急速に変化する世界情勢の下、複雑な場面においてクライアントが迅速かつ最適な決断を下せるよう、法的側面から全面的にサポートしています。
Our progress this year
専門分野、国、業種を問わず、クライアントがビジネスを展開していくために重要な3つの項目(取引、規制、リスク)について全面的にサポートしています。
AI is on everyone’s lips as the excitement for AI’s potential continues. Players are not only talking about AI but actively engaging in developing, integrating, selling and marketing it. While compani...
Author(s): Philip Kroner, Lea Babucke, Mathea Buchholz
On 7 June 2023 the Pay Transparency Directive entered into force, aiming to enhance pay transparency and bridge the gender pay gap across European workplaces. Central to the Directive is the principle...
Author(s): Mara Ruberto
The payments landscape has undergone significant changes over the past decade, changes driven by fast-paced technological advancements and evolving consumer behaviours. In response to this dynamic evo...
Author(s): Natalie Pettinger Kearney, Eva Schneider, Daniel Klingenbrunn, Jimena Gonzalez, Alicia Hildner
On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued its first substantive decision on human rights aspects of climate change in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland...
Author(s): Christoph H. Seibt, Juliane Hilf, Moritz Becker, Patrick Schroeder, Carsten Wendler, Jan Henning Buschfeld, Stefanie Spancken-Monz, Marlen Vesper-Gräske, Domen Tursic
Freshfields sponsors TheCityUK International Conference and co-writes a report on “Advancing international competitiveness and economic growth: how do financial regulators compare?” For the third year...
Author(s): Lloyd Rees, Claire Harrop, Emma Rachmaninov, Christopher Bernard
Per our kick-off blog on the EU’s new CSDDD (here), we are now providing a series of more in-depth overviews of aspects of the directive. In this blog, we focus on the public enforcement mechanism for...
Author(s): Marlen Vesper-Gräske, Valentin Weigel
On 10 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP 24/7) on Payment Optionality for Investment Research (the Consultation Paper). The Consultation Paper introdu...
Author(s): Elisabeth Overland, Borja Ruiz De Gopegui, Oliver Schonle
On 17 April 2024, the UK Supreme Court, in State for Business and Trade v Mercer, declared that section 146 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA) was incompatible w...
Author(s): Kathleen Healy, Katie Hall