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Senior Executives
We have a dedicated team who support senior executives on all aspects of their employment, with particular expertise advising individuals in the financial services sector.
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Senior Managers Regime, Certification Regime and Conduct Rules
11 January 2022The Senior Managers Regime, Certification Regime and Conduct Rules (SMCR) was introduced in response to the global economic crisis to strengthen accountability and encourage good governance. The regime requires clear allocation of responsibilities to senior managers and, crucially, makes it much easier for them to be held personally liable for governance failures. It also aims to improve awareness of conduct issues across firms and, together with increased individual accountability, deter misconduct.
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Brands & IP seminar: Pitch Perfect - FULLY BOOKED
02 October 2018Lewis Silkin invites you to the third event in our 2018 Brands & IP seminar series.
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Michael Burd comments for LexisNexis: Gender pay gap reporting – a ‘seminal moment’ and a ‘driver for change’
06 April 2018Michael describes gender pay gap reporting as a ‘seminal moment’ but warn that action against companies who fail to report by the deadline, may be ‘little beyond naming and shaming’.
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Metaverse 101: Cryptoassets (including NFTs)- Selling and Distribution
22 June 2022In this next instalment of our Metaverse 101 series, we look at some of the regulatory issues to consider when selling and distributing cryptoassets (we covered regulatory issues concerning the advertising of cryptoassets in our earlier article). As this is a new and developing area of law, there are often more questions than there are answers. This post explores the relevant regulatory regimes applicable to cryptoassets for which the UK Financial Conduct Authority has responsibility.
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I am a Managing Associate in Lewis Silkin’s Employment, Immigration and Reward division.
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Football referees employees not self-employed, says Court of Appeal
07 October 2021The Court of Appeal has allowed HM Revenue & Customs’ appeal against a decision that there was insufficient mutuality of obligation and control for football referees to be treated as employees for tax purposes.
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The Need For Seed
04 January 2012Abandoned by the venture capital industry in the era of cheap debt and easy returns, early-stage finance is making a comeback. GrowthBusiness talks to investors active in the space, and some of the exciting ventures that have succeeded in raising funds. The full article can be read on growthbusiness.co.uk
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Cloud Computing, Data & Security
The cloud means different things to different people, and there are plenty of cloud computing myths that we can help to dispel.
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The Perils of Poor Security
26 January 2018James Gill and Bryony Long look at the ICO’s recent fining of Carphone Warehouse, and some of the practical steps you can take to help prevent a similar experience.
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The National Security and Investment Act 2021: will it lead to greater certainty and lower burdens for businesses?
07 December 2023Since the National Security and Investment Act (the NSI Act) came into force on 4 January 2022, one of the criticisms levelled at the legislation has been its broad scope and ambiguity over whether a transaction might be captured by the mandatory notification regime or voluntary notification regime.
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Dominic Farnsworth comments for Managing Intellectual Property: Lawyers head to Ireland to secure IP audience rights
03 June 2019In an article by Managing Intellectual Property, Dominic Farnsworth comments on the lack of clarity over Brexit that's leading more lawyers to seek to secure their rights in Ireland.
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Consolidation in the legal sector
19 December 2012Partner Fergus Payne writes about mergers in the legal sector amidst economic difficulties in an article for the Law Society Gazette.
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Regulating the recruitment sector - how far will the new framework go?
14 August 2013In an article written for the International Law Office, Carla Feakins discusses the government's official response to its recent consultation on reforming the regulatory framework for the recruitment sector.
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The legal sector and #metoo
29 November 2017Sexual harassment is clearly big news at the moment. Not, of course, because it is a new phenomenon, but because it seems that the allegations swirling around numerous big Hollywood names have opened the floodgates and made it OK to say #metoo.
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Creating a lasting change - a roundtable for the advertising and marketing sector
10 April 2018There have been numerous high profile cases of sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination across the globe in the last few months
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Dealing with #MeToo issues in the legal sector and creating a more positive culture
27 June 2019Similarly to other sectors, the legal industry has not been immune from #Metoo issues.
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Will the extension of IR35 into the private sector be abandoned?
29 April 2020In its eagerly awaited report into the IR35 reforms published earlier this week, the House of Lords has urged the government to “rethink fundamentally its approach” to the “flawed IR35 framework”. It has called on the government to announce by October 2020 whether the IR35 reforms will take effect from April 2021. So how likely is it that the government will change its approach?
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NetDocuments Brings Responsible AI to the Legal Sector with ndMAX: Alex Bazin comments for NetDocuments
25 July 2023ndMAX introduces AI-powered solutions that address a range of legal workflows securely inside NetDocuments, helping legal professionals responsibly adopt generative AI technology.
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Section 106 Agreements - a note for anyone developing land
18 January 2019When granting planning permission for development, local planning authorities often impose planning obligations on the party promoting the development. These obligations are usually contained in what are known as Section 106 Agreements or Planning Agreements – separate legal agreements that sit alongside the planning permission. Those agreements will, generally, bind the land to which the planning permission relates – so anyone who owns that land will be bound by the obligations.