzie, United Kingdom Richard Smith, Baker McKenzie, United Kingdom

Brexit: the implications for Trade Marks and Design protection and profession in the UK

With the UK set to leave the EU on 29 March 2019, and in light of the draft withdrawal agreement, this article looks at the implications for Trade Marks and Design protection in the UK and the implications for the Trade Mark and Designs profession in the UK

18/07/2018 Tanya Buckley, Maucher Jenkins, United Kingdom Janet Strath, Maucher Jenkins, United Kingdom

Sovereign risk in international renewable energy investments: key lessons from oil & gas disputes

The energy sector is no stranger to sovereign risk

17/07/2018 Simon Maynard, Three Crowns, United Kingdom Agnieszka Ason, Three Crowns, United Kingdom

Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers for Aviation

The IT world recently became excited by a new technology, called blockchains or distributed ledgers

22/05/2018 Robin Springthorpe, Norton Rose Fulbright, United Kingdom Will Alete, Norton Rose Fulbright, United Kingdom Peter McBurney, Norton Rose Fulbright, United Kingdom

Anti-Corruption Measures in Business and Private Aviation

The international aviation industry is a highly competitive, highly regulated and international industry which is also inherently susceptible to allegations and instances of corruption

22/05/2018 Aoife O’Sullivan, The Air Law Firm, United Kingdom

TSA LOCK trade mark survives invalidity challenge before EU General Court

The EU General Court (“GC”) recently dismissed a trade mark invalidity appeal made by Safe Skies, a US-based luggage lock manufacturer.

22/05/2018 Leighton Cassidy, Fieldfisher, United Kingdom

The Scope of Protection – The UK Supreme Court Rewrites the Rulebook

In a recent decision the UK Supreme Court reviewed the scope of protection that should be granted to protect patentable inventions

25/04/2018 Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert, United Kingdom

Recent developments and current trends in energy and infrastructure project finance

2016 was a challenging year in the project finance market. Sluggish growth, low commodity prices, and the ongoing impact on commercial banks of the Basel reforms all worked to create a reluctant global market where global project finance volumes fell by over ten per cent compared to 2015

20/03/2018 John Dewar, Milbank, United Kingdom

Africa’s ever-growing energy needs: opportunities and challenges

The African economy has been resilient in the recent past and despite the fall in the price of many commodities between 2014 and 2017 large companies in Africa cleared US$1.4 trillion in profits in 2016, and the region’s real output growth was 2.2% in 2016 and is projected to increase to 4.1% in...

20/03/2018 Shawn Davis, King & Wood Mallesons, United Arab Emirates Adijatu Kamara, King & Wood Mallesons, United Arab Emirates

Antitrust remedy or Christmas bonus?

It has, without a doubt, been the antitrust case to watch over the last seven years: the European Commission’s antitrust investigation of Google’s Shopping service

23/01/2018 Tim Cowen, Preiskel & Co, United Kingdom

Crowdfunding – how should new business models be regulated?

Further UK regulatory initiatives should be expected in the crowdfunding sector soon. After completing its analysis of the risks as crowdfunding models develop, the FCA is likely to introduce various new rules – all in the interests of investor protection

19/09/2017 Kirstene Baillie, Fieldfisher, United Kingdom

Islamic Finance: Challenges and opportunities

Abstract: An article exploring the current challenges and opportunities for Islamic Finance

18/09/2017 John Dewar, Milbank, United Kingdom Munib Hussain, Milbank, United Kingdom

The Impact of Brexit on Insurance and Reinsurance

As matters currently stand, the United Kingdom will cease to be a member of the European Union on 29 March 2019

04/09/2017 David Kendall, Cooley, United Kingdom

Capturing and exploiting patent value: a woman’s work?

In an era when discussion of economies has an overwhelming focus on new technologies rather than old heavy industries, the importance of patents has reached an all-time high

31/08/2017 Lorna Brazell, Osborne Clarke, United Kingdom

What is the future for asset management in the UK?

I started thinking about this article by listing the positive and the negative factors for UK asset managers

31/08/2017 Kirstene Baillie, Fieldfisher, United Kingdom

What are Intellectual Property Rights?

This article considers the precise nature of intellectual property rights so that due consideration can then be given to associated tax implications

19/07/2017 John Henshall, Deloitte, Denmark Roy Donegan, Deloitte, United Kingdom

Transfer pricing: the new order

This is a time of change in the world of transfer pricing

19/07/2017 Richard Fletcher, Baker McKenzie, United Kingdom

Pešková v Travel Service AS: welcome clarity for the application of EC261

Regulation (EC) 261/2004 (EC261) is described by general counsel of many major airlines as their biggest challenge, and for good reason

06/07/2017 Robin Springthorpe, Norton Rose Fulbright, United Kingdom

Negligent Entrustment – Aircraft Lessors Beware

On April 19, 2000, Air Philippines Flight 541 crashed on approach during a flight between Manila and Davao City.

06/07/2017 Aoife O’Sullivan, The Air Law Firm, United Kingdom

Aircraft Maintenance – The Regulatory Framework

This article is mainly targeted at aviation transaction lawyers, particularly those for whom their encounters with aircraft maintenance issues do not necessarily rank as a career high (“that’s for the techies” being a typical refrain)

06/07/2017 Rory MacCarthy, Addleshaw Goddard, United Kingdom

Steps taken by arbitral institutions to speed up arbitration

“Time is money” – this saying is also true in the context of dispute resolution.

03/07/2017 Artem Doudko, Osborne Clarke, United Kingdom

Recent Developments in Financial Crime

The last year has been an eventful one in the sphere of economic crime. Aside from high profile enforcement successes for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), on the legislative front there have been a number of key statutory developments that have brought into sharp focus the UK government’s...

03/05/2017 Stephen Gentle, Simmons & Simmons, United Kingdom Helen Soutter, Simmons & Simmons, United Kingdom

Maintaining privilege in U.K. regulator-facing investigations: issues for company advisers

The recent judgment approving the Rolls-Royce (“Rolls”) deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”) demonstrates that no company is too big for the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) to pursue

03/05/2017 Neil Gerrard, Dechert, United Kingdom Matthew Cowie, Dechert, United Kingdom