Today marks the first day of UK FinTech Week 2024 and the stage is set for a momentous celebration of innovation, collaboration, and inclusion in the FinTech ecosystem. Fox Williams is one of the leading advisers in the FinTech space with a specific focus on helping early-stage start-ups and scale-ups to build and grow their business.  Our FinTech team is excited to participate in key events during UK FinTech Week such as the Innovate Finance Global Summit and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) FinTech Showcase. Our FinTech team will hold an office hours session on Thursday 18 Ap ..read more

We are seeing an increase in the number of transactions where, as a condition to providing credit facility, lenders are increasingly requesting for a guarantee to be provided by a subsidiary of the borrower.  Also called an upstream guarantee, we look in more detail at these guarantees and directors and boards should consider should a company look to enter into one. The scenario You are a director of Finsbury Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadgate Plc. You are informed that Broadgate Plc is preparing to enter into a new credit facility with Taylors Banking, and as part of this tr ..read more

Andrew Hill joins ThoughtLeaders4 Competition to explore what needs to be done within the UK litigation sector to prepare for mass growth in cases, claimants, settlement values and funding in the coming 24 months. Speaking alongside Andrew will be: Claire Van der Zant – Shieldplay Rosie Murray – Orchard Global Claire Ducksbury – Case Pilots For more information about the webinar on 22 April at 3.00pm, including registration options, please click here. The post Andrew Hill to speak at ThoughtLeaders4 Competition webinar on growth in the UK litigation market appeared first on Fox Williams ..read more

Ben Giaretta joins 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square’s Dr. Arun Kasi and Amrit K. Dhanoa, along with Chris Howse from Howse Williams (Hong Kong), to look at the latest trends and current practical issues arising from maritime arbitrations. The panellists will also provide a view of LMAA arbitrations from their respective cities. This webinar, entitled LMAA arbitrations:- a view from London, Hong Kong & Kuala Lumpur, is organised by 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square in association with the Asia-Pacific Forum for International Arbitration (AFIA). For more information about the webinar on Th ..read more

Part 1 – Frequently Asked Questions Green Leases are not new, but they are entering into a new generation and stepping into the spotlight as investors, occupiers and funders seek to meet ESG targets and, ultimately, drive real change in the property industry. What is a green lease? A Green Lease is a lease which seeks to impose duties and obligations relating to a building’s sustainability on the parties to the lease and respond to tenant and investor demands for sustainable buildings. They are generally designed to encourage mutually beneficial behaviours in landlords and tenants of buildings ..read more

Mardi MacGregor will be taking part in the AIM Summit London, which is due to be held this year at the Four Seasons Hotel London – Ten Trinity Square. She will moderate a panel discussion entitled Tokenization at an Inflection Point – The Role of Tokenization in a Bitcoin Circular Economy. The session will take place on Tuesday 30 April at 3.40pm. The panel will be made up of: Duncan Moir – abdrn Matt Luongo – Thesis* Dan Schmerin – Metaversal Peter Coates – Kimura Capital LLP For more information about this session, please click here. The post Mardi MacGregor to moderate panel discussion on ..read more

In conjunction with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Stephen Sidkin spoke on the topic of greenwashing as part of the UKFT‘s Sustainability 101 Webinar Series. Alongside the CMA’s Director of Consumer Protection, Cecilia Parker Aranha, Stephen shared his expertise around greenwashing in the fashion industry, offering insight and practical advice to help businesses minimise risks. He covered the following topics: What is greenwashing? What are the sanctions for non-compliance? How to best avoid greenwashing. Upcoming UK and EU legislation. The webinar ..read more

An intellectual property dispute between two rival manufacturers of apparatus to jump start cars has highlighted pitfalls for brands to be aware of in respect of the use (and mis-use) of their intellectual property online. We explore how brands can attempt to retain control over the use of their IP online, and how infringements can be tackled. The background At the end of 2023 judgment was given in the dispute between Shenzhen Carku Technology Co. Ltd (“Carku”) and The NOCO Company (“NOCO”) From January to July 2020, NOCO filed “takedown” notices with Amazon in respect of a number of Carku pro ..read more

A number of significant changes have been introduced in the immigration space, designed to restrict and reduce who can come to the UK. These changes have been introduced in an effort to reduce the net migration figures and are far-reaching, including a number of key takeaways for employers, most notably: An increase in the minimum salary rates for Skilled Workers – the general minimum salary threshold will increase from a minimum of £26,200 to £38,700 per annum from 4 April 2024. For Senior or Specialist Workers (previously known as Intra-company transferees) where an employee of a group comp ..read more

The legal risks and unintended consequences of remote working returned to the headlines last month when it was reported that the husband of a BP employee had pleaded guilty to insider trading. The husband made illegal share purchases after overhearing his wife talking about a deal whilst working from home. Tyler Loudon admitted to making more than $1.7million in illegal profits from buying shares in a company called TravelCenters of America, which he purchased ahead of the company’s acquisition by BP – a fact he was aware of having overheard his wife’s work-related conversations. Mr Loudo ..read more