Antitrust & Merger Control

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  • TMT Sector Update 2019

    Seminar

    Submitted: 28 May 2019

    Slides and materials from our annual TMT Sector Update held on 23 May 2019.

  • Simmons & Simmons China TMT Day 2018

    Seminar

    Submitted: 12 December 2018

    The materials from our China TMT Day 2018 are now available.

  • 西盟斯律师事务所科技、传媒和电信中国研讨会（2018）

    Seminar

    Submitted: 12 December 2018

  • Key risks for Asset Managers and Financial Institutions

    Seminar

    Submitted: 26 January 2018

    Asterisk is an initiative that forecasts the five key risks facing asset managers and financial institutions in 2018. Asterisk is part of a wider campaign to encourage discussion around these highly topical issues and to demonstrate how we can assist our clients navigate these risks going forward. The Hong Kong office will commence a series of roundtables in the coming months to facilitate this process.

  • Investing in start-ups Restricted access

    Seminar

    Submitted: 18 May 2017

    In this session we explore the issues that start-ups and investors encounter and some key challenges they need to overcome.

  • Can you trust a machine? The evolution of smart contracts and Blockchain technology.

    Seminar

    Submitted: 24 October 2016

    Partners Ian Wood and Jolyon Ellwood-Russell discuss what smart contracts are, what the current realistic applications are for smart contracts and how far could smart contracting go in replacing human decision making.

  • Competition: What’s next for financial services? Restricted access

    Seminar

    Submitted: 05 October 2016

    This session covers recent developments in the EU and UK competition law space for financial institutions. We cover EU and UK enforcement, including FCA competition trends and recent wholesale market studies, the FCA’s developing approach to contentious competition issues, practical guidance on how to identify and mitigate competition law risks in your business and how to keep your business competitive whilst still complying with competition law.

  • Developments in financial crime Restricted access

    Seminar

    Submitted: 05 October 2016

    Considering the increase in financial crime risk, in the context of more robust enforcement, prospective legislative changes such as criminalising the failure to prevent economic crime and significant changes to the money laundering and financial sanctions regimes.

  • Global tax enforcement and corruption Restricted access

    Seminar

    Submitted: 05 October 2016

    We look at multi-regulator global enforcement initiatives in the wake of the Panama and LuxLeaks scandals. We also discuss the proposed corporate tax evasion facilitation offence, which we expect to become law early 2017 (possibly sooner).

  • An overview of recent developments in the European loan markets Restricted access

    Seminar

    Submitted: 05 October 2016

    In this session we look at a number of recent issues affecting deal structures and terms for European leveraged and cross-over credits and other event driven financings. Topics include the evolution of the European loan covenant package, competition law issues affecting the syndicated loan market and some thoughts on the impact of Brexit on the loan markets.

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