12/16/2025 1:49:25 PM Austria’s New Electricity Act Navigating the grid of tomorrow: key changes for grid operators (1/3) By Dr. Stephan Denk Kathrin Wildmoser-Zeller Julia Wallner Austria’s energy landscape is on the verge of a significant transformation: On December 11, 2025, the Austrian federal government agreed...
12/16/2025 11:29:57 AM Effectively managing Caporalato-related supply chain risk: Senior management priorities to contain risk and liability By Luca Capone Moritz Pellmann Federico Mercuri Cristina Hajek Gross +1 more... Show less Part 2 of a two-part series on effectively managing Caporalato-related supply chain risk Italy’s fight against labour exploitation in...
12/16/2025 10:02:30 AM FCA publishes final rules on non-financial misconduct By Holly Insley Amy Rentell Chantelle Nicholas Rebecca Zech +1 more... Show less Following a policy statement and consultation in July 2025 (see more detail here), the FCA has published its final rules and guidance on...
12/16/2025 9:56:21 AM Corporate investigations: same facts, new law – would the 24 November 2025 Cassation ruling be the same under the Belgian Private Investigations Act? By Kevin Xhebexhia Today marks the first anniversary of the entry into force of the new Belgian Private Investigations Act (the 2024 Act), which has been a...
12/15/2025 4:44:27 PM Shaping Asia’s Infrastructure: Investing in Africa - the risks and opportunities for Asian project stakeholders By Christophe Seraglini Alexandra van der Meulen Robert Colvin Africa is in an era of significant growth and transformation: its population is expected to double by 2060, while economic growth in...
12/11/2025 10:42:53 AM Libya reopens for business: opportunities and risks in a changing energy market By Amanda Mapanda James Chapman Noah Rubins KC Anne-Lise Ménagé Leila Symonds +2 more... Show less Libya is re-emerging as a significant destination for international investment, particularly within the energy, renewables, and...
12/9/2025 3:06:46 PM Effectively managing Caporalato-related supply chain risk: Rapid and legally sound crisis management By Luca Capone Moritz Pellmann Federico Mercuri Cristina Hajek Gross +1 more... Show less Part 1 of a two-part series on effectively managing Caporalato-related supply chain risk Earlier this year, we examined the growing...
12/8/2025 9:47:42 AM A decade of enforcement: Hong Kong's competition landscape in 2025 By Ninette Dodoo Tim Mak Ziqi Zhou A summary of the seminar jointly hosted by Freshfields and the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. On 6 November 2025, Rasul Butt,...
12/4/2025 5:02:56 PM Malacalza vs. ECB - On the liability of the European Central Bank for the exercise of its prudential supervisory functions By Janina Heinz Philip Denninger Daniel Klingenbrunn For many years, the stability of the financial sector has formed a paramount public interest, being the underlying reason for...
12/3/2025 9:03:47 AM The 40th Freshfields Arbitration Lecture: Meg Kinnear Reflects on the Legacy of NAFTA Chapter 11 By Ashley Jones Oliver Marsden Gustav Brincat On 12 November 2025, Meg Kinnear, who served as ICSID Secretary-General from 2009 until 2024, delivered the 40th Freshfields Arbitration...
12/2/2025 1:53:16 PM Germany’s top court clarifies intra‑EU constraints vs extra‑EU stability By Boris Kasolowsky Carsten Wendler Leane Meyer Gonzalo Salazar Felix Richolt +2 more... Show less On 18 September 2025, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht, Constitutional Court published two closely...
12/2/2025 1:20:43 PM From EU legacy to UK innovation: FCA consults on short selling changes By Chris Ranson James Smethurst Christopher Bernard The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Consultation Paper CP25/29 setting out proposed rules and guidance to implement the...
12/1/2025 10:30:30 AM Shaping Asia’s Infrastructure: Unlocking Central Asia’s solar potential - Liberalising trends in solar development in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan By Ciara Watkins Morgane Guyonnet Kim Rosenberg Robert Colvin +1 more... Show less With over one million square kilometres of steppe and desert landscape and up to three thousand hours of sunlight per year, Central Asia...
11/28/2025 3:23:58 PM Beyond the Employment Rights Bill - Government drops 'day one' unfair dismissal By Holly Insley Amy Rentell Eva Moore In a surprising move, the UK government has officially retreated from its manifesto commitment to make unfair dismissal a ‘day one’...
11/28/2025 1:50:19 PM Autumn Budget 2025: a stealthy smorgasbord? By Alison Dickie Kelly Lovegrove The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has delivered the Autumn Budget 2025. In her much-anticipated second Budget, the...
11/27/2025 1:17:28 PM Autumn Budget 2025: UK expands tax-advantaged EMI share incentive regime for growth companies By Alice Greenwell Regina Erie Guy Huffen The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget 2025 contained a number of significant announcements for UK businesses. Please see here for our thoughts...