Clifford Chance

This briefing considers the challenges for Libra in the face of the financial crime concerns that have been raised since its announcement.

Parliament might have thought it was prorogued but, if so, Parliament was wrong according to the Supreme Court. Parliament can resume its sittings, if it wishes to do so. But what impact the Supreme Court's decision will have on Brexit is more speculative.

With a general election in the UK looking increasingly likely, we've taken a detailed look at one of the UK Labour Party’s most striking policies: to require that 10% of the shares in all large UK companies be transferred to an "inclusive ownership fund" for the benefit of employees.

A deliberate design feature of Bitcoin is that it enables users to buy or sell anything without revealing their identity. Yet, paradoxically, all Bitcoin transactions are stored publicly and permanently on blockchain. Now, as seen in recent cases, enterprising US prosecutors and private plaintiffs’ lawyers are using software called Blockchain explorer to crack Bitcoin’s anonymity. 

This publication reflects the breadth and depth of the impact of environmental and sustainable factors. It looks at the impact of regulatory and legislative sustainability changes on, amongst others, corporates, banks and asset managers; the rise of climate change litigation and the developments in "green" and sustainable financial products across the world.

This paper considers how, as a legal matter, nationalisation would work, and the legal constraints that in practice limit a Government’s ability to nationalise for less than full market value.