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Apr 02, 2025
Apr 02, 2025
Revitalising the EU Securitisation Market
The European Union's securitisation market has struggled to reach its full potential despite the introduction of the Securitisation Regulation (SECR) in 2019. While the market has shown modest growth in recent years, particularly in synthetic securitisations following the introduction of the Simple, Transparent, and Standardised (STS) framework for on-balance-sheet transactions in 2021, it remains significantly smaller than pre-2008 levels and highly concentrated in a few Member States.
The Joint Committee (JC) of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) has published on Monday, 31 March 2025, a comprehensive report evaluating the implementation and functioning of the SECR. This report comes at a critical time as the European Commission considers legislative revisions to the securitisation framework as part of its broader push for a Savings and Investment Union (SIU). The report identifies several areas where amendments could enhance clarity, introduce proportionality, and ensure consistent supervision across the Union, all while maintaining robust investor protection.
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Apr 01, 2025
Apr 01, 2025
BCLP Appoints Karen Mitchell as Chief People Officer and Trevor Varnes as Chief Operating Officer, Supporting Firm’s Continued Growth Strategy
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Apr 01, 2025
Apr 01, 2025
BCLP honored with two awards at The Professional Services Management Excellence Awards 2025
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Apr 01, 2025
Apr 01, 2025
BCLP Ranked in Legal 500 EMEA 2025
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Apr 01, 2025
Apr 01, 2025
Delaware adopts safe harbors for conflicted transactions and narrows right of stockholders to demand books and records
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Apr 01, 2025
Apr 01, 2025
UK Corporate Briefing April 2025
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss:
Engaging M&A advisers: the importance of agreeing terms for early-stage work
Businesses and their advisers may wish to examine their approach to handling engagement terms for early-stage work on M&A deals following the recent decision in H&P Advisory Ltd v Barrick Gold (Holdings) Ltd, which is likely to have significant reverberations for M&A deal making.
FCA: Unlawful disclosure of inside information and M&A transactions
The FCA has published Primary Market Bulletin No. 54 outlining its concerns around the unlawful disclosure of inside information during the course of M&A transactions.
FTSE Russell announces changes to methodology
From September 2025 the requirement for securities to trade exclusively in GBP will be removed and to ensure that companies that come to the market through an IPO are included faster in the FTSE UK Index Series, the Fast Entry Thresholds will be lowered.
Update report from Parker Review
The 2025 update report from the Parker Review on Ethnic Diversity shows significant progress with 95% of FTSE 100 companies having met the target of at least one minority ethnic director on their board and 82% of all FTSE 250 companies.
FCA changes its proposed policy on publicising enforcement investigations
Following strong feedback, the FCA is not proceeding with its proposals to change the public interest test when deciding whether to announce investigations into regulated firms and listed companies.
Equality (Race and Disability) Bill
The government has published a consultation seeking views on how to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting for large employers ie. more than 250 employees. Responses are required by 10 June 2025.
Coming soon: identity verification at Companies House
Identity verification at Companies House, as introduced by the ECCTA, will be available from 8 April and is set to become mandatory this autumn, subject to transitional provisions. In preparation, Companies House has been rolling out new services, rules and guidelines.
Court finds that actionable misrepresentations might be made in a draft disclosure letter
The judge in this case held that the buyer of a business might have a right to claim for misrepresentation in relation to information provided in a draft disclosure letter.
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Mar 31, 2025
Mar 31, 2025
BCLP advise GPE on acquisition of West End HQ development opportunity
Blog Post
Mar 31, 2025
Mar 31, 2025
PFAS in Consumer Products: State-by-State Regulations
Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of consumer products across a broad spectrum of industries are being impacted by state laws regulating the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in their products. This area is rapidly developing as states create new laws or amend existing ones, and the penalties and litigation risks for non-compliance can be significant.
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Mar 31, 2025
Mar 31, 2025
Sexual harassment - The preventative duty and risk assessments
Rather than our usual Two Minute Monthly employment law round-up, we are posting for March 2025 a blog by Partner Katherine Pope on the nature and purpose of risk assessments in complying with the sexual harassment preventative duty.