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  • India opens up to foreign ownership of multi-brand retailers

    United Kingdom 19.10.2012
    Foreign retailers wanting to invest in India have been faced with a number of changes to the legislation since foreign direct investment (FDI) was first permitted for single-brand retail in 2006. In November...
  • ICM Client Alert - US Securities Law Update: Proposed Rules Issued Pursuant to JOBS Act

    United Kingdom 10.10.2012
    On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law the “Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act” (the “JOBS Act”). The JOBS Act seeks to increase access to the US capital markets for...
  • Insuring transfer pricing risk - Nailing the jelly to the wall

    United Kingdom 19.09.2012
    Quantifying transfer pricing risk is often seen as something of a dark art, and this has played no small part in exclusion of TP exposure from insurance of corporate tax liabilities, a valuable source...
  • Forthcoming changes to the UKLA Helpdesk

    United Kingdom 03.09.2012
    Introduction The FSA has published the third edition of Primary Market Bulletin, its newsletter for primary market participants, which deals with the practical implications of forthcoming changes to the...
  • Update on India 3

    United Kingdom 14.08.2012
    Cabinet Approves the Public Procurement Bill 2012 The Indian Cabinet of Ministers has recently approved the draft Public Procurement Bill 2012 (Procurement Bill), which will be tabled before the Indian...
  • Consultation on greenhouse gas reporting by quoted companies

    United Kingdom 26.07.2012
    In June 2012 we reported on Government plans for mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for UK quoted companies from April 2013. The proposal is for this reporting to be included in the...
  • Listed Company Director Remuneration - Draft Legislation Published

    United Kingdom 09.07.2012
    Following all the debate over the last year, the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has now produced all the draft legislation necessary to implement its final proposals for greater...
  • Shorter prospectuses for pre-emptive offers, SMEs and small caps from 1 July 2012

    United Kingdom 29.06.2012
    Summary From 1 July 2012, prospectuses published in connection with pre-emptive offers of shares by Main Market or AIM companies, and prospectuses published by SMEs and small cap Main Market companies,...
  • Quoted companies: greenhouse gas reporting to be mandatory

    United Kingdom 22.06.2012
    On 20 June 2012 the Deputy Prime Minister announced plans for mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange. This is to take effect from April...
  • Green Investment Bank - Developments

    United Kingdom 30.05.2012
    On 25 May 2012 the draft Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill had its first reading in Parliament. Amongst other measures, the Bill provides powers to the Government to designate formally the Green Investment...